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1847–1868

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Birth Date
5 April 1832
Death Date
12 September 1908
Gender
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Ansil Perce Harmon

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  • Ansil initially came to the Valley in 1848 with family. However, several years later, in both 1861 and 1862, he captained his own companies, assisting new emigrants to cross the plains.

Heber C. Kimball Company (1848)

  • Age at Departure: 16

Traveled with

  • Jesse Perse Harmon (Age: 52)
  • Amos Washington Harmon (Age: 20)

Joseph W. Young/Ansil P. Harmon/Heber P. Kimball Company (1861)

  • Age at Departure: 29
  • Company Captain

Ansil P. Harmon Company (1862)

  • Age at Departure: 30
  • Company Captain

Sources

  • Appleton Milo Harmon journal in Library of Congress collection of Mormon diaries, 1935-1938, 17-24.
  • Camp of Israel schedules and reports, 1845-1849.
  • “Captain A. P. Harmon, memorandum book, 1862.” In Perpetual Emigrating Fund Company church trains accounts 1861-1868, Captains’ accounts 1862-1868. (CR 376 8, Box 1, Folder 6)
  • Davis, Albert Wesley, [Autobiography], Utah Genealogical and Historical Magazine, Oct. 1926, 244.
  • Ence, Gottlieb, A short sketch of my life [ca. 1911], 14-15. (MS 8658)
  • Freckleton, John Orr, Reminiscences and journal, 1900-1902, 8-10.
  • Harmon, Ansil Perce, Diary 1882 Jan.-Nov.
  • Harmon, Appleton Milo, Journal, p. 47
  • Jefferies, William, Reminiscences and diary, 1886, 22.
  • Joseph G. Hovey papers, 1845-1856, circa 1933, Autobiography, 1845-1856, 130-75.
  • Journal History of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Supplement after 31 December 1848, 14.  
  • Keetch, Mercy Truth Barker, Reminiscences 1902, vol. 2, 8p.
  • McAllister, John Daniel Thompson, Journals, 1851-1906, reel 1, vol. 4, 38-72.
  • "Names of Immigrants," Deseret News, 24 September 1862, 2.
  • Norton Jacob reminiscence and journal, 1844 May-1852 January, 110-115.
  • "Pioneer Passes Away Near Provo," The Salt Lake Evening Telegram , 14 Sep. 1908, 11.
  • Priest, William, "A record of my life, 1828," 42-62.
  • "The Companies for the Missouri River," Deseret News [Weekly], 4 June 1862, 388.
  • "The Immigration," Deseret News [Weekly], 23 July 1862, 28.
  • Utah Death Certificate Index, 1905-1967.
  • William Ajax diary, 1862 February-1863 December, 118-78.
  • Yates, William, Journals, 1848-1891, 4p.
  • Zebulon Jacobs reminiscences and diaries, 1861-1877, folder 1.