Grave Location Update 2022-08-20/2023-02-06: Sarah Mount record found at https://www.cypresslawn.com/resources/memorial-park-resources/locate-a-gravesite/ (search for "Sarah Mount" with death year of "1872".) The Cypress Lawn record only lists "Sarah Mount" and a death of "11/27/1872". No location of grave. No indication if death date listed could be the internment date.
It is believed she rests in the "Laurel Hill Mound" (AKA Laurel Hill Gardens") Section of Cypress Lawn Cemetery's West Side (AKA West Campus). She was moved from Laurel Hill Cemetery when San Francisco closed the big 4 cemeteries for real estate development in the late 1800's through 1940ish. (Grave Location Update 2022-08-20/2023-02-06)
Her date of death may be 11/27/1872 or 11/28/1872 as the latter could be the internment date. (not unusual for cemetery to record internment date as "death" date.)
At age 16, Sarah became a 20th to 24th plural wife of Joseph Smith Jr (JS age 37) in 1843.
Daughter of Edward Lawrence (1800-1839, believed buried in Lima, IL) and Margaret Major Lawrence (1801-1853 buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery). At the time of her father Edward's death, Illinois law did not recognize Margaret as the guardian of either the estate nor their children.
However, Edward's Will listed Margaret and Winslow Farr Sr (1794-1865) as the two executors of his large estate. The estate size is historically disputed and ranged from $3-8 thousand dollars (about $120,000-$320,000 in 2022 dollars.) It was complicated from our view in how the estate and child custody worked in the 1840s frontier.
Read bio at http://wivesofjosephsmith.org/2425-SarahandMariaLawrence.htm
11-May-1843: At 16 years old, Sarah became about 20th to 24th plural wife of Joseph Smith Jr, first prophet of "Church of Christ" (1830), which later became "Church of the Latter Day Saints" (1834) to its present name "Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints" (1838). May-1843 Sarah's older sister Maria (age 19) also became a plural wife of Joseph Smith Jr. shortly after in the same month of May.
12-Oct-1844: After Joseph Smith's murder in June 1844, Sarah married Heber Chase Kimball to become one his plural wives.
Jun-Oct 1850; Migrated to Salt Lake Valley In the Edward Hunter pioneer company.
18-Jun-1851: Divorced Mr. Kimball.
26-Jul-1853: Monogamously married Joseph Mount, husband #3.
Spring-1854: Moved to Napa, California.
Between 1860-1864 moved to San Francisco (census records). Mr Mount died in San Francisco and it is not known if they were still married. Mr. Mount died four years after Sarah's death and his brother lived in Napa and may explain why Joseph was buried in Napa.
28-Nov-1872: Died in San Francisco. A record reads buried next day. Location is unknown as the records (via internet) are not certain. One record reads she was buried in 'Central Cemetery'. No such cemetery was found. Three or four cemeteries (Masonic, Odd Fellow, Lone Mountain later Laurel Hill, and Calvary) were more or less adjacent to each other and about the middle of San Francisco with respect to east-west. Did 'Central Cemetery' refer to all or any one of these four cemeteries?
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Early 1900's: Almost all cemeteries in SF city limits were voted out of the city. Appears in the records to be for land development reasons. Most bodies relocated to Colma, possibly Cypress Lawn. If family did not pay to move, the bodies were re-interred into a mass grave. Most headstones lost to Public Works projects or for a fee, sunk to the bottom of the SF bay by an enterprising contractor. (Apparently cheaper than relocation to and re-setting costs at Colma.)
For more information see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colma,_California#San_Francisco_cemetery_relocations
It is believed she rests in the "Laurel Hill Mound" (AKA Laurel Hill Gardens") Section of Cypress Lawn Cemetery's West Side (AKA West Campus). She was moved from Laurel Hill Cemetery when San Francisco closed the big 4 cemeteries for real estate development in the late 1800's through 1940ish. (Grave Location Update 2022-08-20/2023-02-06)
Her date of death may be 11/27/1872 or 11/28/1872 as the latter could be the internment date. (not unusual for cemetery to record internment date as "death" date.)
At age 16, Sarah became a 20th to 24th plural wife of Joseph Smith Jr (JS age 37) in 1843.
Daughter of Edward Lawrence (1800-1839, believed buried in Lima, IL) and Margaret Major Lawrence (1801-1853 buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery). At the time of her father Edward's death, Illinois law did not recognize Margaret as the guardian of either the estate nor their children.
