Harriet Ogden Taft

12 April 1809 — 7 October 1888

1 Born at Cromney, Newcastle District, Upper Canada; daughter of Elizabeth (Betsy) Henderson and John Ogden. 2 Married Seth Taft, 1828; four children. 3 Baptized in Michigan, 1845. 4 Migrated to the Salt Lake Valley, 1847. 5 Appointed president of the Salt Lake City Ninth Ward Relief Society, circa 1856. 6 Died at Salt Lake City. 7 (See Document 4.28)

Footnotes

  1. [1] “Deaths,” Deseret News, Oct. 10, 1888, 16. “Utah Cemeteries and Burials,” database, Utah Division of State History (https://ushpo.utah.gov/cemetery, accessed May 2023), Harriet Taft.

  2. [2] “Deaths,” 16. “Family Tree,” database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org, accessed Jan. 2015), Harriet Ogden KWVW-75D.

  3. [3] “Family Tree,” database, Harriet Ogden. “Statistics of the Winter Quarters Fifth Ward,” database, The Winter Quarters Project (https://winterquartersbyu.earlylds.com/maps/winter-quarters/winter-quarters-wards/ward5.html, accessed May 2023), Harriet Ogden Taft.

  4. [4] “Family Tree,” database, Harriet Ogden.

  5. [5] “Harriet Ogden Taft,” Church History Biographical Database, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, available at https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/chd/landing, accessed Jan. 2015.

  6. [6] “Relief Society Jubilee. Exercises at the Tabernacle,” Woman’s Exponent 20, no. 18 (Apr. 1, 1892): 140‒144. 1860 U.S. census, Great Salt Lake City Ward 9, Great Salt Lake Co., Utah Territory, p. 140, Harriet Taft; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com, accessed Jan. 2015); from NARA microfilm publication M653, roll 1313.

  7. [7] “Utah Cemeteries and Burials,” database, Harriet Taft.