Sarah Ann Pulsipher (1824-1909)

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Sarah Pulshipher Alger was born 2 November 1824 in Spafford, Onondaga County, New York, United States to Zera Pulsipher (1789-1872) and Mary Ann Brown (1798-1886) and died 1 January 1909 St. George, Washington County, Utah, United States of unspecified causes. She married John Alger (1820-1897) 6 January 1842 in Hancock County, Illinois.

Brigham Young 1848 Pioneer Company

After leading his first historic 1847 Vanguard Company to blaze the trail to the Salt Lake Valley, Brigham Young (1801-1877) and many of the others returned back to Winter Quarters to collect their families and the rest of the church.

This family was numbered with the 1229 pioneers in 397 wagons make the 1,031 mile trek in 86 days (May 26 to Sept 24) and would be amongst the first of hundred plus wagon trains that would make the same journey over the next 24 years.

Children

Offspring of John Alger (1820-1897) and Sarah Pulshipher Alger
Name	Birth	Death	Joined with
Nelson Alger (1843-1846)
Sarah Ann Alger (1845-1933)
Olivia Alger (1847-1930)
Adeliza Alger (1849-1925)
John Zera Alger (1852-1933)
Martha Ellen Alger (1853-1934)
Anna Eliza Alger (1856-1945)
Samuel Nelson Alger (1858-1911)
Alva Don Pulsipher Alger (1860-1898)	21 January 1860 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, United States	20 December 1898 St. George, Washington County, Utah, United States	Etha Melinda Young (1870-1937)
Willard Edgar Alger (1862-1947)	11 April 1862 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, United States	24 July 1947 St. George, Washington County, Utah, United States	Mary Ida Pulsipher (1867-1943)
Mary Edna Alger (1865-1946)

Siblings

Offspring of Zera Pulsipher (1789-1872) and Mary Randall (1789-1812)
Name	Birth	Death	Joined with
Harriet Pulsipher (1811-1878)

Offspring of Zera Pulsipher (1789-1872) and Mary Ann Brown (1798-1886)
Name	Birth	Death	Joined with
Mary Ann Pulsipher (1816-1816)
Almira Iona Pulsipher (1817-1868)	8 September 1817 Choconut, Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania, United States	8 March 1868 Hebron, Washington County, Utah, United States	Horace Burgess (1816-1849) James Pettit (1793-1862) Leonard Anthony (1817-)
Nelson Pulsipher (1820-1824)
Mariah Pulsipher (1822-1892)	17 June 1822 Choconut, Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania, United States	26 December 1892 Huntington, Emery County, Utah, United States	William Burgess (1822-1904)
Sarah Ann Pulsipher (1824-1909)	2 November 1824 Spafford, Onondaga County, New York, United States	1 January 1909 St. George, Washington County, Utah, United States	John Alger (1820-1897)
John Pulsipher (1827-1891)	17 July 1827 Safford, Genesee County, New York, United States	9 August 1891 Hebron, Washington County, Utah, United States	Rozilla Huffaker (1837-1871) Esther Minerva Murray (1835-1920)
Charles Pulsipher (1830-1915)	20 April 1830 Spafford, Onondaga County, New York, United States	20 November 1915 Elmo, Emery County, Utah, United States	Anna Beers (1828-1912) Sariah Eliza Robbins (1838-1921) Julia Abby Johnson (1858-1919)
Mary Ann Pulsipher (1833-1913)	20 November 1833 Scott, Cortland County, New York, United States	18 September 1913 Enterprise, Washington County, Utah, United States	Thomas Sirls Terry (1825-1920)
William Pulsipher (1838-1880)
Eliza Jane Pulsipher (1840-1919)	26 July 1840 Lima, Adams County, Illinois, United States	6 May 1919 Panaca, Lincoln County, Nevada, United States	Thomas Sirls Terry (1825-1920)
Fidelia Pulsipher (1842-1846)

Offspring of Zera Pulsipher (1789-1872) and Martha Ann Hughes (1843-1907)
Name	Birth	Death	Joined with
Martha Ann Pulsipher (1858-1936)	21 December 1858 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, United States	8 September 1936 Mesquite, Clark County, Nevada, United States	Asahel James Barnum (1861-1937)
Mary Elizabeth Pulsipher (1861-1925)
Zerah James Pulsipher (1863-1879)
Sarah Jane Pulsipher (1865-1865)
Andrew Milton Pulsipher (1867-1939)	20 May 1867 Hebron, Washington County, Utah, United States	20 February 1939 Las Vegas, Clark County, Nevada, United States	Sarah Rebecca Waite (1877-1898) Sarah Mariah Leavitt (1869-1953)

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