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Ephraim Scott

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Birthplace: Nauvoo, Hancock County, Illinois, United States
Death: May 26, 1898 (55)
Menan, Jefferson County, Idaho, United States
Place of Burial: Annis, Jefferson County, Idaho, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of Lt. Colonel John Scott and Elizabeth Meneary
Husband of Sarah Ellen Scott
Father of Sarah Melvina Merrill; Mary Merinda Scott; Ephraim Moroni Scott; James Heber Scott; Elizabeth Scott and 7 others
Brother of Isaac Scott; Matilda Scott; Louisa Morgan; John William Scott; Elizabeth Scott and 6 others
Half brother of Jane Menzies Tennant; Mary Ellen Barson; Hyrum Scott; Eliza Ann Barson; Vilate Scott and 24 others

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About Ephraim Scott

Born in Nauvoo, Illinois, he was the son of John Scott and Elizabeth Meneary. Ephraim crossed the plains with his family in 1848 from Winter Quarters, Nebraska to Salt Lake City, Utah. He was married to Sarah Ellen Smithies, daughter of James Smithies and Nancy Knowles, on November 9, 1867 in the Endowment House in Salt Lake City.

Sarah Ellen Smithies was born on July 5, 1847, near the Platte River in what is now Nebraska while the wagon train was crossing the plains.  She died January 23, 1917 at Menan, Idaho.  Ephraim died on May 26, 1898 in Menan and both are buried in the Cedar Butte Cemetery at Annis, Idaho.  Ephraim and Sarah were the parents of 12 children: Sarah Melvina, Elizabeth, Mary Merinda, Anna Eliza, Ephraim Moroni, James Heber, John Robert, Louisa Delia, Isaac Clarence, Alice May, Josiah Alfonzo, Mable Sophia.
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Ephraim Scott's Timeline

1842
June 6, 1842
Nauvoo, Hancock County, Illinois, United States
1854
April 29, 1854
Age 11
1861
March 16, 1861
Age 18
1868
August 29, 1868
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, UT
1869
1869
Salt Lake City, S-Lake, UT
1870
June 13, 1870
Salt Lake City, S. L., UT
1872
January 19, 1872
Salt Lake City, S-Lake, UT
1873
September 11, 1873
Salt Lake City, S-Lake, UT