Name |
ALGER, Alva Don Pulsipher |
Birth |
21 Jan 1860 |
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA [2] |
Gender |
Male |
Death |
20 Dec 1898 |
St. George, Washington County, Utah, USA [2] |
- Son of John Alger and Sarah Ann Pulsipher
Husband of Etha Melinda Young, 1 August 1887, Volcano, Taos, New Mexico
Biography. Alva Don Pulsipher Alger was born on 21 January 1860 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah Territory to John and Sarah Ann Pulsipher Alger. His father was baptized into The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on 1 March 1832 at the age of 11. His mother was baptized on 1 March 1834 at the age of nine. They were married on 13 February 1842 in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois.
On May 21, 1848, President Brigham Young organized their traveling company. Alva Don's father Zerah Pulsipher was unanimously chosen Captain of the first 100. John Benbow, Captain of the 1st 50, and William Burgess, Jr., Captain of the 1st 10. There were 1220 individuals and the outfitting place was at Winter Quarters, Nebraska. They left on 5 June 1848.
There were plenty of Buffalo along the Platte River, as they traveled along the whole country seemed black with them. They killed what they needed for meat always dividing the meat equally among the different families so that none was wasted.
They left the Elk Horn and camped at the La Platte River [Platte River] beside the Liberty Pole. This was from the journal of John Pulsipher, brother of Sarah Ann: 15th June--We forded the River, being helped over by the Teams belonging to the Companies of Bros. [Zera] Pulciver [Pulsipher], [Lorenzo] Snow, and Perkins, who started from the Horn before us. The Channel of the River is a quicksand, and in some places–made the Waggon tremble considerable. As the water did not exceed 2 feet in depth, all our stuff, in the Waggon, got over dry. No accidents have happened Crossing that I have heard. It is about half a mile so we had to go angling shallow.
Saturday, July 1st—Travelled 4¾ miles beyond Carrion Creek and Camped on the North fork of the Platte River about 8 miles above its junction with the South Fork—Five or Six Buffallo Killed today. Only three Brought in to Camp. The Brethren are doing very wrong in wasting flesh and spilling blood unnecessarily—We had a gentle shower of rain today— water.
We came to Fort Laramie which is a small fort and barracks occupied by a few U. S. Troops to protect the frontiers against the Indians. We traveled on to Ft. Bridger (in Wyoming) which is a wooden Fort about four rods square inside made of log houses joining and the property and trading post of the celebrated mountaineer, Jim Bridger.
It is our intention to be at Green River on or about the 20th of August, at which place we shall be most happy to receive a wagon load of salt, which will be of very great benefit to those saints who will have to return from that place with the return teams to Winter Quarters. We shall also be very thankful for some salt, as we started with very little, anticipating meeting a goodly number of wagons, and some of them we expected would have brought some salt with them. We stayed four days at Weber River in a delightful camping place between those lofty mountains. This halt was in honor of President Young, the leader of Israel. The companies that had traveled ahead of him stopped and waited until he passed into the valley in his place at the head of a joyful multitude. We arrived in Salt Lake City on the 22nd of September, 1848. We traveled 1031 miles in 125 days.''
In 1860 they were still living in Great Salt Lake City in the 7th Ward. They moved sometime after 1860 down to St.George to the "Cotton Mission". Alva Don was baptized on 6 February 1868 at the age of eight. He married Etha Melinda Young on 1 March 1887 in Volcano, Taos, New Mexico at the age of 27.
Etha Melinda was born 3 September 1870 in Washington, Washington, Utah Territory to William Alma and Emily America Riggs Young. She was baptized on 20 October 1879 at the age of nine. She was 16 years old when they married.
They resided in Arizona shortly after their marriage. They had six children, two girls, and four boys. The first three children were born in Teviston, Cochise, Arizona. Alva Don was born 1 December 1887 and died 16 July 1891; John was born 15 December 1889 and died 20 January 1890, and Sarah Belle was born 15 December 1890.
They moved to Cleveland, Emery, Utah Territory where Charles Lafayette was born on 2 July 1893. From there they went to St.George where Alvetta was born on 22 February 1896 and Don Lyle was born on 31 July 1898 in Diamond Valley, Washington, Utah.
Alva Don died on 20 December 1898 in St. George, Washington, Utah at the age of 38 and was buried in St. George.
Etha Melinda married Jessie James Thompson Bleak on 6 October 1901 in St. George, Washington, Utah. She had three more children with Jesse. Ruth was born 31 August 1902 in St. George, Washington, Utah. Maude was born on 3 September 1904 in Rigby, Jefferson, Idaho, and Etha was born on 14 January 1907 in Richfield, Sevier, Utah.
