Sarah Grace Sweet Waren Wood


Birth:
 13 January 1799
Secondary source: "Sarah Sweet Warren Wood" biographical history, Nora Wood Carter, 
           Secondary source:  Aaron Johnson Company crossing plains Mormon Overland Database
           Secondary Source: Find a Grave Index


Birth Location:
Hoosick, Rensselaer, New York, United States
Secondary source: "Sarah Sweet Warren Wood" biographical history, Nora Wood Carter, 

Death:  4 July 1863
Secondary source: "Sarah Sweet Warren Wood" biographical history, Nora Wood Carter, 
           Secondary source:  Aaron Johnson Company crossing plains Mormon Overland Database
           Secondary Source: Find a Grave Index

Death Location:
Spanish Fork, Utah, Utah Territory, United States
Secondary source: "Sarah Sweet Warren Wood" biographical history, Nora Wood Carter, 
(Correct for burial) Springville, Utah, Utah Territory, United States
           Secondary Source: Find a Grave Index  Plot: Blk. 29 Lot 3

Burial Location:
Springville, Utah, Utah Territory, United States 
            Primary Source:  Billion Graves  -111.615042    

Marriages:

#1  Zenos Conger Warren 1799-1836  married 4 March 1823 in Hoosick according to Bobbie Schaffer bobbjwschaffer@gmail.com  PO Box 304 Nebo, KY 42441.  I don't know if this date is new to this part of our family or not.  Zenos and Sarah Supplement to Family Group Sheet

#2  Daniel Wood 1788-1878 Marriage 2 Apr 1837 Royal Oak, Oakland, MichiganDaniel Wood History





Father:
Amos Sweet
  Previously believed Amos, son of Amos Sweet and Elizabeth Straight is not her father.  He is married to Mercy Carpenter and having children over the same years as Amos and Dorcas are having children.

  
Mother:
Dorcas

Husband:
Zenos Conger Warren  1823, location not given
Husband:
Daniel Wood, married 2 April 1837 in Oakland, Michigan

 


Parents Family as shown on Family Group Records
 
Amos Sweet 
Dorcas

Elias E. Sweet - 1784 - 1832   Pension 1864  (something is wrong here.  If his dates are a guess, which it appears they may be, or someone elses.

Amos Sweet about 1791

Sarah Grace Sweet:  b. 13 Jan 1799 Hoosick, Rensselaer, New York, US
  d. 4 July 1863  Spanish Fork, Utah, Utah, US

Lydia Sweet about 1802 of Stephentown, Rensselaer, New York.  (She has been linked to a Jones, which is not our Lydia.)

No notation visible on the first page

Dean Wood, with Sarah Grace's mother's bible




Description                                                                                       
Amos Sweet Warren and his son Benoni Warren with a group of Native American Indians at a Springville celebration. Amos spoke their language and served as an interpreter. Owner: DUP Springville/Mapleton.

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Sarah Grace and Zenos Conger Warren locations:
Married 4 March 1823 in Hoosick, Rensselaer, NY.
   John Wilford born Nov 1824 in Penfield, Monroe, NY   (250 miles from Hoosick)
   Charles Wesley born 3 Jan 1826 in Penfield, Monroe, NY  (Monroe Co formed 1821)
   William James born 11 March 1828 in Penfield, Monroe, NY
   Amos Sweet Warren born 10 Jun 1831 in Hartland Niagara, NY (62 miles from Penfield)
   Mary Dorcas Warren born 7 May 1833 in Somerset, Niagara, NY (11 miles from Hartland)
   Zenos Cogner Warren death 4 Mar 1836 in Oakland, Oakland, Michigan  (285 miles from Somerset)

Married Daniel Wood 2 April 1837 in Oakland, Oakland, Michigan
Wellington born 17 Aug 1841 in Royal Oak, Oakland, Michigan, (20 miles from Oakland)
 
