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1847–1868

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18 May 1841
Death Date
5 January 1935
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John Lee Jones

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  • John initially arrived in the Valley with his family in 1852, but several years later, he crossed the plains again as a teamster for the 1864 William Warren out-and-back company.

    The Jones family sailed to America in 1848 on the ship Erin’s Queen.

Uriah Curtis Company (1852)

  • Age at Departure: 11

Traveled with

  • John Pidding Jones (Age: 33)
  • Margaret Jones (Age: 31)
  • Sylvester Frazier Jones (Age: 3)
  • Frederick Isaac Jones (Age: 1)

William S. Warren Company (1864)

  • Age at Departure: 23
  • Out-and-Back Teamster

Sources

  • 16th Company of 50 report, 1852 July 4.
  • 1860 Utah Census.
  • Jones, John Lee, Reminiscences [ca. 1900-1926], 12-14.
  • Jones, John Lee. Reminiscences, circa 1900-1926, 3-6.
  • Journal History of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Supplement after 31 December 1852, 106.
  • "Services Held for Early Pioneer and Church Worker," Iron County Record, 10 January 1935, 4.