![]() In the mid-to-late 1830s, most of the followers of the church-whether they lived in Ohio, Missouri, Mississippi, or in other places where Mormon communities had taken root-migrated to Nauvoo, Illinois. The Winters family moved to Kirtland, Ohio, where they served as caretakers of the Kirtland Temple. Before long, the couple was introduced to Mormonism, and they joined the movement of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. By the time Rebecca turned eighteen, the family had relocated to Athens County, Ohio, where she met and married Hiram Winters in 1824. Catharina passed away when Rebecca was seven and, shortly thereafter, Rebecca’s father married Jane Ripley Brown. On 16 January 1799, Rebecca Burdick was born to Gideon Burdick and Catharina Schmidt in Canajoharie, New York. The fate that befell her along the way was one shared by many emigrants on the westering trails. ![]() ![]() Rebecca Winters, at the advanced age of 53, crossed the plains with her family on their way to Utah in 1852. ![]()
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