 Sarah Grace Sweet1, 2 was born 13 January 17993, 4, 5, in Hoosick, Rensselaer, New York7, 8,
United States.
o Name: Primary Source: Pioneer Database,
o Name: Secondary Source: Nora’s History of Sarah Grace
o Birth date: Primary Source: Pioneer Database
o Birth date: Secondary Source: Nora’s History of Sarah Grace, Billion Graves, Find a Grave Headstone
o Birth location: no primary source found
o Birth Location: Secondary Source: Nora’s History of Sarah Grace. 1850 and 1860 Census concurs for New York.
o Daughter of: Amos Sweet and Dorcas, directed descendant of John and Mary Sweet: No primary source located. Secondary Source: Nora’s History of Sarah Grace
o Physical Description: Small woman, dark hair and dark brown eyes.9
o Married: Zenos Cogner Warren (born 1799 in NJ)10, 11,
o Marriage not disputed. Plenty of secondary sources.12
o Marriage Date: 1823, 13, 14 Secondary Sources: Family Group Sheets and Marriage Records published by Ancestry.com
o Children: not disputed15
o Death of husband, Zenos Conger Warren 4 March 1836 in Oakland, Oakland, Michigan, US
o Married: Daniel Wood16 (born 27 Jun 1788 in Jaffrey17, Cheshire, New Hampshire, US
o Marriage Date: 2 Apr 1837 in Oakland, Michigan, US. Secondary Sources.
o Child: Wellington Wood, not disputed
o Sarah Grace, Daniel Wood and family joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on 6 January 1842.
o Sarah Grace and Daniel Wood were Endowed 30 May 1856 in the Endowment House in Salt Lake City, Utah.
o Proxy work for Zenos Conger Warren18  was done as follows:
          1. Baptism and Confirmation: 30 April 1901 Salt Lake City Temple
          2. Endowment: 10 October 1934 Salt Lake City Temple
          3. Sealed to Parents: 16 June 1909 Salt Lake Temple (John Warren and Mary Jenkins)
          4. Sealed to Spouse: 30 May 1856. 
o Living Ordinances for Daniel Wood19  were completed:
          1. Baptism and Confirmation: 6 January 1842
          2. Endowment: 30 May 1856 (same day Zenos was sealed to Grace)
          3. Sealed to Parents: 30 March 1933 in SLC, (John Wood Sr and Sarah Thurston)
         4. Sealed to Abigail M. Wellington: 30 May 1856 Endowment House
         5. Sealed to Sarah Grace Sweet: 30 May 1856 Endowment House
o Home in Springville:
o Membership Form E in Springville: 
o Death: 4 July 1863 20, 21 Springville, Utah, Utah, US
o Burial: 1863, Historic Springville Cemetery, Springville, Ut, UT, US
o Amos Sweet, father: same as Dorcas, (assumed)
o Dorcas, mother, Ordinances: 22 May 1930 SLC 
 
 o Location:
o 1790 – Stephentown, Rensselaer, New York, United States
            1. Amos Sweet, one of six in the US in 1790: Amos of Stephentown,
                NY 1.1.2 (suspected to be our Amos) Extra girl? only one son?
            2. Amos of Stephentown, NY 1.0.2 (father of Amos Jr., wife of Elizabeth
               Straight)
            3. Amos Jr. of Stephentown, NY 1.1.2 (Mercy's Amos, son of Amos and
                Elizabeth Straight)
            4. Amos of Beekman, Dutchess, NY 1.4.3 (David's son)
            5. Amos of Bristol, Attleboro, MA 3.4.2 (Hannah's son,
            6. Amos of Rutland, Pittsford, VA 1.1.2
o 1799, Hoosick, Rensselaer, NY Sarah Grace birth: 13 January
o 1800, Stephentown, Rensselaer, NY United States
            1. Amos of Stephentown, NY (suspected to be our Amos)
                   ▪ If this is our Amos, then I doubt Sarah Grace was born in Hoosick.
            2. Amos of Stephentown, NY (father of Amos Jr., wife of Elizabeth Straight died in
                  1793
            3. Amos Jr. of Stephentown, NY (Mercy's Amos, son of Amos and Elizabeth
                  Straight)
           4. Amos of Beekman, Dutchess, NY 4.1.1.1.0 1.1.1.1.0 0.0 (David's son)
           5. Amos of Bristol, Attleboro, MA well documented descendants (Hannah's son,
           6. Amos of Rutland, Pittsford, VA
           7. Amos of Cayuga, Ulysses, NY 4.2.0.0.1 1.1.0.1.0 0.0
           8. Amos of Otsego, Burlington, NY 1.0.0.1.0 2.0.0.1.0. 0.0
           9. Amos of Nicholson, Luzerne, PA 0.0.4.0.1 1.1.0.0.1 0.0.
         10. Amos of Milford, Otsego, NY CONTEMPORARY OF MY AMOS
                  FindaGrave: birth 15 Mar 1784 Rhode Island, death 13 Jan 1863 (78)
                  Milford, Otsego, NY
                     son of Jonathan Sweet 1755-1836 and MaryAnn Brimmer 1768-1835
                     wife of Patience Eldred 1783-1857

