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        1847–1868

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        Birth Date
        20 June 1832
        Death Date
        18 January 1900
        Gender
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        Horton David Haight

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        • Horton initially emigrated to the Valley with his parents and siblings in 1847. Over the next  21 years, he captained or co-captained six additional emigrant or freight trains, assisting emigrants across the plains and bringing in supplies to the Valley.

        Daniel Spencer/Ira Eldredge Company (1847)

        • Age at Departure: 14

        Traveled with

        • Hector Caleb Haight (Age: 37)
        • Julia Ann Haight (Age: 36)
        • Mary Adelia Haight (Age: 17)
        • William Van Orden Haight (Age: 5)

        Horton D. Haight/Frederick Kesler Freight Train (1859)

        • Age at Departure: 26
        • Company Captain

        Hooper and Eldredge Freight Train (1860)

        • Age at Departure: 28
        • Company Captain

        Horton D. Haight Company (1862)

        • Age at Departure: 30
        • Company Captain

        Horton D. Haight Company (1863)

        • Age at Departure: 31
        • Company Captain

        Horton D. Haight Company (1866)

        • Age at Departure: 34
        • Company Captain

        Horton D. Haight Company (1868)

        • Age at Departure: 36
        • Company Captain

        Sources

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        • Barton, John J., Biographical sketch, box 5, fd. 2, item 7.
        • Carbine, William Van Orden, Autobiographical sketch, 10-11. (Trail excerpt transcribed from "Pioneer History Collection" available at Pioneer Memorial Museum [Daughters of Utah Pioneers Museum], Salt Lake City, Utah. Some restrictions apply.)
        • Chandler, James J., Reminiscences and diary, 1882 Apr.-1910 Jan., 5-6.
        • "Companies En Route," Deseret News [Weekly], 8 Oct. 1862, 105.
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        • Henderson, William, Autobiographical sketch 1929, [1].
        • Horace S. Eldredge Emigrating Company journal, 1859 May-September. 
        • "Immigration," Semi-Weekly Telegraph , 27 August 1868, 3.
        • "Immigration," Semi-Weekly Telegraph, 28 Sept. 1868, 3.
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        • John Clark Dowdle autobiography and journal inCache Valley historical material, circa 1955. Reel 2, Item 17, 18-22.
        • Joseph Yates autobiographical sketch and genealogy, 1911, 12-14.
        • Journal History of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 21 June 1847, 13.
        • Kesler, Frederick, Papers, 1837-1899, reel 1, vol. 2.
        • Kesler, Frederick, to Brigham Young, 22 July 1859, in Brigham Young, Office Files 1832-1878, reel 37, box 27, fd. 2.
        • Kirby, Thomas Wright, Autobiography, 1887, 85-89.
        • Kunkel, Isabelle Price, to My Dear Nellie May, 6 Feb. 1922, 8-13. (Trail excerpt transcribed from "Pioneer History Collection" available at Pioneer Memorial Museum [Daughters of Utah Pioneers Museum], Salt Lake City, Utah. Some restrictions apply.)
        • "Latter Day Saints' Immigration," Deseret News, 24 August 1859, 197.
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