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Transcript for "Funeral of John A. Binks," Deseret News, 24 February 1914, 11

...He married Sarah Lyons. They joined the Church Nov. 29, 1861, and came to Utah, in 1862. Leaving Winter Quarters or Florence in April. On the journey they buried their baby boy on the plains and before the journey was finished he buried his wife and her sister in the same grave, side by side without anything but sheets to rap them in. Continuing his journey with two little boys, all he had left for his comfort and hope...