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        1847–1868

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        Birth Date
        About 1798
        Death Date
        Unknown
        Gender
        Female

        Ellen Daniels Atherton

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        • She was a widow who sailed to America in 1856 on the ship Horizon.

        Edward Martin Company (1856)

        • Age at Departure: 58

        Sources

        • Historians Office Record of Members (Minnie Margetts file).
        • "Immigration to Utah," Deseret News, 15 October 1856, 254.
        • Josiah Rogerson, "Strong Men, Brave Women and Sturdy Children Crossed the Wilderness Afoot," Salt Lake Tribune, 4 January 1914.
        • Journal History of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 30 November 1856, 67.
        • Perpetual Emigrating Fund, Financial Accounts 1849-1886, Ledger B, p. 258.