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1847–1868

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Birth Date
27 November 1837
Death Date
11 May 1912
Gender
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Elizabeth Richards


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    Elizabeth John

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  • The Richards family arrived in New York on 23 June 1864 via the ship The General McClellan. Father, Morgan Richards, was hired as a teamster for another company just ahead of this one so he does not appear on the roster with the rest of his family.

William S. Warren Company (1864)

  • Age at Departure: 26
  • Head of Household

Traveled with

  • Alice Howells Richards (Age: 4)
  • John Richards (Age: 1)

Sources

  • “Captain William S. Warren Company (third ox train), manifests, 1864.” Perpetual Emigrating Fund Company church trains accounts 1861-1868, Captains’ accounts, 1862-1868. (CR 376 8, Box 1, Folder 13)
  • "List of Passengers," Deseret News, 17 August 1864, 369.
  • New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957.
  • Perpetual Emigrating Fund, Financial Accounts 1849-1886, Ledger C, p. 387.
  • Williams, Alice Richards, [Interview], in "Utah Pioneer Biographies," 44 vols., 30:19-22.