Katherine Ann Toponce, 1847-1926

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Birth: Nov. 19, 1847 Salt Lake City Salt Lake County Utah, USA

Death: Jan. 19, 1926 Ogden Weber County Utah, USA

Daughter of Rufus Beach and Laura Ann Gibbs

Birth mother of Laura Mariah Read. Laura Mariah was adopted and parented by Samuel George Read and Laura Ann Gibbs.

Married John Cullen, Jul 1864, Nevada, died in war at White Pine, Nevada

Sons - John Horace Cullen (Toponce), Rufus Cullen (Toponce)

Katherine was a single parent to Katie. Katie Toponce was adopted and parented by Alexander Toponce.

Married Alexander Toponce, 18 Sep 1870, Corrine, Box Elder, Utah

NEWS: Katherine B. Topance, at the present time a resident of Ogden, Utah, may be classed among the Pioneers of 1847, for she was the fourth while child born in the Old Fort, Salt Lake City, in that year. She became the wife of Alexander Topance on the 18th of September, 1870, the ceremony being performed at Corinne, Utah. She has resided at Salt Lake City, Corinne and Ogden. She has taken great pride in her home and family, and has tried throughout her life to fulfill the Golden Rule. She holds the position of Captain of Company M. Daughters of the Utah Pioneers.

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Parents:

 Rufus Beach (1795 - 1850)

Laura Ann Gibbs Gibbs (1814 - 1893)
Spouses:
John Cullen (1839 - 1869)
Alexander Toponce (1839 - 1923)
Children:
Laura Mariah Read Stephens (1863 - 1960)*
John Horace Cullen Toponce (1865 - 1944)*
Rufus Cullen Toponce (1867 - 1872)*
Katie Toponce (1873 - 1878)*
Siblings:
Aaron Williams Beach (1847 - 1912)**
Katherine Ann Beach Toponce (1847 - 1926)
Sarah E. Beach Reed (1849 - 1934)*
Sarah Elenda Beach Reed (1849 - 1934)*
Emma Adell Wood Tolman (1852 - 1935)**
Henrietta Wood Harsh (1855 - 1945)**
*Calculated relationship

• *Half-sibling

Burial: Ogden City Cemetery Ogden Weber County Utah, USA Plot: C-3-30-4E

Created by: SMSmith Record added: Feb 14, 2007 Find A Grave Memorial# 17933688