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Elizabeth <I>Creager</I> Shupe

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Elizabeth Creager Shupe

Birth
Wythe County, Virginia, USA
Death
20 Mar 1900 (aged 80)
Ogden, Weber County, Utah, USA
Burial
Ogden, Weber County, Utah, USA Add to Map
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A-5-33-2E
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Daughter of Michael Crigger and Mary (Polly) Depriest

Married Andrew Jackson Shupe, 12 Oct 1837, Wythe County, Virginia

Children - Andrew Jackson Shupe, Peter Riley Shupe, Brigham Kendrick Shupe, Emma Elizabeth Shupe, James Michael Shupe, Rosanna Minerva Shupe, Mary Elizabeth Shupe, Isaac Shupe, Louisa Maria Shupe, John Whetstein Shupe, David Kendrick Shupe, Sarah Jane Shupe, Darthula Catherine Shupe

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.

The family entered the Salt Lake Valley on September 30, 1852. They lived in Little Cottonwood then in 1855 moved to Ogden, Weber County, Utah with the four surviving children.
Daughter of Michael Crigger and Mary (Polly) Depriest

Married Andrew Jackson Shupe, 12 Oct 1837, Wythe County, Virginia

Children - Andrew Jackson Shupe, Peter Riley Shupe, Brigham Kendrick Shupe, Emma Elizabeth Shupe, James Michael Shupe, Rosanna Minerva Shupe, Mary Elizabeth Shupe, Isaac Shupe, Louisa Maria Shupe, John Whetstein Shupe, David Kendrick Shupe, Sarah Jane Shupe, Darthula Catherine Shupe

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.

The family entered the Salt Lake Valley on September 30, 1852. They lived in Little Cottonwood then in 1855 moved to Ogden, Weber County, Utah with the four surviving children.

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  • Created by: SMS
  • Added: Jun 2, 2007
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/19681398/elizabeth-shupe: accessed ), memorial page for Elizabeth Creager Shupe (2 Jan 1820–20 Mar 1900), Find a Grave Memorial ID 19681398, citing Ogden City Cemetery, Ogden, Weber County, Utah, USA; Maintained by SMS (contributor 46491005).