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        1847–1868

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        Birth Date
        5 May 1810
        Death Date
        November 1856
        Gender
        Male
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        David Blair

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        • The family sailed to America in 1856 on the ship Horizon.

        Edward Martin Company (1856)

        • Age at Departure: 46
        • Head of Household
        • Died en Route

        Traveled with

        • Deborah Jane Blair (Age: 39)
        • Deborah Louise Bushnell Blair (Age: 8)
        • Elizabeth Esther Goatley Blair (Age: 5)
        • David Brigham Major Blair (Age: 1)

        Sources

        • Elizabeth W. [Sermon] Camm letter, San Francisco, California, to My Dear Children, 1892 March 16.
        • Elizabeth Whittear (Sermon) Camm reminiscence in Cache Valley historical material, circa 1955. Reel 4, Item 98, 2-8.
        • Hanks, Ephraim, "Ephraim K. Hanks' Narrative," in Andrew Jenson, "Church Emigration," Contributor , 14 (Mar. 1893): 202-5.
        • "Immigration to Utah," Deseret News, 15 October 1856, 254.
        • Jones, Albert, [Reminiscences], Deseret Evening News, 1 September 1906, 20.
        • Jones, Albert William, Notes [ca. 1918].
        • 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, 7, 75.
        • Patience L. Archer reminiscences, undated, 57-92.
        • Perpetual Emigrating Fund, Financial Accounts 1849-1886, Ledger B, p. 246.
        • The Saints' Herald, 10 April 1895, 240.