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	Betsy Ross — Mormon Cover Girl By: Ardis E. Parshall - July 04, 2008 “Birth of the Flag” by Henry Mosler Elizabeth Griscom daughter of Samuel Griscom and Rebecca James born 1 January 1752, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania married John Ross, 4 November 1773 (sealed 25 September 1941) married Joseph Ashburn, 15 June 1777 (sealed 6 October 2004) married John Claypoole, 8 May 1783 (sealed 10 November 1989) died 30 January 1836, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania baptism 1 July 1933 endowment 14 February 1934 sealing to parents 10 November 1989 Comments (4) 4 Comments » Beautiful cover. I thought, however, that Betsy Ross married Benjamin Franklin on July 3 in Philadelphia. Happy Independence Day! Comment by Researcher — July 4, 2008 @ 12:10 pm Love it! Happy 4th! Comment by m&m — July 4, 2008 @ 12:49 pm Hello, ladies! Glad you like it — when I saw this yesterday afternoon, I knew I had found my holiday post. Happy 4th! (and 5th and 6th) Comment by Ardis E. Parshall — July 4, 2008 @ 1:07 pm That’s totally cool! Happy 4th! Comment by Ivan Wolfe — July 4, 2008 @ 1:38 pm Leave a comment Name (required) Mail (will not be published) (required) Website Notify me of followup comments via e-mail RSS feed for comments on this post. TrackBack URI