| Sarah A. C. Murphy Foster – a member of the Donner Party born Nov 24, 1826 died Dec 16, 1906. Daughter of Lavinah Jackson Murphy & Jeremiah Burns Murphy. Married to William M. Foster. William and Sarah survived the ill fated winter of 1846-47. They were part of the Forlorn Hope group that crossed the Sierra Mountains, leaving the base camp Dec 16, 1846, walking over the mountains to Johnson’s Ranch in mid January 1847. Old age found Sarah in San Francisco, buried in Ft. Bragg, California with her daughter Minnie Foster Markle and her descendants. |
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