Here's some information from "Heart throbs of the West." Note that the story gives the year as 1852, but as the source is not quoted verbatim, the date on the stone (1851) is probably correct. Too bad the title of "one of the histories of Utah" is not given. There might have been a mention of Major Ormsby's party in the Deseret News, since they stayed two weeks. The DN is on microfilm from the Family History Library. --------------- Heart Throbs of the West: Volume 6 Monuments Erected by Daughters of Utah Pioneers Marker Number Fifty-Eight Pioneer Cemetery 1849-1856 Erected May 26, 1940 The stone bearing the name Olive Cynthis Ormsby, was placed in the cemetery in remembrance of a California emigrant. This marks the route taken by Major William Ormsby of San Francisco between 1849 and 1852. She was the child of Major Ormsby, and died March 17, 1851. In one of the histories of Utah there is an article prepared by Dr. Oliver Ormsby, who passed through Sessions Settlement when he was twelve years old, on the way to California. Quote from history: "Major William Ormsby and his brother John S. Ormsby, left Pennsylvania in 1849 and went to California. Early in 1852 Major Ormsby went back to Pennsylvania to bring his and his brother's families to California. There were about one hundred souls in the company and they were fitted out with the finest horses and equipment. However, when they reached Salt Lake, they had lost all of their horses and carriages and remained in Salt Lake two weeks to rest and recruit." ____________________Reply Separator____________________ Subject: Re: [HANDCART-L] UT's second cemetery Author: Eldon & Terri Jensen <jensenet@vii.com> Date: 6/26/98 10:32 AM Hi Rita I think that first I would contact the DUP office and find out what they have on your Olive. If they put a stone on her grave, they might have a bunch more material. Mention all that you know and go from there. Daughters of the Utah Pioneers 300 N. Main Salt Lake City, UT 84103 801-538-1050 Terri At 12:31 AM 6/26/98 -0700, ~Rita ~ wrote: > Olive Cynthia ORMSBY was a child buried in the **second cemetery in >the state of Utah, who died 17 Mar 1851, enroute to Calif. I am not sure >if this is in Bountiful, Davis County, UT.?? There is a stone, bearing >her name, put there by the Daughters of Utah Pioneers, and I want to get >whatever death papers there are on her and also a photo of the stone, >which marks the route taken around the north end of the lake by William >Ormsby to San Francisco during 1849-1852. > Would this be the correct place to write to, for this info. and >help? > Bountiful Cenetery > 2224 S. 200 W # Bountiful > Bountiful Utah 84010-7565 >Thank you kindly, Rita Ormsby