Ellis, Nancy Rigdon

Biography

8 Dec. 1822 –1 Nov. 1887. Born in Pittsburgh. Daughter of Sidney Rigdon and Phebe Brooks. Moved to Bainbridge, Geauga Co., Ohio, 1826. Moved to Mentor, Geauga Co., 1827. Baptized into Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, likely ca. Nov. 1830, in Ohio. Moved to Kirtland, Geauga Co., 1831; to Hiram, Portage Co., Ohio, 1831; back to Kirtland, by 1833; to Salem, Essex Co., Massachusetts, 1836; back to Kirtland, 1837; to Far West, Caldwell Co., Missouri, 1838; and to Commerce (later Nauvoo), Hancock Co., Illinois, 1839. Stockholder in Kirtland Safety Society. Moved to Pittsburgh, 1844. Married Robert Ellis, 13 Sept. 1846. Died in Pittsburgh.

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