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1847–1868

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Birth Date
6 January 1845
Death Date
15 April 1921
Gender
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Amasa Christian Linford

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

    Amasa was rebaptized on 4 November 1860 while living in the Centerville, Utah ward.

James G. Willie Company (1856)

  • Age at Departure: 11

Traveled with

  • John Linford (Age: 47)
  • Maria Bentley Linford (Age: 43)
  • George John Linford (Age: 17)
  • Joseph William Linford (Age: 14)

Sources

  • Centerville Ward, Record of members collection, 1836-1970.
  • Find a Grave (Website)
  • Handcart Veterans Association. Handcart Veterans Association scrapbook, 1906-1914, folder 6. 
  •  Journal History of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 9 November 1856, 21.
  • Linford, Amasa Christian, [Autobiography], in James Henry Linford, Autobiography of James Henry Linford [1919], 63-67.
  • Linford, John, Diary 1856 Apr.-May, fd. 1, fd. 2.
  • Perpetual Emigrating Fund, Financial Accounts 1849-1886, Ledger B, p. 206.
  • Saints By Sea: Latter-day Saint Immigration to America