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1847–1868

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27 July 1845
Death Date
20 January 1940
Gender
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David Morgan Reese

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  • His surname is spelled "Rees" on the 1849 Buena Vista manifest.

    Total of 6 in his traveling party.

William Morgan Company (1852)

  • Age at Departure: 6

Traveled with

  • John Davis Rees (Age: 37)
  • Mary Catherine Rees (Age: 30)
  • William Rees (Age: 10)
  • Mary Jane Rees (Age: 8)
  • Meredith Rees (Age: 1)

William B. Preston Company (1864)

  • Age at Departure: 18
  • Out-and-Back Teamster

Sources

  • 13th Company of 50 report, 1852 September 25, Brigham Young office emigrating companies reports, 1850-1862.
  • 1860 Utah Census, Box Elder County.
  • 1900 United States Federal Census
  • "Captain William B. Preston, memorandum book, 1864," Perpetual Emigrating Fund Company church trains accounts 1861-1868, Captains' accounts 1862-1868.
  • “Captain William B. Preston Company (first ox train), manifest, 1864.” Perpetual Emigrating Fund Company church trains accounts 1861-1868, Captains’ accounts, 1862-1868.
  • Early Missionary Database
  • Find a Grave (Website)
  • “Freight Manifests, 1864, 1868.” In Perpetual Emigrating Fund Company church trains accounts 1861-1868, Freight manifests, 1861-1868, p. 12-31. (CR 376 8, Box 1, Folder 4)
  • Missionary Department Missionary Registers, 1860-1959, Volume 3.
  • Saints By Sea: Latter-day Saint Immigration to America