Sarah Elizabeth Rynearson

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Sarah Elizabeth Rynearson (Alexander)

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Nauvoo, Hancock County, IL, United States
Death: June 02, 1922 (76)
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, UT, United States (Mitral Insufficiency and Rheumatoid Arthritis)
Place of Burial: Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, UT, United States
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Randolph Alexander, II and Myrza Nix Alexander
Wife of Emanuel Masters Murphy and Andrew Jackson Rynearson
Mother of Alexander Masters Murphy; Clara Olsen; Esther Viola Marcroft and George Reuben Rynearson
Sister of Thomas Murphy Alexander; Susan Arabella Alexander; Adeline Sproul; Moroni Woodruff Alexander; John Quincy Adams Alexander and 8 others
Half sister of Elizabeth Kennedy; Unity Mangum; Rebecca Ann Lee; Emeline Amelia Alexander; Eveline Adelia Alexander and 2 others

Occupation: Housewife
Managed by: Jeanee Wells
Last Updated:

About Sarah Elizabeth Rynearson

Sarah Elizabeth Rynearson was born 14 Jun 1845 in Nauvoo, Illinois to Myrza Nix and Randolph Alexander. She married Emanuel Masters Murphy (already married to Nancy Judd Easters) on 12 May 1861 in Salt Lake City, Utah, and bore him 6 children. Emanuel died 23 Jul 1871. On 28 Jan 1878 she married Andrew Jackson Rynearson (already married to Ann Herbert) and bore him 6 children. Andrew died 23 Nov 1905 and Sarah remained a widow. She died at her home in Salt Lake City on the 2nd of June 1922 and was buried on the 4th by her daughter Bertha (Mrs. George H Burgess) of the home.


  • Residence: Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States - 1850
  • Residence: 12th Ward Great Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States - 1860
  • Residence: Millcreek, Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States - 1880
  • Residence: Woodland, Summit, Utah, United States - 1900
  • Residence: Salt Lake City Ward 3, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States - 1910
  • Residence: Salt Lake City Ward 1, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States - 1920
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Sarah Elizabeth Rynearson's Timeline

1845
June 14, 1845
Nauvoo, Hancock County, IL, United States
1868
September 22, 1868
Millcreek, UT, United States
1871
August 20, 1871
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
1883
January 30, 1883
Millcreek, Salt Lake County, UT, United States
1888
May 1, 1888
Woodland, Summit, Utah, United States
1922
June 2, 1922
Age 76
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, UT, United States
June 4, 1922
Age 76
Wasatch Lawn Memorial Park, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, UT, United States