6th generation:Susan Melvina Bingham (my ggg maternal grandma; Everett Alma Young's maternal grandma)

Susan Melvina Bingham was the second wife of Winslow Farr Jr.  They were married May 5, 1873 in SLC, Utah and had 11 children in 21 years.

Historical Events for Year 1856: Jan 25th - Battle of Seattle; skirmish between settlers and Indians. Feb 18th - The American Party (Know-Nothings) convenes in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to nominate its first Presidential candidate, former President Millard Fillmore. Feb 19th - Tin-type camera patented by Hamilton Smith, Gambier, Ohio.   Feb 22nd - 1st national meeting of Republican Party (Pittsburgh). May 24th - Pottawatomie Massacre took place in Kansas.  Jun 9th - 500 Mormons leave Iowa City, Iowa and head west for Salt Lake City, Utah carrying all their possessions in two-wheeled handcarts.

When Susan Melvina Bingham was born on November 23, 1856, in Ogden, Utah, her father, Erastus, was 34 and her mother, Susan, was 17. She married Winslow Farr on May 5, 1873, in Salt Lake City, Utah. They had 11 children in 21 years. She died on November 6, 1903, in El Paso, Texas, at the age of 46, and was buried in Chihuahua, Chihuahua, Mexico.

Susan Melvina is seated on the left in the middle.