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1847–1868

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Birth Date
9 July 1830
Death Date
22 December 1916
Gender
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James Wilson

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  • One of his children, Nancy Horizon Wilson, was born and died in 1856 on the ship Horizon.

     

Edward Martin Company (1856)

  • Age at Departure: 26
  • Head of Household

Traveled with

  • Elizabeth Wilson (Age: 23)

Sources

  • Bailey, Langley A. to Albert Jones, Handcart Veterans Association, 23 September 1907. Handcart Veterans Association, Scrapbook, 1906-1914, fd 3.
  • Bell, Stella Jaques, Life History and Writings of John Jaques [1978], 305.
  • Bell, Stella Jaques, Life History and Writings of John Jaques [1978], 307.
  • Handcart Veterans Association. Handcart Veterans Association scrapbook, 1906-1914, folder 6. 
  • "Immigration to Utah," Deseret News, 15 October 1856, 254.
  • Josiah Rogerson, "Martin's Handcart Company, 1856," Salt Lake Herald-Republican, 10 November 1907.
  • 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, 61.
  • Perpetual Emigrating Fund, Financial Accounts 1849-1886, Ledger B, p. 250.