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        1847–1868

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        Birth Date
        27 May 1834
        Death Date
        14 March 1922
        Gender
        Male
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        John Cooper

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        • He was among the small group of men who remained behind at Devil's Gate until spring to guard the personal belongings of the emigrants who had been rescued.

        William B. Hodgetts Company (1856)

        • Age at Departure: 22
        • Head of Household

        Traveled with

        • Mary Ann Lewis (Age: 22)

        Sources

        • 1900 Utah Census.
        • Cooper, John. Statement, 10 October 1916.
        • England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975
        • Find a Grave (Website)
        • Handcart Veterans Association. Handcart Veterans Association scrapbook, 1906-1914, folder 7. 
        • "Immigration to Utah," Deseret News, 15 October 1856, 254.
        • Jaques, John, [Minutes of meeting at Devil's Gate, 9 November 1856], in John Jaques, Collection, 1846-1920.
        • Jones, Daniel W., Forty Years Among the Indians (1890), 62-75.
        • 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, 15 December 1856, 2.
        • "Prominent Millard Stake Church Worker Laid at Final Rest," Deseret Evening News , 20 Mar. 1922, 2.
        • Utah, Early Mormon Missionary Database
        • Utah Death Certificates.  
        • “W. B. Hodgetts Company report, 1856.” In Brigham Young office emigrating companies reports 1850-1862, Reports 1856-1862. (CR 1234 5, Box 1, Folder 48)