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Dorton, Martha Clayton

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1837 - 1923

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Biography of Martha Clayton Dorton

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230341056]
Identifier: MSS 2594
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a microfilmed copy of a typewritten biography. Martha Clayton was born in England in 1837, and her family soon joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. She migrated to Utah in 1855 and later lived in Lehi. She married Joseph Dorton in 1857 and lived with him in Cedar Valley, Utah. She died in 1923.

Dates: 1944
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

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