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The Memorial Marker for George Spears in the Mormon Pioneer Cemetery

George Spears
Birth: Oct. 17, 1799
Duns, Scotland
Death: Oct. 13, 1846
Winter Quarters / Florence
Douglas County
Nebraska, USA

Inscription:
AT CUTLER'S PARK
AFTER SEPTEMBER 1846

Find A Grave Memorial# 38094057

Status: Located

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Mormon Pioneer Cemetery, Omaha, Douglas, NE, United States

Notes: Located at 33rd & State Street in what is called "Historic Florence" Nebraska. In 1846, Winter Quarters Settlement was established by Brigham Young of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. It became Florence in 1854 before it was annexed to Omaha.

Approximately 4000 pioneers spent the winter there waiting to move west in the spring. About 600 of them died on the Nebraska bank of the Missouri River with countless others dying on the Iowa side and at outer settlements.

The Winter Quarters Pioneer Cemetery is next to the Winter Quarters Temple of the LDS Church which is located at 8283 West 34th Street.

Cemetery Photos

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1The Memorial Headstone Listing John Patten The Memorial Headstone Listing John Patten
Birth: Apr. 14, 1787
Westmoreland
Cheshire County
New Hampshire, USA
Death: Apr. 12, 1847
Winter Quarters / Florence
Douglas County
Nebraska, USA

Son of Benoni Patten and Edith Cole

Married Abigail Stiles, 25 Apr 1812, Fairplay, Greene, Indiana. She died 19 Sep 1821, New York.

Children - Mariah Louisa Patten, William Wallace Patten, Charles Wetherby Patten, Polly Angerona Patten, Abigail Patten

Married Hannah Ingersoll, 25 Apr 1824, Fairplay, Greene, Indiana

Children - John Patten, Hannah Patten, Thomas Jefferson Patten, Deborah Patten, Edith Patten, infant male Patten

John's sudden death in Winter Quarters, Nebraska, delayed the family journey to Utah for 2 years. Hannah and her children arrived in the Salt Lake Valley 12 Sep 1850 in the Aaron Johnson Company. Hannah made her home in Manti where she lived until her death on April 4, 1853.

Granddaughter, Rachel Patten, is also buried in this cemetery.

Find A Grave Memorial# 35006016 
2The Memorial Headstone of William Spears in the Mormon Pioneer Cemetery The Memorial Headstone of William Spears in the Mormon Pioneer Cemetery
William Spears
Birth: May 4, 1793, Scotland
Death: Mar. 7, 1847
Winter Quarters / Florence
Douglas County
Nebraska, USA
Find A Grave Memorial # 35005617

Notes:
William died at Winter Quarters 7 Mar 1847 of blackleg at the age of 53 years 10 mo 3 days. Recorded SLC Family History Library Film #928,352. Also 978.2254V3e Inscriptions Found on Tombstones & Monuments in Early LDS Burial Grounds, p. 57.
 
3The Memorial Marker for George Spears in the Mormon Pioneer Cemetery The Memorial Marker for George Spears in the Mormon Pioneer Cemetery
George Spears
Birth: Oct. 17, 1799
Duns, Scotland
Death: Oct. 13, 1846
Winter Quarters / Florence
Douglas County
Nebraska, USA

Inscription:
AT CUTLER'S PARK
AFTER SEPTEMBER 1846

Find A Grave Memorial# 38094057