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1847–1868

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27 January 1831
Death Date
4 January 1888
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Lewis Brunson

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  • Lewis initially traveled to the Salt Lake Valley in the John G. Smith Company in 1851.  His brother Seymour was also in the company.

    At the end of a mission, Lewis returned to Salt Lake as Captain of the Lewis Brunson Company in 1862.

John G. Smith Company (1851)

  • Age at Departure: 20
  • Head of Household

Traveled with

  • Seymour Brunson (Age: 14)

Lewis Brunson Company (1862)

  • Age at Departure: 31
  • Company Captain

Sources

  • "Arrival of Captain Bronson’s Company," Deseret News, 3 September 1862, 6.
  • Brunson, Lewis, Autobiography, 1861, 16-17
  • Brunson, Lewis, to Robert L. Campbell, 28 Sep. 1862, [3-4], in Missionary reports, 1831-1900.
  • Find a Grave (Website)
  • Historical Department journal history of the Church, 1830-2008, Supplement after 31 December 1851, 1.
  • Mary Melissa McAdams Robertson reminiscences in History of John Henry Robertson and his wife Mary Melissa McAdams by Alice Bates Cutler in Robertson family life sketches, circa 2012, 3-12.
  • "Obituary," Deseret News [Weekly], 1 Feb. 1888, 48.
  • Utah State History Cemeteries and Burials Database.