![]() ![]() Walked and updated by Kathy Robinson and her father, 28 March 2012 Many religious leaders and politicians, particularly many leaders of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) lie in the cemetery. Approximately 120,000 persons are buried in the cemetery. Ezra Haner (Nancy Brownell) was a moving spirit at one time in the Brownell Genealogical and Historical Society of Dewittville, NY. Salt Lake City Cemetery is in The Avenues neighborhood of Salt Lake City, Utah. ![]() Surveyed about 1957 by James and Lora White on microfilm in the LDS Library in Salt Lake CIty. Nancy was sister of Prudence who m Stephen Carpenter and sister of Mary who m Jacob Reasoner (or JacobReasoner Brownell). 4 miles west of Milton, 6 miles east and south of Independence, 16 miles east and south of Pittsfield and 4 miles south of Hwy 54. on the east side of town SW 1/4 of Section 2. We hope you enjoy visiting this amazing jewel of the city.Located in sections 2-3-10-11 of Hardin Twp. We as caretakers and stewards are trying to carry on this stewardship by planting new trees so those who come after us can enjoy their beauty. This forest was started over 170 years ago, by individuals who looked to be good stewards for those who would come after them. ![]() ![]() The cemetery saw its first burial in September 1847, however it wasn't until January of 1851 when an ordinance was passed incorporating Salt Lake City, that the cemetery was officially organized. The cemetery is filled with some amazing trees that make up the urban forest that resides within its borders. The Salt Lake City Cemetery, located in downtown Salt Lake is a 120-acre cemetery with over 9 1/2 miles of old, narrow roads. Montefiore Cemetery, on the south side of Salt Lake City Cemetery, at 4th Avenue/Cypress Street Mormon Pioneer Memorial Monument (not a cemetery) Mount Calvary Catholic Cemetery, at the SE corner of Salt Lake City Cemetery, at 4th Avenue/T Street Mount Olivet Cemetery, in SE Salt Lake City, at 1300 East/500 South Streets. Many prominent, interesting and famous, and infamous individuals were instrumental in establishing building this great city of Salt Lake. After the conclusion of the in 1923, Margaret E. Series 27396: Ogden City Recorder: Death register, 1890-1905. Interment : National Cemetery, Fort Sam Houston, Texas Fortress Monroe. He is buried in the Salt Lake City Cemetery. Index: Series 21866: Bear River Health Department Logan City, 1863- Contact Agency: Beaver County Clerk : Death record, 1881-1949. These foundational activities, directed by 31 sextons beginning with George Wallace, have sustained the Salt Lake City Cemetery’s growth and development from its early years to the present day. In 1851, Salt Lake City was incorporated and 20 acres of the same site where Mary Wallace was buried officially became Salt Lake City Cemetery. City Recorder: Death and burial register, 1848-1933. Infrastructure such as irrigation, retaining walls, and roads were built on the grounds the sexton’s house was constructed and, a few years later, redesigned and an entrance gate was erected that remains standing to this day. In its early years, the Salt Lake City Cemetery’s acreage and burials expanded alongside population growth in the Salt Lake Valley. Wallace offered his land and went on to become the inaugural sexton of the Salt Lake City Cemetery.Īs sexton, Wallace was responsible for maintaining burial records, directing groundskeeping and maintenance, overseeing cemetery staff, and handling the finances of the cemetery. To accommodate the need for burials in the growing pioneer city, Brigham Young appointed a committee to acquire 20 suitable acres. George Wallace, who at the time was a recently arrived pioneer, conducted that first burial in what would become the cemetery grounds: his young daughter Mary, who died in 1848. She was buried in Manti Cemetery, Manti, Utah, United States. Mary Louise Butler was born in Tyler, Texas on December 15, 1923. The Salt Lake City Cemetery was permanently established with the incorporation of Salt Lake City in 1851, although it began operations in 1849 and had its first burial in 1848. Interment: Cedar Hill Cemetery/326 Lovers Lane, Vicksburg, MS.
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