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        1847–1868

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        Birth Date
        27 September 1842
        Death Date
        11 September 1934
        Gender
        Female
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        Rhoda Elizabeth Lay

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        • Rhoda's date of birth was listed as 29 September 1842 in "John Brown's company of 10, report, 1848 June."

        Willard Richards Company (1848)

        • Age at Departure: 5

        Traveled with

        • Sytha Solena Lay (Age: 30)
        • William Harvey Lay (Age: 30)
        • Lucy (Age: 12)
        • Susan Ann Lay (Age: 4)
        • John Taylor Lay (Age: 2)
        • Mary Elizabeth Lay (Age: 2)
        • Joseph Coleman Lay (Age: Infant)
        • Harriet (Age: Unknown)

        Sources

        • Brown, John Zimmerman, comp. Autobiography of Pioneer John Brown, 1820-1896 (Salt Lake City, 1941), 100.
        • John Brown's company of 10, report, 1848 June in Camp of Israel schedules and reports 1845-1849.
        • Mississippi company, report, 1848 May in Camp of Israel schedules and reports, 1845-1849.
        • "Oldest Kanab Resident Dies at the age of 92," Kane County Standard, 14 September 1934, 1.
        • Pioneer Pathways 5 (2002): 232-33