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1847–1868

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Birth Date
17 June 1812
Death Date
30 November 1866
Gender
Male
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Abel Evans

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  • Captain of Guard; 2 people; collier

    He died in Wales while on a mission.

    Traveled with 2 others.

William Morgan Company (1852)

  • Age at Departure: 39
  • Head of Household

Traveled with

  • Mary Evans (Age: 24)

Sources

  • 13th Company of 50 report, 1852 September 25, Brigham Young office emigrating companies reports, 1850-1862.
  • 1850 Iowa Census, Pottawattamie County.
  • Bowen, David D., Reminiscence and journal, 1845-1863, 23-26.
  • Missionary Department Missionary Registers, 1860-1959, Volume 1.
  • Morgan, William, "A Letter [June 22, 1852] to Presidents W. S. Phillips and John Davis," in Ronald D. Dennis, The Call of Zion: The Story of the First Welsh Mormon Emigration [1987], 233.
  • "Obituary," Deseret News [Weekly], 23 January 1869, p. 7.
  • Presiding Bishopric. Immigrant Location Committee Minutes, (20 September - 13 October 1852).
  • Saints By Sea: Latter-day Saint Immigration to America
  • Wales Births and Baptisms, 1541-1907.