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James, Albert Sherman

Title: James, Albert Sherman
name: Albert Sherman James
gender: Male
birth date: 1876-01-31
birth place: Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah Territory
death date: 1876-02-02
death place: Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah Territory
residences: 1876, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah Territory

Item sets: Century of Black Mormons People; Died before Eight; Jane Elizabeth Manning and Isaac James Family; Lived in Utah

Biography

Albert only lived a few days. He was the son of Sylvester and Mary Ann Perkins James and the grandson of Jane Manning James. Albert’s family lived in the Salt Lake 1st Ward at the time of his birth. The Record of Members lists a blessing for Albert, which was dated the same date as his death. [1] He is buried in the Salt Lake City Cemetery. [2]

By Tonya Reiter

Primary Sources

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Record of Members Collection. Salt Lake 1st Ward. CR 375 8, box 2168, folder 1, image 59. Church History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah.

Secondary Sources

Black, Susan Easton, compiler. Membership of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1830-1848. 50 vols. Provo Utah: Brigham Young University Studies Center, 1989.

[1] Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Record of Members Collection, First Ward, CR 375 8, box 2188, folder 1, image 59, Church History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah.

[2] Albert Sherman James, burial in City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Utah. Find A Grave database.

Documents

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