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1847–1868

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Birth Date
About 1801
Death Date
21 October 1856
Gender
Male

George Lawley

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  • He died at Bessemer Bend camp. In Patience Loader's reminiscence she calls him Bro. Laurey. His death is incorrectly recorded as October 6 in some sources.

    He sailed to America in 1856 on the ship Horizon.

Edward Martin Company (1856)

  • Age at Departure: 55
  • Died en Route

Sources

  • Bell, Stella Jaques, Life History and Writings of John Jaques [1978], 307.
  • Handcart Veterans Association. Handcart Veterans Association scrapbook, 1906-1914, folder 7. 
  • "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, 7, 20.
  • Patience L. Archer reminiscences, undated, 57-92.
  • Perpetual Emigrating Fund, Financial Accounts 1849-1886, Ledger B, p. 244.
  • Saints By Sea: Latter-day Saint Immigration to America
  • Stella Jaques Bell, Life History and Writings of John Jaques: Including a Diary of the Martin Handcart Company (Rexburg, Idaho: Ricks College Press, 1978), 118-22, 129, 134-37, 140-41, 143-44, 150.