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1847–1868

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Birth Date
7 January 1846
Death Date
17 November 1932
Gender
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James William Skelton

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  • He first came to the Valley with his family in 1860, but he is seen on the plains again in 1866, this time as a teamster for John Holladay's out-and-back company.

John Smith Company (1860)

  • Age at Departure: 14

Traveled with

  • Stephen Skelton (Age: 38)
  • Jane Ellen Glover Skelton (Age: 34)
  • Sarah Skelton (Age: 11)
  • Margaret Skelton (Age: 8)
  • Jane Ellen Skelton (Age: 4)
  • Elizabeth Skelton (Age: 2)

John D. Holladay Company (1866)

  • Age at Departure: 20
  • Out-and-Back Teamster

Sources

  • “Account book, 1866.” In Perpetual Emigrating Fund Company church trains accounts 1861-1868, Wards' accounts 1861-1868, image 1-2. (Teamster List)
  • Journal History of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Supplement after 31 December 1860, 44.
  • Perpetual Emigrating Fund Company general files, 1850-1887.
  • "The Immigration," Deseret News, 15 August 1860, 189.