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William Mangum

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William Mangum

Birth
Maury City, Crockett County, Tennessee, USA
Death
26 Feb 1888 (aged 76)
Circleville, Piute County, Utah, USA
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Circleville, Piute County, Utah, USA Add to Map
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William Mangum was the son of John Mangum and Rebecca Canida Knowles. He was born in Maury, Tennessee. He had red hair and blue eyes. William's first wife was Sarah Ada Adair. They were married sometime "about 1833." She bore him six children: Armelia Caroline (b. March 21, 1834), Thomas Jefferson (b. December 8, 1835), Sarah Frances (b. September 11, 1838), Cyrus Franklin (b. September 29, 1840), William Young (b. October 5, 1845), and Marinda Elizabeth (b October 7, 1850).

His first wife, Sarah Ada Adair Mangum died on the Loup Fork river crossing in Nebraska and was buried there on the Mormon Trail while crossing the Great Plains when the family was emigrating to Utah. With nothing to make a coffin from, he stripped the bark off of trees and wrapped her body in that to bury her. He then covered her shallow grave with rocks to prevent wild animals from disturbing it. The only record that I have of her burial is "Loup Fork, Platte County, Nebraska."

On April 3, 1853 William was remarried to Sarah Delight Potter in Payson, Utah. She bore him eight more children: Martin Addison, John Arnold, William Carlos, Delila Ann, David Jacob, Mary Jane, Emily Almira, and Harriett Adeline Mangum.

He served two five year missions for the LDS church and helped build both the St. George and Salt Lake Temples.
William Mangum was the son of John Mangum and Rebecca Canida Knowles. He was born in Maury, Tennessee. He had red hair and blue eyes. William's first wife was Sarah Ada Adair. They were married sometime "about 1833." She bore him six children: Armelia Caroline (b. March 21, 1834), Thomas Jefferson (b. December 8, 1835), Sarah Frances (b. September 11, 1838), Cyrus Franklin (b. September 29, 1840), William Young (b. October 5, 1845), and Marinda Elizabeth (b October 7, 1850).

His first wife, Sarah Ada Adair Mangum died on the Loup Fork river crossing in Nebraska and was buried there on the Mormon Trail while crossing the Great Plains when the family was emigrating to Utah. With nothing to make a coffin from, he stripped the bark off of trees and wrapped her body in that to bury her. He then covered her shallow grave with rocks to prevent wild animals from disturbing it. The only record that I have of her burial is "Loup Fork, Platte County, Nebraska."

On April 3, 1853 William was remarried to Sarah Delight Potter in Payson, Utah. She bore him eight more children: Martin Addison, John Arnold, William Carlos, Delila Ann, David Jacob, Mary Jane, Emily Almira, and Harriett Adeline Mangum.

He served two five year missions for the LDS church and helped build both the St. George and Salt Lake Temples.

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