Sarah Celestia Okey Marsh
Sarah's
parents are Edwin Okey and Mary Pitt. Edwin She was born in Des Moines,
Iowa on 5 September 1848 because her parents had been driven from
Nauvoo by mobs. Her family lived here for 5 years and in the Spring of
1851 came to Utah. Edwin, as a shoemaker, had a small shop on the Temple
Block in Salt Lake City. He died shortly thereafter in 1855. Mary's
family moved to American Fork. In 1868 she moved to Alpine as the bride
of Albert Marsh. The organ in the Relic Hall was used in her home.
Sarah passed away on 8 April 1922 in Alpine, Utah.
This couple had 11 children:
Mary Lillian (8 Dec 1868 - 13 Dec 1868)
Albert Edwin (born 1870) married Maude Ann Myers
Sarah Elisabeth (born 1872) who married Alfred John Devey
Joseph Franklin (born 1873) who married May Lillian Booth Hackett
Martha Lenora (born 1875) who married Milton M. Groo
Olive (born 1877) who married John Devey, Jr.
Lois (born 1880) who married James William Bramble
Ermina Blanch (Mar 1882 - May 1894)
James Reno (born 1884) died in 1911 unwed
Twins:
Henrietta (Aug 1886 - 1 Sep 1886)
Jeanetta (Aug 1886 - 4 Sep 1886)
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