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1847–1868

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Birth Date
18 December 1817
Death Date
11 June 1884
Gender
Male
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Absalem Yates

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    In some sources his given name is spelled "Absolom".

John Tidwell Company (1852)

  • Age at Departure: 34
  • Head of Household

Traveled with

  • Elizabeth Yates (Age: 35)
  • Joseph Yates (Age: 7)

Sources

  • "5th Company," Deseret News, 18 September 1852, 2.
  • 5th Company of 50 report, 1852 September 14.  
  • Council Point Emigrating Company journal, 1851 November-1852 September.
  • Daughters of Utah Pioneers. History of Utah's Tooele County: From the Edge of the Great Basin Frontier (Tooele, UT: Transcript Bulletin Publishing, Inc., 2012).
  • England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975
  • Find a Grave (Website)
  • Journal History of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Supplement after 31 December 1852, 27.
  • Saints By Sea: Latter-day Saint Immigration to America