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Date Unknown, Used with Permission, Utah State Historical Society

Date Unknown, Used with Permission, Utah State Historical Society

Birth Date
26 June 1833
Death Date
1 August 1902
Gender
Male
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William Samuel Godbe

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  • Although Godbe is not directly linked to sources for the 1851 Thomas Williams Freight Train, his association with Williams immediately after arriving in the Valley suggests that this is the freight train with which he traveled on his first trip to the Valley. Godbe crossed the plains many more times with his freighting business.

Thomas S. Williams Freight Train (1851)

  • Age at Departure: 18

Godbe Freight Train (1855)

  • Age at Departure: 21
  • Company Captain

Godbe Freight Train (1862)

  • Age at Departure: 29

William S. Godbe Company (1865)

  • Age at Departure: 31

Sources

  • "Arrival of Trains," Deseret News [Weekly], 22 Oct. 1862, 132.
  • "Arrivals," Deseret News [Weekly], 10 October 1855, 245.
  • Farnes, Ebenezer, Reminiscences [ca. 1910], 5-7.
  • Hampton, Benjamin, Autobiographical sketch 1905, 1.
  • Matthews, Samuel, “Life of Samuel Matthews,” 2.
  • Reynolds, George, Journals, 1861-1881, vol. 4.
  • Treasures of Pioneer History, vol. 5, p. 96, 96
  • "W. S. Godbe Dies at Brighton", Salt Lake Herald, 2 August 1902, 8.
  • "William S. Godbe," in Tullidge, Edward W., Life of Brigham Young: Biographical Sketches Supplement , 60.
  • "William S. Godbe," in Tullidge, Edward W. History of Salt Lake City, vol. 1, Salt Lake City: Star Printing Company, 1856, biographical appendix, p. 51.