Emily Phelps Merrill Merrill Dustin
Emily Phelps Merrill Merrill Dustin (1804-1889) was born 2 Feb. 1804 in Smithfield, Chenango Co., New York. She was the daughter of Samuel Merrill and Phoebe Odell. She married Orrin P. Merrill about 1825, and they had ten children; widowed after 7 Nov. 1840. She was sealed to Bechias Dustin on 17 Jan. 1852 in Great Salt Lake City, Salt Lake Co., Utah Territory. She was identified as the eldest child of Samuel Merrill in Wilford Woodruff's journal on 6 Jun. 1867. She died 29 Dec. 1889 in Rexburg, Bingham Co., Idaho.
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