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Samuel Egbert

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Samuel Egbert

Birth
Breckinridge County, Kentucky, USA
Death
13 Dec 1888 (aged 74)
West Jordan, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA
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West Jordan, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA Add to Map
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Samuel Egbert was born March 24, 1814 in Breckinridge, Harrison County, Kentucky to John Egbert and Susannah Hahn.

Married Margaret Mariah Beckstead on April 18, 1939 at Nauvoo, Hancock County, Illinois
Children - William Beckstead Egbert, John Alexander Egbert, Martha Ann Egbert, Andrew Jackson Egbert, Susannah Maria Egbert, Catherine Mariah Egbert, Samuel Wesley Egbert, Harriet Egbert, Amanda Jane Egbert, Joseph Smith Egbert, Hyrum Smith Egbert, Mary Ellen Egbert, George Albert Smith Egbert, David Alonzo Egbert, Emily Elizabeth Egbert

Married Louise Minerva Petty on March 11, 1857 at Salt Lake City, Utah
Children - Margaret Egbert, Polly Ann Egbert, Galetta Elvira Egbert, Robert Cowan Egbert, Henry Louis Egbert, Emily Elizabeth Egbert, Louisa Marie Egbert, William Lafayette Egbert

History - Samuel came to Utah on October 15, 1849, with the Allen Taylor Company. He established his family home at West Jordan where he was a school teacher for a time and later prominent as a farmer and stockraiser. Samuel operated the first Molasses mill in West Jordan, Salt Lake County, Utah He was an Indian War Veteran. According to Mr. Henry Byram Beckstead, a nephew of Mr. Egbert, it was John Egbert, a son of Samuel Egbert, who uncovered the galena ore in Bingham Canyon while dragging logs there in Sept. 1863.

Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel, Allen Taylor Company (1849)
Samuel Egbert was born March 24, 1814 in Breckinridge, Harrison County, Kentucky to John Egbert and Susannah Hahn.

Married Margaret Mariah Beckstead on April 18, 1939 at Nauvoo, Hancock County, Illinois
Children - William Beckstead Egbert, John Alexander Egbert, Martha Ann Egbert, Andrew Jackson Egbert, Susannah Maria Egbert, Catherine Mariah Egbert, Samuel Wesley Egbert, Harriet Egbert, Amanda Jane Egbert, Joseph Smith Egbert, Hyrum Smith Egbert, Mary Ellen Egbert, George Albert Smith Egbert, David Alonzo Egbert, Emily Elizabeth Egbert

Married Louise Minerva Petty on March 11, 1857 at Salt Lake City, Utah
Children - Margaret Egbert, Polly Ann Egbert, Galetta Elvira Egbert, Robert Cowan Egbert, Henry Louis Egbert, Emily Elizabeth Egbert, Louisa Marie Egbert, William Lafayette Egbert

History - Samuel came to Utah on October 15, 1849, with the Allen Taylor Company. He established his family home at West Jordan where he was a school teacher for a time and later prominent as a farmer and stockraiser. Samuel operated the first Molasses mill in West Jordan, Salt Lake County, Utah He was an Indian War Veteran. According to Mr. Henry Byram Beckstead, a nephew of Mr. Egbert, it was John Egbert, a son of Samuel Egbert, who uncovered the galena ore in Bingham Canyon while dragging logs there in Sept. 1863.

Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel, Allen Taylor Company (1849)

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  • Maintained by: SMS
  • Originally Created by: Bruce J. Black
  • Added: Dec 22, 2005
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/12769954/samuel-egbert: accessed ), memorial page for Samuel Egbert (24 Mar 1814–13 Dec 1888), Find a Grave Memorial ID 12769954, citing West Jordan City Cemetery, West Jordan, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA; Maintained by SMS (contributor 46491005).