However, Edward's Will listed Margaret and Winslow Farr Sr (1794-1865) as the two executors of his large estate. The estate size is historically disputed and ranged from $3-8 thousand dollars (about $120,000-$320,000 in 2022 dollars.) It was complicated from our view in how the estate and child custody worked in the 1840s frontier.
Read bio at http://wivesofjosephsmith.org/2425-SarahandMariaLawrence.htm
11-May-1843: At 16 years old, Sarah became about 20th to 24th plural wife of Joseph Smith Jr, first prophet of "Church of Christ" (1830), which later became "Church of the Latter Day Saints" (1834) to its present name "Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints" (1838). May-1843 Sarah's older sister Maria (age 19) also became a plural wife of Joseph Smith Jr. shortly after in the same month of May.
12-Oct-1844: After Joseph Smith's murder in June 1844, Sarah married Heber Chase Kimball to become one his plural wives.
Jun-Oct 1850; Migrated to Salt Lake Valley In the Edward Hunter pioneer company.
18-Jun-1851: Divorced Mr. Kimball.
26-Jul-1853: Monogamously married Joseph Mount, husband #3.
Spring-1854: Moved to Napa, California.
Between 1860-1864 moved to San Francisco (census records). Mr Mount died in San Francisco and it is not known if they were still married. Mr. Mount died four years after Sarah's death and his brother lived in Napa and may explain why Joseph was buried in Napa.
28-Nov-1872: Died in San Francisco. A record reads buried next day. Location is unknown as the records (via internet) are not certain. One record reads she was buried in 'Central Cemetery'. No such cemetery was found. Three or four cemeteries (Masonic, Odd Fellow, Lone Mountain later Laurel Hill, and Calvary) were more or less adjacent to each other and about the middle of San Francisco with respect to east-west. Did 'Central Cemetery' refer to all or any one of these four cemeteries?
***
Early 1900's: Almost all cemeteries in SF city limits were voted out of the city. Appears in the records to be for land development reasons. Most bodies relocated to Colma, possibly Cypress Lawn. If family did not pay to move, the bodies were re-interred into a mass grave. Most headstones lost to Public Works projects or for a fee, sunk to the bottom of the SF bay by an enterprising contractor. (Apparently cheaper than relocation to and re-setting costs at Colma.)
For more information see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colma,_California#San_Francisco_cemetery_relocations
Grave Location Update 2022-08-20/2023-02-06: Sarah Mount record found at https://www.cypresslawn.com/resources/memorial-park-resources/locate-a-gravesite/ (search for "Sarah Mount" with death year of "1872".) The Cypress Lawn record only lists "Sarah Mount" and a death of "11/27/1872". No location of grave. No indication if death date listed could be the internment date.
It is believed she rests in the "Laurel Hill Mound" (AKA Laurel Hill Gardens") Section of Cypress Lawn Cemetery's West Side (AKA West Campus). She was moved from Laurel Hill Cemetery when San Francisco closed the big 4 cemeteries for real estate development in the late 1800's through 1940ish. (Grave Location Update 2022-08-20/2023-02-06)
Her date of death may be 11/27/1872 or 11/28/1872 as the latter could be the internment date. (not unusual for cemetery to record internment date as "death" date.)
At age 16, Sarah became a 20th to 24th plural wife of Joseph Smith Jr (JS age 37) in 1843.
Daughter of Edward Lawrence (1800-1839, believed buried in Lima, IL) and Margaret Major Lawrence (1801-1853 buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery). At the time of her father Edward's death, Illinois law did not recognize Margaret as the guardian of either the estate nor their children.
However, Edward's Will listed Margaret and Winslow Farr Sr (1794-1865) as the two executors of his large estate. The estate size is historically disputed and ranged from $3-8 thousand dollars (about $120,000-$320,000 in 2022 dollars.) It was complicated from our view in how the estate and child custody worked in the 1840s frontier.
Read bio at http://wivesofjosephsmith.org/2425-SarahandMariaLawrence.htm
11-May-1843: At 16 years old, Sarah became about 20th to 24th plural wife of Joseph Smith Jr, first prophet of "Church of Christ" (1830), which later became "Church of the Latter Day Saints" (1834) to its present name "Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints" (1838). May-1843 Sarah's older sister Maria (age 19) also became a plural wife of Joseph Smith Jr. shortly after in the same month of May.
12-Oct-1844: After Joseph Smith's murder in June 1844, Sarah married Heber Chase Kimball to become one his plural wives.
Jun-Oct 1850; Migrated to Salt Lake Valley In the Edward Hunter pioneer company.
18-Jun-1851: Divorced Mr. Kimball.
26-Jul-1853: Monogamously married Joseph Mount, husband #3.