o 1813, Niagara County, NY, Daniel Wood’s family moved to New York from Jaffrey,
New Hampshire after he married Abby Wellington.
o 1814, Newfane, Niagara NY Paulina Levina Wood born 6 July 1814 to Daniel and
Abby Wood
o 1815 Cambria, Niagara NY Phidelia Wood born 17 Aug 1815 to Daniel and Abby.
o 1817, Lockport, Niagara, NY Hannah Wood born 29 April 1817 to Daniel and Abby.
o 1819, Lockport, Niagara, NY John Wood born 27 Dec 1819 to Daniel and Abby.
o 1819, Cambria, Niagara, NY Cyrenius Wood born 20 Oct 1822 to Daniel and Abby.
o 1823, Hoosick, Rensselaer, NY Marriage: Sarah Grace and Zenos C. 4 Mar 1823,
o 1824, Royal Oak, Oakland, Michigan Daniel and Abby Wood moved.
o 1824, Royal Oak, Harriet Louisa Wood born to Daniel and Abby.
o 1824, Penfield, Monroe, New York John Wilford Warren born Nov 1824
o 1826, Charles Westley Warren born 3 Jan 1826 in Penfield, Monroe, NY
o 1827, Franklin, Oakland, MI, Abigail Wood born 6 July 1827 to Daniel and Abby.
o 1828, William James Warren born 11 March 1828 in Penfield, Monroe, NY
o 1831, Hartland, Niagara, NY Amos Sweet Warren born 10 Jun 1831
o 1833, Somerset, Niagara, NY Mary Dorcas Warren born 7 May 1833
o 1834 Franklin, Oakland Michigan Abigail Wellington Wood died 8 Dec 1834.
o 1836, Oakland Co., Michigan Zenos C. Warred died 4 Mar 1836 in
o 1837, Oakland Michigan married Daniel Wood 2 Apr 1837. (None of Daniel and
Abby’s children came to Utah.)
o 1840, Royal Oak Township, Oakland, MI22 Daniel and Sarah’s residence 23, 24
o 1841, Wellington Wood born 17 Aug 1841 in Royal Oak, Oakland, MI
o 1842, Daniel, Sarah baptized 6 Jan 1842, (not with any of the children)
o 1845, Sarah and Daniel in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois 25
o 1846, Nauvoo Temple, Endowments for Daniel (Sarah Grace in 1856 ) on 27 Jan
1846.
o 1850, Left Kanesville, Iowa 26 immigration on June 12, 1850 27
o 1850, Arrived in Utah (Deseret) 12 Sep 1850 (All but the oldest came to Utah as did
their mother Sarah Grace)
o 1850, Springville, Utah 18 Sep arrival, set up their new home
o 1851 Utah County, Utah Territory 
o 1851 Rebaptism 30 Mar in Springville, Utah
o 1856, SLC Endowment House, sealed to spouse 30 May 1856
o 1859, Sealing cancelled between Sarah Grace and Daniel Wood. 5 May 1859 done
by herself. She gave her name as Sarah Grace Sweet. 28
o 1860 Springville, Utah, Utah Territory 29,30
o 88th W. 2nd S. Spanish Fork, Wellington and parents
o 1863 Springville, Utah Sarah died 4 July 1863, buried locally 
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1 Sarah Grace Sweet Warren Wood, “Utah, Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel Database, 1847-1868” Female,
Birth Date: 13 Jan 1799, Departure Date: 08 Jun 1850; Death Date 04 Jul 1863; Event Type: Immigration.
Event Date: 12 Sep 1850, Deseret, United States. Company Name: Aaron Johnson Company
2 Sarah Sweet Warren Wood biographical history, Nora Wood Carter, granddaughter at bobcatsworld.com
3 Ibid Utah, Mormon Pioneer and Biographical history, both attached to her name. shows born 13 Jan 1799, no location included.
4 S. Grace S. Warren Wood, Billion Graves Index, shows birth date 13 January 1799.
5 Sarah Grace Sweet Warren Wood FindaGrave, shows birth date 13 Jan 1799.
