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        1847–1868

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        Birth Date
        24 April 1834
        Death Date
        8 January 1898
        Gender
        Male
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        Demas Ashdown Saunders

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        • He served as a Captain of Ten. He was listed as "Demas Ashdown." He traveled with his mother and half siblings.

        Daniel Robison Company (1860)

        • Age at Departure: 26
        • Head of Household

        Traveled with

        • Hannah Saunders (Age: 20)

        Sources

        • “Emigration list for Spring, 1860.” In Brigham Young office emigrating companies reports 1850-1862, Reports 1856-1862, p. 7-10. (CR 1234 5, Box 1, Folder 56)
        • Find a Grave (Website)
        • Journal History of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Supplement after 31 December 1860, 13.
        • "Latest from the Emigration," Deseret News, 1 August 1860, 172.
        • "Local News: Names of Emigrants," The Mountaineer, 18 August 1860, 206.
        • Stoney, Robert, Reminiscences and diary, 1860 June-August.
        • "The Immigration," Deseret News, 15 August 1860, 189. (Roster)
        • Utah, Salt Lake County Death Records, 1849-1949.