Sarah Jane Stewart

Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel, 1847–1868

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Birth: Oct. 14, 1848 Holt County Missouri, USA

Death: Mar. 12, 1922 Moab Grand County Utah, USA

Daughter of John Hopwood Bleazard and Mary Jane Miller

Married Waldin Kinnison, 10 Mar 1866

Children - Emmaline Irene (1867-1956), Orin [Kenny] (1869-1897), Mary (1871-1872), Alice (1872-1948)

Married Randolph Hockaday Stewart, Abt 1873

Children - Emma Blazzard (1874-1938), Isaac Melvin (1878-1949) Orson (1880-1896)

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Parents:

• John Hopwood Bleazard (1803 - 1871)
• Mary Jane Miller Hill (1832 - 1896)

Spouse:

• Randolph Hockaday Stewart (1835 - 1909)*

"After selling her property to First Security bank, Sarah Jane had a small, one-bedroom house built where the parking lot is now located behind the Times Independent. The city was digging a trench along the alley behind where Family Drug is now. She came home one night after dark, and since no one had put a light in the open trench, she failed to see it and accidently fell in. A sharp piece of pipe pierced her body and ruptured her bladder. According to family records, her death was from peritonitis resulting from the wound, even though her obituary claimed her death was from cancer. She died in March on the 12th, 1922 at the age of 73." [from Moab DUP Grand County Pioneer Families, Vol. II, Book 1, March 1986]

Burial: Grand Valley Cemetery Moab Grand County Utah, USA