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1847–1868

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Birth Date
14 November 1818
Death Date
22 March 1889
Gender
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James Perkes

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  • The company they traveled with was noted in local church financial records.

    Edward Moroni Thurman, and Mary Elizabeth Thurman are his step-children. 

    William Moroni and Sarah Gibson are his wife's niece and nephew who traveled with them. 

Henry W. Miller Company (1862)

  • Age at Departure: 43
  • Head of Household

Traveled with

  • Mary Ann Perkes (Age: 41)
  • Reuben Perkes (Age: 16)
  • Sarah Elizabeth Gibson (Age: 16)
  • William Moroni Gibson (Age: 15)
  • Leah Rollison Perkes (Age: 13)
  • Edward Moroni Thurman (Age: 13)
  • Mary Elizabeth Thurman (Age: 12)
  • Katherine Sarah Perkes (Age: 1)

Sources

  • "Captain Miller’s Company," Deseret News, 17 September 1862, 92.
  • Henry Stokes, Reminiscences, 4-18.  Trail excerpt transcribed from "Pioneer History Collection" available at Pioneer Memorial Museum [Daughters of Utah Pioneers Museum], Salt Lake City, Utah. Some restrictions apply.
  • Perpetual Emigrating Fund Ledger Index, [1992, 2013].
  • Saints By Sea: Latter-day Saint Immigration to America