Spring-1854: Moved to Napa, California.
Between 1860-1864 moved to San Francisco (census records). Mr Mount died in San Francisco and it is not known if they were still married. Mr. Mount died four years after Sarah's death and his brother lived in Napa and may explain why Joseph was buried in Napa.
28-Nov-1872: Died in San Francisco. A record reads buried next day. Location is unknown as the records (via internet) are not certain. One record reads she was buried in 'Central Cemetery'. No such cemetery was found. Three or four cemeteries (Masonic, Odd Fellow, Lone Mountain later Laurel Hill, and Calvary) were more or less adjacent to each other and about the middle of San Francisco with respect to east-west. Did 'Central Cemetery' refer to all or any one of these four cemeteries?
***
Early 1900's: Almost all cemeteries in SF city limits were voted out of the city. Appears in the records to be for land development reasons. Most bodies relocated to Colma, possibly Cypress Lawn. If family did not pay to move, the bodies were re-interred into a mass grave. Most headstones lost to Public Works projects or for a fee, sunk to the bottom of the SF bay by an enterprising contractor. (Apparently cheaper than relocation to and re-setting costs at Colma.)
For more information see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colma,_California#San_Francisco_cemetery_relocations
It is believed she rests in the "Laurel Hill Mound" (AKA Laurel Hill Gardens") Section of Cypress Lawn Cemetery's West Side (AKA West Campus). She was moved from Laurel Hill Cemetery when San Francisco closed the big 4 cemeteries for real estate development in the late 1800's through 1940ish. (Grave Location Update 2022-08-20/2023-02-06)
Her date of death may be 11/27/1872 or 11/28/1872 as the latter could be the internment date. (not unusual for cemetery to record internment date as "death" date.)
At age 16, Sarah became a 20th to 24th plural wife of Joseph Smith Jr (JS age 37) in 1843.
Daughter of Edward Lawrence (1800-1839, believed buried in Lima, IL) and Margaret Major Lawrence (1801-1853 buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery). At the time of her father Edward's death, Illinois law did not recognize Margaret as the guardian of either the estate nor their children.
However, Edward's Will listed Margaret and Winslow Farr Sr (1794-1865) as the two executors of his large estate. The estate size is historically disputed and ranged from $3-8 thousand dollars (about $120,000-$320,000 in 2022 dollars.) It was complicated from our view in how the estate and child custody worked in the 1840s frontier.
Read bio at http://wivesofjosephsmith.org/2425-SarahandMariaLawrence.htm
11-May-1843: At 16 years old, Sarah became about 20th to 24th plural wife of Joseph Smith Jr, first prophet of "Church of Christ" (1830), which later became "Church of the Latter Day Saints" (1834) to its present name "Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints" (1838). May-1843 Sarah's older sister Maria (age 19) also became a plural wife of Joseph Smith Jr. shortly after in the same month of May.
12-Oct-1844: After Joseph Smith's murder in June 1844, Sarah married Heber Chase Kimball to become one his plural wives.
Jun-Oct 1850; Migrated to Salt Lake Valley In the Edward Hunter pioneer company.
18-Jun-1851: Divorced Mr. Kimball.
26-Jul-1853: Monogamously married Joseph Mount, husband #3.
Spring-1854: Moved to Napa, California.
Between 1860-1864 moved to San Francisco (census records). Mr Mount died in San Francisco and it is not known if they were still married. Mr. Mount died four years after Sarah's death and his brother lived in Napa and may explain why Joseph was buried in Napa.
28-Nov-1872: Died in San Francisco. A record reads buried next day. Location is unknown as the records (via internet) are not certain. One record reads she was buried in 'Central Cemetery'. No such cemetery was found. Three or four cemeteries (Masonic, Odd Fellow, Lone Mountain later Laurel Hill, and Calvary) were more or less adjacent to each other and about the middle of San Francisco with respect to east-west. Did 'Central Cemetery' refer to all or any one of these four cemeteries?
***
Early 1900's: Almost all cemeteries in SF city limits were voted out of the city. Appears in the records to be for land development reasons. Most bodies relocated to Colma, possibly Cypress Lawn. If family did not pay to move, the bodies were re-interred into a mass grave. Most headstones lost to Public Works projects or for a fee, sunk to the bottom of the SF bay by an enterprising contractor. (Apparently cheaper than relocation to and re-setting costs at Colma.)
For more information see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colma,_California#San_Francisco_cemetery_relocations
Gravesite Details
Remains were moved from Laurel Hill Cemetery in San Francisco to this Mass Reinterment site. There are no individual markers. Locating actual plot is not possible.
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