There is a pioneer memorial at the end of The Trail of Hope where Water and Parleys meet. It is called Pioneer Memorial and Exodus to Greatness. In this memorial is a list of all those who died during the journey. I am not sure how accurate it is, or how complete. It does not have death dates or places. I know Osmond Broad Shaw and Elizabeth Wilding lost two children in the St Louis area of typhoid while they were traveling from England to Utah. They are not included. However many Ashtons are, more than passed away in my family. Elizabeth passed away in Boston Harbor, Mother Sarah Ann Barlow Ashton died in childbirth at Cutler's Park. her new baby Sarah Anne Ashton died a couple weeks later. Betsy Ashton died some place between Red Buttes and Martin's Cove.
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| Joseph and Brigham Young making plans for the journey west |
