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1847–1868

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Birth Date
5 November 1822
Death Date
20 April 1857
Gender
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Joseph Cain

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  • He first came to the Valley in 1847. At some point, he continued on to California because he is seen on the trail heading east back from California in 1850 with the Amasa Lyman Company.

Edward Hunter/Joseph Horne Company (1847)

  • Age at Departure: 24

Amasa M. Lyman Company (1850)

  • Age at Departure: 27

Sources

  • George Whitaker autobiography, undated, 31-37.
  • Joseph Cain letter to Willard Richards in "For the News," Deseret News, 5 October 1850, 135.
  • Journal History of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 21 June 1847, 18.