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1847–1868

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Birth Date
14 July 1806
Death Date
8 June 1855
Gender
Female
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Jerusha Avery


Alternate Names

    Jerusha Bump

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  • Wife of Erastus Avery. According to the camp journal, she died en route of cholera.

John Hindley Company (1855)

  • Age at Departure: 48
  • Died en Route

Traveled with

  • Erastus Avery (Age: 50)
  • Mary Ransom Avery (Age: 21)

Sources

  • Parson, John, Camp Journal, in Journal History of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 3 Sept. 1855, 5-12.
  • William Knox journals, 1847-1864.