Infant daughter of Sabrina Ruth Curtis and George Elisha King. Sabrina was only about 17 at the time of her marriage to George, who was 18. They suffered the persecutions by those in Iowa and Illinois who hated the Latter-day-Saints.
Sabrina's beloved mother died near Council Bluffs while the family prepared to move west with the first wagon companies. About seven months after the loss of her mother, Sabrina gave birth to a daughter, Rebecca Angelina. The following spring, their little family was traveling toward Winter Quarters, where they planned to meet the other Saints, headed for the Great Salt Lake Valley.
At the first crossing of the Platte River, Sabrina was caught in the current, losing hold of her baby girl, and almost drowning herself. The baby did not survive the fridged water and was buried along the Mormon Trail, at the "First Crossing" of the Platte River.
Because she moved on alone after her infant daughter's death, Sabrina is listed on the LDS Church overland travel data base as "Sabrina Ruth Curtis"; she later remarried.
Infant daughter of Sabrina Ruth Curtis and George Elisha King. Sabrina was only about 17 at the time of her marriage to George, who was 18. They suffered the persecutions by those in Iowa and Illinois who hated the Latter-day-Saints.
Sabrina's beloved mother died near Council Bluffs while the family prepared to move west with the first wagon companies. About seven months after the loss of her mother, Sabrina gave birth to a daughter, Rebecca Angelina. The following spring, their little family was traveling toward Winter Quarters, where they planned to meet the other Saints, headed for the Great Salt Lake Valley.
At the first crossing of the Platte River, Sabrina was caught in the current, losing hold of her baby girl, and almost drowning herself. The baby did not survive the fridged water and was buried along the Mormon Trail, at the "First Crossing" of the Platte River.
Because she moved on alone after her infant daughter's death, Sabrina is listed on the LDS Church overland travel data base as "Sabrina Ruth Curtis"; she later remarried.
Family Members
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George Alma King
1849–1875
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Thomas Franklin Harward
1852–1854
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William R. King
1852–1853
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Mary King
1853–1854
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William Henry Harward
1854–1936
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Mary Susan King
1855–1855
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Sarah Ellen Harward Draper
1856–1933
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Celestia Ann Harward Cloward
1858–1911
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Sabrina Eliza Harward Mason
1860–1944
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Ozias Strong Harward
1862–1917
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Heber Harward
1865–1925
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Mary Alfaretta Harward Mason
1868–1934
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