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Martha Elizabeth <I>Berry</I> Dorrity

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Martha Elizabeth Berry Dorrity

Birth
Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, USA
Death
17 Jun 1885 (aged 57)
Kanosh, Millard County, Utah, USA
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Kanosh, Millard County, Utah, USA Add to Map
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DORRITY - At Kanosh, Millard County, June 17, 1885, of pneumonia, MARTHA ELIZABETH BERRY, wife of Denis Dorrity; born in Tennessee, November 22, 1826. She was the eldest living sister of the lately martyred Wm. S. Berry. She embraced the Gospel in her native state; gathered to Nauvoo; emigrated to Salt Lake in 1848; was among the pioneer settlers of Southern Utah, and, after having passed through all the hardships incident to the life of the early faithful Saints, has gone to rest, loved and respected by all who were acquainted with her. Having kept the faith, she has gone to meet the reward of the just and true, leaving a husband, family and friends to mourn her departure.
Deseret News
1 July 1885
Contributor: For Get Me Not (46897116)
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Father: Jesse Woods BERRY
Mother: Armelia 'Milly' SHANKS.

1st husband: John Doyle LEE.
--m: 29 January 1846--Nauvoo, Illinois
--divorced: 1857/1858.
Children:
1. Harriet Josephine [1850--1922]
2. William Orson [1852--1908]
3. Armelia [1854--1854]
4. Thirza Jane [1855--1894]
5. Henrietta [1858--1860]

2nd husband: Dennis DORRITY.
--m: 15 January 1859--Salt Lake City, Utah.
Children:
1. Dennis Samuel [1859--1931]
2. Francis Marion [1862--1911]
3. Martha Roxanna [1864--1951]
4. Albert William [1868--?]
5. Cynthia Diana [8 Aug 1871--1873]
6. Joseph Vonoy [8 Aug 1871--1873]
DORRITY - At Kanosh, Millard County, June 17, 1885, of pneumonia, MARTHA ELIZABETH BERRY, wife of Denis Dorrity; born in Tennessee, November 22, 1826. She was the eldest living sister of the lately martyred Wm. S. Berry. She embraced the Gospel in her native state; gathered to Nauvoo; emigrated to Salt Lake in 1848; was among the pioneer settlers of Southern Utah, and, after having passed through all the hardships incident to the life of the early faithful Saints, has gone to rest, loved and respected by all who were acquainted with her. Having kept the faith, she has gone to meet the reward of the just and true, leaving a husband, family and friends to mourn her departure.
Deseret News
1 July 1885
Contributor: For Get Me Not (46897116)
_ * _ * _ * _ * _ * _ *_ *_ * _ * _ * _ * _ * _
Father: Jesse Woods BERRY
Mother: Armelia 'Milly' SHANKS.

1st husband: John Doyle LEE.
--m: 29 January 1846--Nauvoo, Illinois
--divorced: 1857/1858.
Children:
1. Harriet Josephine [1850--1922]
2. William Orson [1852--1908]
3. Armelia [1854--1854]
4. Thirza Jane [1855--1894]
5. Henrietta [1858--1860]

2nd husband: Dennis DORRITY.
--m: 15 January 1859--Salt Lake City, Utah.
Children:
1. Dennis Samuel [1859--1931]
2. Francis Marion [1862--1911]
3. Martha Roxanna [1864--1951]
4. Albert William [1868--?]
5. Cynthia Diana [8 Aug 1871--1873]
6. Joseph Vonoy [8 Aug 1871--1873]

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