Sarah Louisa (Louie) Bouton Felt

5 May 1850 — 12 February 1928

1 Born at Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut; daughter of Mary Barto and Joseph Bouton. 2 Baptized, circa 1858. 3 Migrated to the Salt Lake Valley, 1866. 4 Married Joseph H. Felt at Salt Lake City, 1866. 5 Appointed by Brigham Young to help colonize “the Muddy” (present-day Moapa Valley, Clark County, Nevada), 1867. 6 Returned to Salt Lake City, circa 1870. 7 Appointed the first president of the Salt Lake City Eleventh Ward Primary, 1878. 8 Served as treasurer in the Eleventh Ward Young Ladies’ Mutual Improvement Association (Y.L.M.I.A.). 9 Appointed counselor to Mary Ann Freeze in the Salt Lake Stake Y.L.M.I.A., 1879. 10 Served as first general president of the Primary, 1880–1925. 11 Established the publication Children’s Friend, 1901. 12 Died at Salt Lake City. 13 (See Document 4.4, 4.5)

Footnotes

  1. [1] “Utah Death Certificate Index, 1904–1961,” database and images, Utah State Archives (http://archives.utah.gov, accessed Oct. 2014); from Utah Department of Health, Office of Vital Records and Statistics, series 81448, file no. 247/430 (1928), Louie Bouton Felt. “Family Tree,” database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org, accessed Aug. 2014), Sarah Louise Bouton KWV2-6TZ .

  2. [2] Utah death certificate, file no. 247/430. “Family Tree,” database, Sarah Louise Bouton. “Mrs. Louie B. Felt Taken by Death,” Deseret News, Feb. 13, 1928, 1.

  3. [3] “Louie B. Felt,” Children’s Friend 18, no. 10 (Oct. 1919): 407.

  4. [4] “Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel,” database, 1847–1868, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel (http://history.lds.org/overlandtravels, accessed Apr. 2014), Sarah Louise Bouton. “Louie B. Felt,” Children’s Friend, 408.

  5. [5] “Mrs. Louie B. Felt Taken by Death,” 2:1. May Anderson, “Louie B. Felt,” Young Woman’s Journal 26, no. 3 (Mar. 1915): 146. Marion Belnap Kerr, “A Tribute to Louie B. Felt,” Children’s Friend 27 (Mar. 1928): 99.

  6. [6] “Louie B. Felt,” Children’s Friend, 408–409. “Mrs. Louie B. Felt Taken by Death,” 2:1.

  7. [7] 1870 U.S. census, Salt Lake City Ward 13, Salt Lake Co., Utah Territory, p. 636A, Sarah Felt; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com, accessed Aug. 2014); from NARA microfilm publication M593, roll 1611. Anderson, “Louie B. Felt,”146.

  8. [8] “R.S. Reports,” Woman’s Exponent 7, no. 9 (Oct. 1, 1878): 66. Adelaide U. Hardy, “Living for a Purpose,” Children’s Friend 7 no. 12 (Dec. 1918): 476. “Louie B. Felt,” Children’s Friend, 413.

  9. [9] “Home Affairs,” Woman’s Exponent 7, no. 11 (Nov. 1, 1878): 84. Kerr, “A Tribute to Louie B. Felt,” 99.

  10. [10] “Home Affairs,” Woman’s Exponent 7, no. 21 (Apr. 1, 1879): 218–219. Kerr, “A Tribute to Louie B. Felt,” 99.

  11. [11] “Salt Lake Stake Relief Society Conference,” Woman’s Exponent 9, no. 3 (July 1, 1880): 21–22. Kerr, “A Tribute to Louie B. Felt,” 100. “Louie B. Felt,” Children’s Friend, 413–416.

  12. [12] “Louie B. Felt,” Children’s Friend, 414. “Mrs. Louie B. Felt Taken by Death,” 2:1.

  13. [13] Utah death certificate, file no. 247/430. “Mrs. Louie B. Felt Taken by Death,” 2:1.