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1847–1868

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Birth Date
14 November 1821
Death Date
9 March 1906
Gender
Male
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Neils Lasson Petersen

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  • In some sources his given name is spelled "Niels" or "Nils" and his surname is spelled "Peterson"; he was the Captain of the 4th Ten.

Jacob F. Secrist/Noah T. Guymon Company (1855)

  • Age at Departure: 33
  • Head of Household

Traveled with

  • Bengta Beatta Petersen (Age: 24)
  • Betsy Joanna Nelzina Petersen (Age: Infant)

Sources

  • 2nd Company of 50 reports, 1855 May 31.
  • Hansen, Peter Olsen, Journal [ca. 1876], 121-24.
  • Journal History of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 7 September 1855, 6.
  • Lever, W. H. History of Sanpete and Emery Counties, Utah: With Sketches of Cities, Towns, and Villages; Chronology of Important Events; Records of Indian Wars; Portraits of Prominent Persons, and Biographies of Representative Citizens (Salt Lake City: Tribune Job Printing Co, 1898), 339
  • “Nels Peterson Dead,” Ephraim Enterprise, 20 September 1906, [8].