Sadie Ellen Ellsworth

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• FamilySearch ID: KWJZ-MMM
• Initiatory (LDS): 1 Jul 1891, LOGAN

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Obituary:
FORMER IDAHO WOMAN EXPIRES
Said to Have Been First White Child born In Whitney Mrs. Sarah Ellen (Sa d ie) Ellsworth Beckstead, aged,58, wife of William Andrew Beckstead, 21 2 8 Ogden Avenue, died Sunday in a local hospital. Mrs. Beckstead was bo r n in Whitney, Idaho, on January 13, 1874, a daughter of Ephraim Edgar a n d Elizabeth Rachel Edwards Ellsworth.
she was said to have been the first white child born in Whitney. Her par e nts with five other couples settled Franklin, Idaho, in 1880. Mrs. Bec ks tead was active in the relief society and Primary association of th e LD S church.
Surviving are the Husband and five sons and daughters: Mrs. L.J. Swann e r, Mrs. W. Q. Cavanee and William Paul Beckstead ,Ogden; W. R. Beckstea d , Richmond; Mrs. G. M. Bronson, Fairview, Idaho; ten grandchildren; o n e brother, W. P. Ellsworth, Leota; one sister, Mrs. J. I. Sharp, Presto n , Idaho.
Services will be held Wednesday morning at ten o'clock in the Sixth Wa r d chapel and second services will be held in the Whitney at three-thir t y o'clock. The body may be viewed at the home Tuesday afternoon and eve ni ng and Wednesday morning until nine o'clock .
Interment will be made in the Whitney Cemetery under the directio n o f Larkin & Sons.

Sadie married William Andrew Beckstead on 25 Feb 1888 in Whitney, Franklin, Idaho, United States. William (son of Thomas Wesley Beckstead and Lydia Marie Rose) was born on 23 Oct 1868 in South Jordan, Salt Lake, Utah, United States; died on 27 Jan 1953 in Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States; was buried on 31 Jan 1953 in Whitney Cemetery, Franklin, Idaho, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Andrew Ornal Beckstead was born on 13 Apr 1894 in Whitney, Franklin, Idaho, United States; died on 4 Aug 1900 in Whitney, Franklin, Idaho, United States; was buried in Whitney, Franklin, Idaho, United States.
2. Lydia Marie Beckstead was born on 24 Jan 1896 in Whitney, Franklin, Idaho, United States; died on 18 Apr 1973 in Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States; was buried in Whitney Cemetery, Franklin, Idaho, United States.
3. Cleo Beckstead was born on 10 Dec 1898 in Whitney, Franklin, Idaho, United States; died on 29 Mar 1963; was buried in Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States.
4. Glenn Ephraim Beckstead was born on 29 Dec 1902 in Whitney, Franklin, Idaho, United States; died on 27 Jan 1919; was buried in Whitney, Franklin, Idaho, United States.
5. Jennie Beckstead was born on 1 Sep 1909 in Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States; died in United States.
6. William Paul Beckstead was born on 2 Nov 1910 in Preston, Franklin, Idaho, United States; died on 7 Jul 1993 in Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States; was buried in Whitney Cemetery, Franklin, Idaho, United States.
7. Audean Ellen Beckstead was born on 19 Oct 1917 in Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States; died on 29 Jan 1918 in Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States.

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• FamilySearch ID: KWJB-BHX
• Initiatory (LDS): 22 Nov 1862, EHOUS

Ephraim married Elizabeth Rachel Edwards on 22 Nov 1862 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. Elizabeth was born on 14 Sep 1844 in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States; died on 19 Feb 1878 in Whitney, Franklin, Idaho, United States; was buried in Franklin, Franklin, Idaho, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FamilySearch ID: KWJB-BH6
• Initiatory (LDS): 22 Nov 1862, EHOUS

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Elizabeth Rachel Edwards was raised by the Bennett's as her mother die d w hen Elizabeth was a baby and father could not care for her .


Why she had the name Bennett? Her mother died shortly after she was bor n . When she was about 8 month old she was given to Thomas McGuire Benne t t and Margaret Lovina Wilson, who were friends of her father, to rais e a s their daughter. According to their history, she crossed the plain s wit h Captain James C. Snow wagon trail in 9 Oct 1852 and settled in Pr ovo, U tah. They moved to Cedar Valley, and finally to Franklin, Idaho wh ere the y stayed. And this is where she meet Ephraim Edgar Ellsworth an d raised h er family.