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1847–1868

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Birth Date
18 January 1854
Death Date
7 November 1935
Gender
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Aaron Jackson Jr.

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  • He is the son of Aaron and Elizabeth.

Edward Martin Company (1856)

  • Age at Departure: 2

Traveled with

  • Aaron Jackson Sr. (Age: 32)
  • Elizabeth Jackson (Age: 29)
  • Martha Ann Jackson (Age: 7)
  • Mary Elizabeth Jackson (Age: 5)

Sources

  • Elizabeth H. Kingsford autobiographical sketch, undated.
  • Handcart Veterans Association. Handcart Veterans Association scrapbook, 1906-1914, folder 6. 
  • Jackson, Aaron, [Reminiscences], in "Utah Pioneer Biographies," 44 vols., 15:2-7.
  • Josiah Rogerson, "Martin's Handcart Company, 1856," Salt Lake Herald-Republican, 10 November 1907.
  • Journal History of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 30 November 1856, 66.
  • McBride, H[eber] R[obert], "Tounge nor Pen Can Never Tell the Sorrow: Heber McBride Describes the 1856 Martin Handcart Disaster," Crossroads Newsletter , spring 1994, 3-4.
  • Perpetual Emigrating Fund, Financial Accounts 1849-1886, Ledger B, p. 250.