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1847–1868

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Birth Date
16 August 1845
Death Date
17 August 1943
Gender
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William James Frazier McAllister

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  • His parents and other siblings came to Utah with the 1861 Joseph Horne pioneer company, and he traveled to Utah with his grandmother, Elizabeth Thompson McAllister.

    William's obituary states that he came to Utah when he was 18 years old, but he had his 16th birthday while en route to Utah.

Milo Andrus Company (1861)

  • Age at Departure: 15

Traveled with

  • Elizabeth McAllister (Age: 58)

Sources

  • Find a Grave (Website)
  • Frank Esshom, Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah (Salt Lake City: Utah Pioneers Book Publishing Company, 1913).
  • McAllister, William James Frazier, Autobiographical sketch, in Library of Congress, Collection of Mormon diaries [1935-1938], reel 9, item 60.
  • "Utah Pioneer Dies at Advanced Age of 98," Kane County Standard, 26 August 1943, 1.