William Fawcett (1814 - 1904) Profile

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Biographical sketches, 1891-2013

Nephi Fawcett

"Nephi Fawcett", Biographical Sketches, 1891-2013.

"William Fawcett", Biographical Sketches, 1891-2013.

We left England in 1848 in the ship Swanton. Capt Davenport ownee and Commander Lorenzo Snow had charge of the Saints about 200 of them[.] we came by New Orleans and arrived in Nauvoo on the 12th of April 1848 in the Steamer Ameranth with my wife and 2 Children one of which I buried at Nauvoo when 6 years old. . . .



We had to stay 2 years in Missouri to get a fit out and then we all came to Salt Lake together with Bp Evans Company of 50 Wagons and arrived in Salt Lake City Oct. 14, 1850.

Transcript for William Fawcett, Biographical sketches, 1891-2013

Biographical sketches, 1891-2013.

Fawcett, William, Autobiographical sketch, in St. George Stake, High Priest Quorum Genealogical Records, 1872-1906, reel 6039, 5, in Record of Members Collection 1836-1970

Fawcett, William, Autobiographical sketch, in St. George Stake, High Priest Quorum Genealogical Records, 1872-1906, reel 6039, 5, in Record of Members Collection 1836-1970.

Hannah Isabell Fawcett Nixon, Library of Congress collection of Mormon diaries, 1935-1938

Hannah Isabell Fawcett Nixon, Library of Congress collection of Mormon diaries, 1935-1938.

after awhile they got their outfit and started for Utah in the spring of 1850. They joined a company that was going, they formed one ten in the company with Bishop David Eveans [Evans] as their captain. My father [William Fawcett] had a good new wagon and 2 yoke of cows and 15 head of sheep. Mother [Jane Corner Smith Fawcett] and Nephi started to drive the sheep but Nephi got sore footed and mother got the chills through wading creeks so father put the sheep out on shares. Our wagons had projections on the sides with boards across for our beds to lay on, and our luggage underneath. One day George was alone in the wagon when it was going down a hill and the boards slipped forward and caught him around the neck and nearly choked him before they could get him out and I remember one day my father putting me on one of the oxen’s back and holding me on while they crossed the creek, and I remember one day as we were traveling near a river and there was a herd of Buffalo drinking and they were frightened and ran for the hill as fast as they could go but the clatter they made was awful and the dust flew.



Sometimes the men folks would shoot a Buffalo and divided it up and dried the meat. I never tasted sweeter meat in my life. Well, we arrived in Salt Lake City in Sept. 1850.

Transcript for Hannah Isabell Fawcett Nixon, Library of Congress collection of Mormon diaries, 1935-1938

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