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        1847–1868

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        Birth Date
        17 January 1847
        Death Date
        17 October 1891
        Gender
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        William Dunford

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        • The Dunford family first came to the Valley in 1856, but after a time they returned to St. Louis to live for several years. They again crossed to rejoin the Saints in 1864. The family's travel to Utah is mentioned in Moroni's reminiscences.

        John Banks Company (1856)

        • Age at Departure: 9

        Traveled with

        • Isaac Dunford (Age: 32)
        • Leah Dunford (Age: 28)
        • Alma Bailey Dunford (Age: 6)
        • Moroni Dunford (Age: 1)

        John D. Chase Company (1864)

        • Age at Departure: 17

        Traveled with

        • Isaac Dunford (Age: 40)
        • Leah Dunford (Age: 36)
        • Alma Bailey Dunford (Age: 13)
        • Moroni Dunford (Age: 9)
        • Albert Bailey Dunford (Age: 6)
        • Eliza Ann Dunford (Age: 4)
        • Parley Edwin Dunford (Age: 2)
        • Oliver Cowdery Dunford (Age: Infant)

        Sources

        • "3rd Company of 50 reports, 1856 July." In Brigham Young office emigrating companies reports 1856-1862, Reports 1850-1852. (CR 1234 5, Box 1, Fd. 47)
        • “Captain John D. Chase Company (independent), passenger list, 1864.” Perpetual Emigrating Fund Company church trains accounts 1861-1868, Captains’ accounts, 1862-1868. (CR 376 8, Box 1, Folder 9)
        • Find a Grave (Website)
        • Journal History of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 20 September 1864, 3.
        • Utah, Deaths and Burials, 1888-1946.
        • Utah, Salt Lake County Death Records, 1849-1949.