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1847–1868

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Birth Date
8 June 1813
Death Date
27 September 1879
Gender
Female
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Martha Howell


Alternate Names

    Martha Williams

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  • She was a widow who came with four children.

    Her husband died in Iowa before the company departed.

    Traveled with 4 others.

William Morgan Company (1852)

  • Age at Departure: 39
  • Head of Household

Traveled with

  • Ann Howell (Age: 11)
  • William Howell (Age: 9)
  • Reese Howell (Age: 3)
  • Louis Howell (Age: 1)

Sources

  • 13th Company of 50 report, 1852 September 25, Brigham Young office emigrating companies reports, 1850-1862.
  • Dennis, Ronald D., The Call of Zion : The Story of the first Welsh Mormon Emigration, 109
  • Morgan, William, "A Letter [September 20, 1852] to Presidents W. S. Phillips and J. Davis," in Ronald D. Dennis, The Call of Zion: The Story of the First Welsh Mormon Emigration [1987], 234-35.
  • Wales Births and Baptisms, 1541-1907.