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Note: Pottawattamie County, Iowa, Annotated Record of the 1850 Census: (1 Jun) Name: Rebecca Huey Orton Age: 44 Birth Date: 14 Jul 1806 Birth Place: Rowan County, North Carolina Death Place: Tabor, Fremont, Iowa Spouse Name: William Orton Marriage Date: 30 Jan 1846 Children of Spouse 1: Elizabeth, Squire, Sarah, Phoebe, Jane, William Newton, Emma, Samuel, James, John Source: United States Federal Census, 1850; Ancestral File; FamilySearch; Black, Early Members of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Comments: In 1864 Rebecca joined the RLDS Church; she resided in Mills County, Iowa. Household Members on 1 Jun 1850 (Enumerated 16 Sep 1850): William Reed Orton, 48, NC, Laborer Rebecca Huey Orton, 44, NC Sarah Orton, 21, IL Phoebe Orton, 18, IL Jane Orton, 16, IL William Newton Orton, 12, MO Emma Orton, 8, IA Samuel Orton, 5, IA James Orton, 4, IA John Orton, 8/12th, IA Home in 1860: Provo, Utah, Utah Territory (1 Jun) Wm R Orton, 55, NC, Rebecca Orton, 53, NC Emma Orton, 18, IL Saml Orton, 16, IL James Orton, 13, IL Home in 1870: Lyons, Mills, Iowa (1 Jun) Wm R Orton, 68, NC, Farmer Rebecca Orton, 64, NC Samuel Orton, 25, TN Early Members of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints: Name: Rebecca Orton Birth Date: Jul 1806 Birth Place: Rowan County, North Carolina Death Date: Apr 1893 Death Place: near Tabor, Fremont, Iowa Source: Saints' Herald Obituaries, 1893, p. 335 Notes: Rebecca Orton was baptized a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on 10 February 1835. She united with the Saints in Missouri and Illinois before journeying to the Salt Lake Valley in 1852. Rebecca joined the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in 1864. She moved to Mills County, Iowa, in 1866. Orton--At her son's home near Tabor Iowa, April 5, 1893. Sr. Rebecca Orton, aged 86 years, 8 months, and 21 days. Sr. Orton was born July 14, 1806 in Rowan county, North Carolina. She with her husband was baptized into the church February 10, 1835, in Illinois, passing through all the trials of the Saints and witnessing the arrests of Joseph the Seer, in Missouri and Illinois: Went to Utah in 1852: Joined the Reorganization in 1864: came to Mills county, Iowa, in 1866, and since that time has lived faithful to the cause, and died strong in the hope of the first resurrection. She was the mother of thirteen children, seven girls and six boys, some of whom have preceded her to the other shore. Funeral services from her home were conducted by Elder William Leeka: the sermon by Elder Henry Kemp was preached in the Saints' church at Plum Creek, to a large and very attentive audience of Saints and friends. Tabor Cemetery of Mills County Iowa is near the town of Tabor, Iowa which is located in Fremont County, Iowa. Headstone Inscription: North Side of Monument: Rebecca, Wife of W.R. Orton. Died Apr 5, 1893, Aged 86Ys. 8 Ms. 22 Ds. West side of Monument: In Memory of W.R. & Rebecca Orton. Father and Mother. South side of Monument: Wm R. Orton, Died June 25, 1889, Aged 87 Ys. 3 Ms. 6 Ds.
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