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<br> <br> <br> Anthony J. Stratton (1824-1887) <br> Biographical Sketch <br> <br> Anthony Johnson Stratton was an American frontiersman and early pioneer to Utah. <br> Anthony Stratton was born in Nashville, Bedford County, in central Tennessee. His father and mother had New England forebears but they had followed the westering arc of many early nineteenth-century Americans. Stratton later moved to western Illinois where he affiliated with the Mormons, then joined them in their forced relocation to Utah Territory. <br> In 1845, he married a native of Kentucky, Martha Jane Layne. By 1850, they had immigrated to Utah. In 1852, they moved to Provo and by 1854 they were in Cedar City in southern Utah. <br> In September 1857, the 33-year-old Stratton was a 2nd Lt. in one of the Cedar City platoons. According to John D. Lee, Stratton arrived at Mountain Meadows and attended the military council on Thursday evening, September 10. His exact role in the massacre is unknown. <br> In 1858, Stratton helped build the road into the Virgin Valley. He was not listed in the 1859 arrest warrant but Lee identifies him in Mormonism Unveiled. In the late 1850s, Stratton and his family left Cedar City and moved to the southwest to Virgin. For the better part of the next two decades they lived in Kane or Washington counties. In 1864, Stratton went east to act as a guide for some of the emigrant trains traveling west to Great Salt Lake City. He and his wife had eleven children, ten of whom survived to adulthood. <br> In 1877, Stratton accepted a call to help settle Arizona Territory. He and his family moved to Arizona and eventually settled in Snowflake in Navajo County. He died in Snowflake in 1887. He was survived by his wife Martha and numerous children. <br> References: History of Washington County, 50, fn. 13; Lee, Mormonism Unveiled; Lee Trial transcripts; New.familysearch.org. <br> For further information on Anthony Johnson Stratton see: http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=lgardner3&id=I6 <br> <br> Further information and confirmation needed. <br> Please comment or contact 1857_militia@roadrunner.com. Thank you! | |||
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Anthony J. Stratton (1824-1887) | |||
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Anthony Johnson Stratton was an American frontiersman and early pioneer to Utah. | |||
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Anthony Stratton was born in Nashville, Bedford County, in central Tennessee. His father and mother had New England forebears but they had followed the westering arc of many early nineteenth-century Americans. Stratton later moved to western Illinois where he affiliated with the Mormons, then joined them in their forced relocation to Utah Territory. | |||
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In 1845, he married a native of Kentucky, Martha Jane Layne. By 1850, they had immigrated to Utah. In 1852, they moved to Provo and by 1854 they were in Cedar City in southern Utah. | |||
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In September 1857, the 33-year-old Stratton was a 2nd Lt. in one of the Cedar City platoons. According to John D. Lee, Stratton arrived at Mountain Meadows and attended the military council on Thursday evening, September 10. His exact role in the massacre is unknown. | |||
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In 1858, Stratton helped build the road into the Virgin Valley. He was not listed in the 1859 arrest warrant but Lee identifies him in Mormonism Unveiled. In the late 1850s, Stratton and his family left Cedar City and moved to the southwest to Virgin. For the better part of the next two decades they lived in Kane or Washington counties. In 1864, Stratton went east to act as a guide for some of the emigrant trains traveling west to Great Salt Lake City. He and his wife had eleven children, ten of whom survived to adulthood. | |||
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In 1877, Stratton accepted a call to help settle Arizona Territory. He and his family moved to Arizona and eventually settled in Snowflake in Navajo County. He died in Snowflake in 1887. He was survived by his wife Martha and numerous children. | |||
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References: History of Washington County, 50, fn. 13; Lee, Mormonism Unveiled; Lee Trial transcripts; New.familysearch.org. | |||
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For further information on Anthony Johnson Stratton see: | |||
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=lgardner3&id=I6 | |||
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Further information and confirmation needed. | |||
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Please comment or contact 1857_militia@roadrunner.com. Thank you! | |||
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Revision as of 10:54, 9 June 2011
Anthony J. Stratton (1824-1887)
Biographical Sketch
Anthony Johnson Stratton was an American frontiersman and early pioneer to Utah.
Anthony Stratton was born in Nashville, Bedford County, in central Tennessee. His father and mother had New England forebears but they had followed the westering arc of many early nineteenth-century Americans. Stratton later moved to western Illinois where he affiliated with the Mormons, then joined them in their forced relocation to Utah Territory.
In 1845, he married a native of Kentucky, Martha Jane Layne. By 1850, they had immigrated to Utah. In 1852, they moved to Provo and by 1854 they were in Cedar City in southern Utah.
In September 1857, the 33-year-old Stratton was a 2nd Lt. in one of the Cedar City platoons. According to John D. Lee, Stratton arrived at Mountain Meadows and attended the military council on Thursday evening, September 10. His exact role in the massacre is unknown.
In 1858, Stratton helped build the road into the Virgin Valley. He was not listed in the 1859 arrest warrant but Lee identifies him in Mormonism Unveiled. In the late 1850s, Stratton and his family left Cedar City and moved to the southwest to Virgin. For the better part of the next two decades they lived in Kane or Washington counties. In 1864, Stratton went east to act as a guide for some of the emigrant trains traveling west to Great Salt Lake City. He and his wife had eleven children, ten of whom survived to adulthood.
In 1877, Stratton accepted a call to help settle Arizona Territory. He and his family moved to Arizona and eventually settled in Snowflake in Navajo County. He died in Snowflake in 1887. He was survived by his wife Martha and numerous children.
References: History of Washington County, 50, fn. 13; Lee, Mormonism Unveiled; Lee Trial transcripts; New.familysearch.org.
For further information on Anthony Johnson Stratton see: http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=lgardner3&id=I6
Further information and confirmation needed.
Please comment or contact 1857_militia@roadrunner.com. Thank you!
