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1847–1868

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Birth Date
28 May 1837
Death Date
5 November 1911
Gender
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William Davenport

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  • William initially came to the Valley in 1852, but crossed the plains again as a teamster for William S. Warren's 1864 out-and-back company. In one record, he was described as a "water captain."

Uriah Curtis Company (1852)

  • Age at Departure: 15

Traveled with

  • Sarah Davenport (Age: 40)
  • Thomas Davenport (Age: 37)
  • John T. Davenport (Age: 7)
  • Sarah Ann Davenport (Age: 5)
  • James Burrows Davenport (Age: Infant)

William S. Warren Company (1864)

  • Age at Departure: 27
  • Out-and-Back Teamster

Sources

  • 16th Company of 50 report, 1852 July 4.
  • 1860 Utah Census, Utah County.
  • Edwards, Elizabeth. "Biography" in Biographies of Elizabeth Edwards Hanks, Pioneer of 1864, Sarah and Morgan Edwards, Pioneer of 1864, and George William Hanks, Pioneer of 1857, Ilene Hanks Kingsbury (Salt Lake City, Utah: privately printed, [1944]).
  • Find a Grave (Website)
  • Journal History of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Supplement after 31 December 1852, 106.
  • "Parowan Items," Iron County Record, 17 November 1911, 5.
  • "Recent Deaths," Deseret Evening News, 17 November 1911, 10.