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1847–1868

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Birth Date
14 July 1831
Death Date
9 December 1904
Gender
Male
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Melancthon Wheeler Burgess

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Heber C. Kimball Company (1848)

  • Age at Departure: 16

Traveled with

  • William Burgess (Age: 54)
  • Vilate Burgess (Age: 53)
  • Sophia Minerva Burgess (Age: 38)
  • Amanda Melvina Hammond (Age: 21)
  • Vilate Burgess (Age: 11)

Sources

  • First 100, schedules, 1848 July in Heber C. Kimball's 1848 emigration division in Camp of Israel schedules and reports, 1845-1849. 
  • Norton Jacob reminiscence and journal, 1844 May-1852 January, 110-115.