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1847–1868

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21 January 1825
Death Date
11 April 1874
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Robert Lang Campbell

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  • Robert, his wife Mary and nephew Alexander sailed to America in 1854 on the ship John M. Wood.

    Served as a Historian in the 1848 company.

    Served as Captain of the company in 1854.

Willard Richards Company (1848)

  • Age at Departure: 23

Robert L. Campbell Company (1854)

  • Age at Departure: 29
  • Company Captain
  • Head of Household

Traveled with

  • Mary Ann Campbell (Age: 24)
  • Alexander Campbell (Age: 14)
  • John McAuley Stewart (Age: 10)

Sources

  • 1856 Utah census, Great Salt Lake County.
  • 1860 Utah Census.
  • 1870 Utah Census.
  • Camp of Israel schedules and reports, 1845-1849.
  • Campbell, Robert, to Brigham Young, 21 Aug. 1854, in Brigham Young, Office Files 1832-1878, reel 32, box 23, fd. 11.
  • Campbell, Robert L., [Journal extracts, 30 June-19 Oct. 1848], in Historian's Office, Journal 1844-1997.
  • Early Missionary Database
  • Find a Grave (Website)
  • "Immigration," St. Louis Luminary , 2 Dec. 1854, 6.
  • Journal History of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Supplement after 31 December 1848, 17.
  • Journal History of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Supplement after 31 December 1854, 13.
  • Marie M. Cardon Guild correspondence, 1898-1913, 1964, Folder contents: (1) Correspondence and autobiographical information, undated, 1964.
  • Perpetual Emigrating Fund, Financial Accounts 1849-1886, Ledger A, p. 154.
  • Perpetual Emigrating Fund, Financial Accounts 1849-1886, Ledger A, p. 79.
  • Pioneer emigration list 1847-1848, 51, in Docket book 1844 Feb.-1845 May.
  • Richards, Willard, to Brigham Young and Heber C. Kimball, 10 Sept. 1848, in Brigham Young, Office Files 1832-1878, reel 55, box 41, fd. 28.
  • Robert Campbell company report, 1854 August 22.
  • Saints By Sea: Latter-day Saint Immigration to America
  • Scotland Marriages, 1561-1910.
  • Utah State History Cemeteries and Burials Database.
  • Watt, Ronald G., Consecration Deeds Index, 1854-1868.