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        1847–1868

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

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

        James G. Willie Company (1856)

        • Age at Departure: 11

        Traveled with

        • John Linford (Age: 47)
        • Maria Bentley Linford (Age: 43)
        • George John Linford (Age: 16)
        • Joseph William Linford (Age: 14)

        Sources

        • 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
        • Utah Death Certificates.