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Elton Efron Beckstead

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Deseret News

Report of the Immigration

Joseph W. Young, "Report of the Immigration", Deseret News, September 17, 1862, Page 5.

Transcript for Joseph W. Young, "Report of the Immigration," Deseret News, 17 September 1862, 93

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Historical Department journal history of the Church, 1830-2008

Historical Department journal history of the Church, 1830-2008, October 16, 1862, Page 16.

Historical Department journal history of the Church, 1830-2008.

Lucy C. Margetts diary, 1862 July-October

Lucy C. Margetts diary, 1862 July-October, July 1862.

Transcript for Margetts, Lucy Marie Canfield, Diary, 1862 July-Oct

Lucy C. Margetts diary, 1862 July-October.

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Elton Efron Beckstead

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Born in Carthage, Hancock, Illinois, United States

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Occurred On 1840 May 19

Traveled in Isaac A. Canfield Company (1862)

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Started On 1862 July 30

Ended Between 1862 October 16 – 17

Died in Bellevue, Sarpy, Nebraska, United States

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A transcription of Rosalthe Canfield's "Crossing the Plains" Diary, 5 May 1862 - 16 Oct 1862 (Beatrice Wood Collection)

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Historical Department journal history of the Church, 1830-2008

Lucy C. Margetts diary, 1862 July-October