Sarah Pulsipher Alger
Sarah Pulsipher Alger (1824-1909) was born 2 Nov. 1824 in Spafford, Onondaga Co., New York. She was the daughter of Zerah Pulsipher and Mary Brown. She married John Alger on 6 Jan. 1842 in Hancock Co., Illinois, and they had eleven children. She was baptized 2 Nov. 1832. She served as a proxy for one of Wilford Woodruff's ancestors on 1 Mar. 1877 in the St. George Utah Temple. She died 1 Jan. 1909 in St. George, Washington Co., Utah.
Sarah Ann Pulsipher (KWJZ-6TP), “Family Tree,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org, accessed 7 Oct. 2023). Sarah Pulsipher Alger, Wilford Woodruff Papers (https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/subjects/sarah-pulsipher-alger, accessed 7 Oct. 2023). Zerah Pulsipher, “Zerah Pulsipher papers, circa 1848-1878 / Record book, circa 1858-1878,” entry for Sarah, image 8/89, MS 753; Church History Library (https://catalog.churchofjesuschrist.org/, accessed 7 Oct. 2023). "Nauvoo Temple endowment register : 10 December 1845 to 8 February 1846," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org, accessed 7 Oct. 2023); Sarah Alger, 7 Jan. 1846, Nauvoo, Hancock Co., Illinois, p. 116; citing Nauvoo, Illinois, Nauvoo Temple, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints; microfilm 1033997. "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org, accessed 7 Oct. 2023); John Alger and Sarah Pulsifer, 6 Jan. 1842, Hancock Co., Illinois; citing Hancock County, Illinois, County Clerk, “Birth certificates, death records, marriage records, applications for marriage licenses, 1829-1947,” image 1321/2041; DGS 4661406. Washington County News, “Obituary-Sarah Pulsipher Alger” (St. George, Utah), 7 Jan. 1909, vol. 1, no. 50, p. 1; database with images, Utah Digital Newspapers (https://digitalnewspapers.org/, accessed 10 Oct. 2023). "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1965," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org, accessed 7 Oct. 2023); Sarah Pulsifer Alger, 1 Jan. 1909, St. George, Washington Co., Utah, certificate 904106; citing Utah, Department of Health, Bureau of Vital Records & Statistics, “Utah death certificates, 1904-1951,” image 97/1553; DGS 2229323.