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Laura Altha Gibson Andrus was born 27 June 1837 in Monroe County, Mississippi to George Washington Gibson (1800-1871) and Mary Ann Sparks (1802-1871) and died 4 July 1905 St. George, Washington County, Utah of unspecified causes. She married James Andrus (1835-1914) 11 March 1857 in Big Cottonwood, Salt Lake County, Utah.


Mississippi Saints 1846 Pioneer Company

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Numbered amoung the participants in the Mississippi Saints 1846 Pioneer Company, a early Mormon pioneer wagon train that left Mississippi in 1846 to join the Mormon exodus to Utah. This group Brigham Young's vanguard company and spent the winter of 1846/47 at Fort Pueblo where the were joined by soldiers of the sick detachment of the Mormon Battalion. They reached Salt Lake City in late summer of 1847.

St. George Pioneers of 1861-62

This person was is listed on the Encampment Mall Memorial - a list of over 300 LDS Pioneer Families that helped to settle St. George, Utah in 1861. They were part of the "Dixie Cotton Mission" called by President Brigham Young to raise cotton and other southern crops in the warmer climate of Washington County, Utah.




Children


Offspring of James Andrus (1835-1914) and Laura Altha Gibson Andrus
Name Birth Death Joined with
Laura Jane Andrus (1857-1926)
James Andrus (1860-1937) 30 January 1860 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, United States 8 November 1937 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, United States Eleanor Lydia Adelaide Dodge (1862-1911)
Mary Lavina Andrus (1862-1863)
Elizabeth Louella Andrus (1863-1927)
Elnora Andrus (1865-1938)
Medora Andrus (1865-1938)
Medora Andrus (1866-1866)
William Edgar Andrus (1868-1871)
Milo Washington Andrus (1871-1937)
Gideon Lafayette Andrus (1873-1957)
Thamazin Millennium Andrus (1876-1955)
Baby Andrus (1880-1880)



Siblings


Offspring of George Washington Gibson (1800-1871) and Mary Ann Sparks (1802-1871)
Name Birth Death Joined with
Mary Densia Gibson (1823-1850) 12 December 1823 Union, Union County, South Carolina 1850 Colorado William New (1802-1850)
Robert Malek Gibson (1825-1826) 17 August 1825 Union, Union County, South Carolina, United States 18 November 1826 Union, Union County, South Carolina, United States
Lydia Aredelicia Gibson (1826-1915) 31 July 1826 Union District, South Carolina 16 February 1915 Springville, Utah, Utah Gilbert Hunt (1825-1858)
Robert Pulaski Gibson (1827-1909) 23 April 1827 Union, Union County, South Carolina, United States 21 May 1909 Menan, Jefferson County, Idaho, United States Lucinda Jane Wakefield (1837-1922)
William Washington Gibson (1829-1831) 3 April 1829 Union, Union County, South Carolina, United States 15 December 1831 Union, Union County, South Carolina, United States
Francis Abigail Gibson (1832-1913) 15 May 1832 Monroe County, Mississippi 23 October 1913 South Cottonwood, Salt Lake County, Utah Alvin General Green (1829-1912)
William Gilbert Gibson (1834-1908) 1 September 1834 Monroe County, Mississippi 2 November 1908 Tombstone, Cochise County, Arizona Elizabeth Elvira Ostrander (1840-1858)
Cynthia Purlee Lockhart (1840-1913)
Laura Altha Gibson (1837-1905) 27 June 1837 Monroe County, Mississippi 4 July 1905 St. George, Washington County, Utah James Andrus (1835-1914)
Moses Washington Gibson (1840-1912) 21 January 1840 Monroe County, Mississippi 14 February 1912 St. Thomas, Clark County, Nevada Electa Ann Badger (1855-1883)
Lydia Ann Badger (1858-1896)
Mary Elizabeth Beebe (1864-1929)
Manomas Lovina Gibson (1842-1940) 10 March 1842 Monroe County, Mississippi 31 May 1940 St. George, Washington County, Utah Lot Elisha Huntington (1834-1862)
James Andrus (1835-1914)
Joseph Smith Gibson (1844-1892) 24 October 1844 Parkersburg, Chickasaw County, Mississippi 22 July 1892 Globe, Gila County, Arizona Ann Maria Flint Poll (1846-1866)
Ruth Theobald (1850-1926)


Offspring of George Washington Gibson (1800-1871) and Ann Elizabeth Newman (1840-1874)
Name Birth Death Joined with
Annie Elizabeth Gibson (1858-1891) 22 August 1858 Cottonwood, Salt Lake County, Utah, United States 1 May 1891 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, United States Charles Harvey Ballard (1853-1923)
George Andrew Gibson (1861-1952)
Sarah Jane Gibson (1863-1936)
Mary Ardella Gibson (1865-1946)
Joshua Newman Gibson (1868-1878)
James William Gibson (1870-1947)

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