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William Michael Cowley
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The Cowley family sailed to America in 1843 on the ship Swanton.
William initially traveled to the Salt Lake Valley in the Warren Foote Company in 1850. However, he later participated as one of the rescuers that were sent out in the winter of 1856 to assist the members of the Church stranded in Wyoming.
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