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        1847–1868

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        Daniel Garn in the 1860s

        Daniel Garn in the 1860s

        Birth Date
        13 December 1802
        Death Date
        22 April 1872
        Gender
        Male
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        Daniel Garn

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        • Daniel served as captain of fifty in Young's 1848 company. Several years later, he captained his own company, assisting emigrations make the journey across the plains.

          The Garn surname can also be found spelled "Carn" or "Carns."

        Brigham Young Company (1848)

        • Age at Departure: 45
        • Head of Household

        Traveled with

        • Priscilla Snyder (Age: 48)
        • Margaret Garn (Age: 41)
        • Samuel Garn (Age: 20)
        • David Garn (Age: 18)
        • Mary Ann Ensign (Age: 16)
        • Daniel, Jr. Garn (Age: 14)
        • Emma Garn (Age: 11)
        • Eveline Garn (Age: 8)
        • Sarah Marinda Garn (Age: 3)

        Daniel Garn Company (1854)

        • Age at Departure: 51
        • Company Captain

        Sources

        • 1850 Utah Census, Salt Lake County.
        • A Mormon chronicle: the Diaries of John D. Lee, 1848-1876 edited and annotated by Robert Glass Cleland and Juanita Brooks (1955), 1:30-79.
        • Alexander Neibaur journal, 1841 February-1862 April, 26-38.
        • Davies, John Johnson, Transcription of journal, 9-14. (Trail excerpt transcribed from "Pioneer History Collection" available at Pioneer Memorial Museum [Daughters of Utah Pioneers Museum], Salt Lake City, Utah. Some restrictions apply.)
        • Empey, William to Brigham Young, 23 June 1854, in Brigham Young, Office Files 1832-1878, box 23, fd. 12.
        • "First 100, report, 1848 June" in Camp of Israel schedules and reports 1845-1849, Brigham Young's 1848 emigration division.
        • Heart Throbs of the West, vol. 12, p. 140
        • Holbrook, Joseph, History of Joseph Holbrook 1977, 59-60.
        • Hosea Stout reminiscences and journals, 1845-1869, Volume 3, 376-79, and, Volume 4, 1-41.
        • "Immigration," St. Louis Luminary , 2 Dec. 1854, 6.
        • Joseph Holbrook autobiography and journal, circa 1860-1871, 145-47.
        • Journal History of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Supplement after 31 December 1848, 2.
        • Miller, Allen, Autobiographical sketch 1898-1912, [1-2].
        • Rees, Watkin, Reminiscences, 8-12, in Watkin Rees, Papers [ca. 1880-1905].
        • Thomas Bullock journals, 1843-1849, Journal, 1848 May-September.