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1847–1868

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Birth Date
24 August 1805
Death Date
11 May 1885
Gender
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Zadock Stergeous Bethers Sr.

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  • Zadock served as captain of the fourth ten. Company records indicate his traveling group consisted of ten people. It is assumed that his wife and children were among that ten, but it leaves one unknown. Further research is needed to identify the 10th individual.

Joseph Outhouse Company (1852)

  • Age at Departure: 46
  • Head of Household

Traveled with

  • Sarah Bethers (Age: 45)
  • Mary Jane Bethers (Age: 17)
  • Nancy Elizabeth Bethers (Age: 14)
  • Mahlon Bethers (Age: 11)
  • William Samuel Bethers (Age: 9)
  • Francis Marion Bethers (Age: 6)
  • Zadock Stergeous Bethers Jr. (Age: 4)
  • Nathan Paul Bethers (Age: 2)

Sources

  • "4th Company," Deseret News, 18 September 1852, 2.
  • 4th Company of 50 reports, 1852.
  • Journal History of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Supplement after 31 December 1852, 22.
  • Mary Jane Bethers York, Autobiographical sketch, reel 14, box 20, fd. 4, item 4, 1-2.
  • "Nancy Elizabeth Bethers Smith," The Work Progress Administration (Utah Section) Biographical sketches, ca. 1930-1940.
  • Utah State History Cemeteries and Burials Database.