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Darthula Catherine <I>Shupe</I> Stephens

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Darthula Catherine Shupe Stephens

Birth
Wythe County, Virginia, USA
Death
3 Mar 1911 (aged 73)
Ogden, Weber County, Utah, USA
Burial
Ogden, Weber County, Utah, USA Add to Map
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A-6-27-3E
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Ogden City burial record and Utah Death Certificate lists her as Darthula C or Catherine Stephens. Birth and death dates are recorded from the Utah Death Certificate and the Ogden City burial records.

Daughter of Andrew Jackson Shupe and Elizabeth Creager

Married Captain James Brown, 17 Feb 1856, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah

Married James Otha Stephens, 1865, Utah

History - Darthula's mother, Elizabeth Creager Shupe, was left to live in a covered wagon with four small children, Darthula, John, Rosanna and Brigham. During Andrew's absence Elizabeth was destitute on the prairie having to depend on her own labor for a living.

Initially her in-laws, were living close by until their unfortunate deaths, Peter Shupe on 15 Sep 1846, and Sarah Wright Shupe a day later on 16 Sep 1846. They rested together beside the Mormon trail near Council Bluff, Pottawattamie, Iowa.

After nearly two years Andrew returned to Winter Quarters where he was reunited with his family in 1848.

Darthula's family entered the Salt Lake Valley on 30 Sep 1852. They lived in Little Cottonwood then in 1855 moved to Ogden, Weber, Utah with the four surviving children.

Darthula married Captain James Brown on 17 Feb 1856 in Salt Lake City, Utah. She gave her birth date as 1838 when she was sealed to James Brown. Shupe family records indicates it was 1834.

After the death of Captain James Brown on 30 Sep 1863, Darthula married James Otha Stephens, son of John Stephens and Elizabeth Briggs Stephens (and nephew of Martha Stephens Brown, first wife of Captain James Brown).

Utah Death Certificate
Ogden City burial record and Utah Death Certificate lists her as Darthula C or Catherine Stephens. Birth and death dates are recorded from the Utah Death Certificate and the Ogden City burial records.

Daughter of Andrew Jackson Shupe and Elizabeth Creager

Married Captain James Brown, 17 Feb 1856, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah

Married James Otha Stephens, 1865, Utah

History - Darthula's mother, Elizabeth Creager Shupe, was left to live in a covered wagon with four small children, Darthula, John, Rosanna and Brigham. During Andrew's absence Elizabeth was destitute on the prairie having to depend on her own labor for a living.

Initially her in-laws, were living close by until their unfortunate deaths, Peter Shupe on 15 Sep 1846, and Sarah Wright Shupe a day later on 16 Sep 1846. They rested together beside the Mormon trail near Council Bluff, Pottawattamie, Iowa.

After nearly two years Andrew returned to Winter Quarters where he was reunited with his family in 1848.

Darthula's family entered the Salt Lake Valley on 30 Sep 1852. They lived in Little Cottonwood then in 1855 moved to Ogden, Weber, Utah with the four surviving children.

Darthula married Captain James Brown on 17 Feb 1856 in Salt Lake City, Utah. She gave her birth date as 1838 when she was sealed to James Brown. Shupe family records indicates it was 1834.

After the death of Captain James Brown on 30 Sep 1863, Darthula married James Otha Stephens, son of John Stephens and Elizabeth Briggs Stephens (and nephew of Martha Stephens Brown, first wife of Captain James Brown).

Utah Death Certificate

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