6 Ibid Sarah Sweet Warren Wood biographical history, Nora Wood Carter
7 1850 United States Census shows born in New York about 1798.
8 1860 United States Census shows born in New York about 1799.
9 Short sketch of the Life of Wellington Wood Sr. by Nora Wood Carter
10 Family Records, Family Group Sheets submitted to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1960-1970. Includes ones from Mary Wood and Betty Wood.
11 Yates Publishing US and International Marriage Records, Ancestry.com, 2004. Extracted records from a variety of sources including family group and pedigree sheets.
12 Ibid Nora Carter History, Family Group Sheets
13 Yates Publishing US and International Marriage Records, Ancestry.com, 2004
14 Betty Wood, Mary Wood Family Group Sheets from 1960-1970’s. Zenos Cogner and Sarah Grace married 4 March, 1823 in Hoosick, Rensselaer, New York, United States.
15 Ibid Nora Carter History, Family Group Sheets, Descendent records 
16 Ibid. Nora Carter History, Family Group Sheets
17 Short Sketch of the Life of Wellington Wood Sr by Norah Wood Carter: “Daniel Wood,.... married a neighbor, Abby Wellington, daughter of Enoch Wellington and Sarah Richardson. They were married in 1813 and had seven children, two boys and five girls. They moved to New York State, living in Niagara County, where all, except the last two children were born. The last two were born in Royal Oak, Oakland Co., Michigan, where the family moved about 1824.
Abby Wellington Wood died 8 Dec 1834 and Daniel was left without a companion.
He was a farmer and stock raiser and was also a soldier in the War of 1812 for which he received a pension for his service in that war.
..Daniel Wood and Sarah Sweet Warren my have become acquainted while they were living in Niagara Co, New York as both families lived there several years before moving to Oakland Co., Michigan.
18 FamilySearch Family Tree Ordinance tab, accessed 11 Oct 2025
19 FamilySearch Family Tree Ordinance tab, accessed 11 Oct 2025 
20 Find a Grave, shows death date on 4 July 1863, burial in Springville.
21 Billion Graces, shows death date 4 July 1863, burial in Springville at -111.615042 / 40.159485 
22 https://nauvoo.byu.edu/p/Person/64864/Sarah-Grace-Sweet
23 1840 Census, Royal Oak, Oakland County, Michigan
24 1840 Census: “ “, “ “, “ Daniel Wood. 0.1(6-10)0.0.0.0.0.1(50-60 Daniel).0. 0.1(5-10) 0.0.0.1(30-40).0.0.0.
Mary Dorcas aged 7, Amos Sweet Warren aged 9, Daniel aged 52, Sarah Grace aged 41. William James
Warren would have been 12. Charles Wesley Warren would have been 14. John Wilford deceased.
25 Ibid https://nauvoo.byu.edu/p/Person/64864/Sarah-Grace-Sweet
26 Aaron Johnson Company of 150 wagons included: Sarah Grace, Daniel Wood, Wellington Wood, Charles Wesley Warren, William James Warren, Amos Sweet Warren, Mary Dorcas Warren as well as a brother-in-law Zephaniah Warren with his wife and children.
27 1850 Census Utah County, Utah Territory 
28 Zenos Cogner Warren and Sarah Grace Sweet (1) pdf. More temple work dates given.
29 Ibid https://nauvoo.byu.edu/p/Person/64864/Sarah-Grace-Sweet
30 1860 Census Springville, Utah, Utah Territory, US 
 
 

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