Etha died on 19 January 1937 in Provo, Utah, Utah at age 66 and was buried 22 January 1937 in Provo, Utah, Utah. [2]
|
Age |
38 years |
Burial |
Saint George City Cemetery, Saint George, Washington County, Utah, USA [3] |
Person ID |
P3309 |
Dutton Ancestry |
Last Modified |
23 Jul 2023 |
Father |
ALGER, John b. 5 Nov 1820, Lebanon, Ashtabula County, Ohio, USA  d. 4 Feb 1897, St. George, Washington County, Utah, USA (Age 76 years) |
Relationship |
Birth |
Mother |
PULSIPHER, Sarah Ann b. 02 Nov 1824, Spafford, Onondaga County, New York, USA  d. 01 Jan 1909, Saint George, Washington County, Utah, USA (Age 84 years) |
Relationship |
Birth |
Marriage |
6 Jan 1842 |
Hancock County, Illinois, USA [1] |
Age at Marriage |
He : 21 years and 2 months old - She : 17 years and 2 months old. |
Siblings |
4 brothers and 6 sisters |
| 1. ALGER, Nelson b. Abt 1843, Nauvoo, Hancock County, Illinois, USA  d. Feb 1846, Nauvoo, Hancock County, Illinois, USA (Age ~ 3 years) | | 2. ALGER, Sarah Ann b. 13 Apr 1845, Nauvoo, Hancock County, Illinois, USA  d. 14 Feb 1933, Cleveland, Emery County, Utah, USA (Age 87 years) | | 3. ALGER, Olivia b. 23 Jun 1847, Winter Quarters, Douglas County, Nebraska, USA  d. 22 Nov 1930, Cleveland, Emery County, Utah, USA (Age 83 years) | | 4. ALGER, Adeliza b. 9 Aug 1849, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA  d. 7 Jul 1925, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA (Age 75 years) | | 5. ALGER, John Zera b. 15 Jan 1852, Parleys Park, Summit County, Utah, USA  d. 16 Jan 1933, Enterprise, Washington County, Utah, USA (Age 81 years) | | 6. ALGER, Martha Ellen b. 4 Dec 1853, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA  d. 28 Apr 1934, Panguitch, Garfield County, Utah, USA (Age 80 years) | | 7. ALGER, Anna Eliza b. 20 Dec 1856, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA  d. 22 Jul 1945, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA (Age 88 years) | | 8. ALGER, Samuel Nelson Sr b. 26 Apr 1858, Payson, Utah County, Utah, USA  d. 25 Nov 1911, Cleveland, Emery County, Utah, USA (Age 53 years) | | 9. ALGER, Alva Don Pulsipher b. 21 Jan 1860, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA  d. 20 Dec 1898, St. George, Washington County, Utah, USA (Age 38 years) | | 10. ALGER, Willard Edgar b. 11 Apr 1862, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA  d. 24 Jul 1947, St. George, Washington County, Utah, USA (Age 85 years) | | 11. ALGER, Mary Edna b. 9 Dec 1865, Hebron, Washington County, Utah, USA  d. 5 Feb 1946, Sacramento, Sacramento County, California, USA (Age 80 years) | |
Children |
11 children |
| 1. ALGER, Nelson b. Abt 1843, Nauvoo, Hancock County, Illinois, USA  d. Feb 1846, Nauvoo, Hancock County, Illinois, USA (Age ~ 3 years) | | 2. ALGER, Sarah Ann b. 13 Apr 1845, Nauvoo, Hancock County, Illinois, USA  d. 14 Feb 1933, Cleveland, Emery County, Utah, USA (Age 87 years) | | 3. ALGER, Olivia b. 23 Jun 1847, Winter Quarters, Douglas County, Nebraska, USA  d. 22 Nov 1930, Cleveland, Emery County, Utah, USA (Age 83 years) | | 4. ALGER, Adeliza b. 9 Aug 1849, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA  d. 7 Jul 1925, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA (Age 75 years) | | 5. ALGER, John Zera b. 15 Jan 1852, Parleys Park, Summit County, Utah, USA  d. 16 Jan 1933, Enterprise, Washington County, Utah, USA (Age 81 years) | | 6. ALGER, Martha Ellen b. 4 Dec 1853, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA  d. 28 Apr 1934, Panguitch, Garfield County, Utah, USA (Age 80 years) | | 7. ALGER, Anna Eliza b. 20 Dec 1856, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA  d. 22 Jul 1945, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA (Age 88 years) | | 8. ALGER, Samuel Nelson Sr b. 26 Apr 1858, Payson, Utah County, Utah, USA  d. 25 Nov 1911, Cleveland, Emery County, Utah, USA (Age 53 years) | | 9. ALGER, Alva Don Pulsipher b. 21 Jan 1860, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA  d. 20 Dec 1898, St. George, Washington County, Utah, USA (Age 38 years) | | 10. ALGER, Willard Edgar b. 11 Apr 1862, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA  d. 24 Jul 1947, St. George, Washington County, Utah, USA (Age 85 years) | | 11. ALGER, Mary Edna b. 9 Dec 1865, Hebron, Washington County, Utah, USA  d. 5 Feb 1946, Sacramento, Sacramento County, California, USA (Age 80 years) | |
Family ID |
F6055 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |