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Transcript for Young, Cedenia C. Clark, Reminiscences, in Utah Semi-Centennial Commission, The book of the pioneers [ca. 1897]
July 24, 1897
PIONEER
Celenia [Cedenia] C Clark Young
Residence
1523 Schiller Street
Town
Alameda
County
Alameda
State
California
Born
July 15th 1828
Town
Conesus
County
Livingston
State
New York
Arrived in Salt Lake Valley
Oct. 5th 1847
Whose Company
Jedediah M. Grant
Captain of 100
Jedediah M. Grant
Captain of 50
Bates Noble
Captain of 10
Willard Snow
When with in 85 miles of the valley Sister J. M. Grant died[,] Joseph W. Young assisting Bro Grant to take the remains to the valley to be buried they then returned to camp—[.] After we arrived in the Valey, the men had a wolf hunt. Uncle John Young said he thought there would be more dead men than wolfes. Franklin K. Shed ate wild Parsnip and was Brought home dead. he was one of Bro Grants family[.] he was a young man from Boston Bro Grant thought a great deal of—There was a stampede[,] the cattle turned and ran over a wagon that Uncle John's girl was riding in and never hurt a hair of her head. I write this by [illegible text]