- Birth Date
- 20 April 1837
- Death Date
- 11 June 1915
- Gender
- Male
Alexander Orton
He initially came to the Valley in 1856. In 1864 he crossed the plains again, this time as a teamster for William Warren's out-and-back company. Page 205 of "Account book 1863-1864" confirms he was a teamster assigned to help with the 1864 emigration season, sent from the Parowan Ward.
Edward Bunker Company (1856)
- Age at Departure: 19
Traveled with
William S. Warren Company (1864)
- Age at Departure: 27
- Out-and-Back Teamster
Sources
- “Account book, 1863-1864” In Perpetual Emigrating Fund Company church trains accounts 1861-1868, Wards' accounts 1861-1868.
- “Captain William S. Warren Company (third ox train), manifests, 1864.” Perpetual Emigrating Fund Company church trains accounts 1861-1868, Captains’ accounts, 1862-1868. (CR 376 8, Box 1, Folder 13)
- Find a Grave (Website)
- Journal History of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 2 October 1856, 12.
- Perpetual Emigrating Fund, Financial Accounts 1849-1886, Ledger B, p. 270.
- Saints By Sea: Latter-day Saint Immigration to America
- Utah Death Certificate Index, 1905-1967.