Ruth Grant Luce
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Ruth Grant Luce

Ruth Grant Luce (1775-1860) was born 13 Oct. 1775 in Hampden, Hancock Co., Maine. She was the daughter of Andrew Grant and Elisabeth Dunton. She married Malatiah Luce on 29 Dec. 1798 in Vinalhaven, Hancock Co., Maine, and they had eleven children. She was baptized before 14 Jan. 1838. She frequently hosted and corresponded with Wilford Woodruff after 1837. She died 13 Jun. 1860 in Ogden, Weber Co., Utah Territory.

Ruth Grant (KWVM-QYS), “Family Tree,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org, accessed 14 Oct. 2022). Ruth Grant Luce, Wilford Woodruff Papers (https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/subjects/ruth-grant-luce, accessed 14 Oct. 2022). "Utah, FamilySearch, Early Church Information File, 1830-1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org, accessed 19 Oct. 2022); Ruth Luce, Patriarchal Blessing, 13 Feb. 1845, Nauvoo, Hancock Co., Illinois, p. 442; citing Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, image 2187/4994; DGS 7100441. Bangor Daily Whig and Courier, “Died” (Bangor, Maine), 7 Mar. 1853, vol. 19, p. 2; database with images, Newspapers.com (https://newspapers.com, accessed 20 Oct. 2022). "Town and vital records, 1760-1891," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org, accessed 11 Oct. 2022); Andr Grant and Elisabeth Dunton, marriage, 24 Apr. 1767, Woolwich, Lincoln Co., Maine, p. 54; citing Woolwich, Maine, Town Clerk, image 41/619; DGS 7596941. "Town and vital records, 1785-1892," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org, accessed 8 Oct. 2022); Malatiah Luce and Ruth Grant, marriage, 29 Dec. 1799, Vinalhaven, Hancock Co., Maine, p. 420; citing Vinalhaven, Knox Co., Maine, Town Clerk, image 230/837; DGS 7596929. "Burial records (Ogden, Utah), 1851-1960," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org, accessed 14 Oct. 2022); Ruth Luce, 13 Jun. 1860, Ogden, Weber Co., Utah, p. 124; citing Ogden City Cemetery, Utah, image 76/444; 7901192 DGS 7901192. Note: Examination of surrounding records and pages of the marriage record of Malatiah Luce and Ruth Grant indicated that the Vinalhaven Town Clerk mistakenly wrote 1799 when the marriage actually occurred in 1798 in the same month and year as the recorded marriage intention.
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