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1847–1868

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17 July 1814
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4 December 1879
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William Clayton

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  • He served as the Clerk of the Company during his journey to Utah with the 1848 Heber C. Kimball Company.

    In 1853 he was a returning missionary on the ship Camillus and and traveled to Utah with the John Brown Company.

Brigham Young Vanguard Company (1847)

  • Age at Departure: 32

Heber C. Kimball Company (1848)

  • Age at Departure: 33
  • Head of Household

Traveled with

  • Ruth Clayton (Age: 30)
  • Margaret Clayton (Age: 28)
  • Diantha Clayton (Age: 19)
  • Sarah Lucretia Clayton (Age: 10)
  • Margaret Normandy Clayton (Age: 9)
  • William Heber Clayton (Age: 5)
  • Vilate Ruth Clayton (Age: 3)
  • Moroni Clayton (Age: 2)
  • Joseph Thomas Clayton (Age: 1)
  • Newell Horace Clayton (Age: 1)
  • Olive Diantha Clayton (Age: Infant)

John Brown Company (1853)

  • Age at Departure: 38

Sources

  • Albert P. Rockwood journals, 1847-1853, Journal, 1847 April-July.
  • Andrew Jenson, "Case, James," "Chamberlain, Solomon," "Chesley, Alexander Philip," "Clayton, William," "Cloward, Thomas P.," "Coltrin, Zebedee," "Craig, James," "Crosby, Oscar," and "Curtis, Lyman," Latter-day Saint Biographical Encyclopedia, Volume 4 (Salt Lake City, Utah: The Andrew Jenson History Company, 1971), 696-697.
  • Appleton M. Harmon diary, 1847 April-July.
  • Find a Grave (Website)
  • Heber C. Kimball, Autobiography, circa 1842-1858, in Heber C. Kimball papers, 1837-1866. 
  • Heber C. Kimball journal in Heber C. Kimball papers, 1837-1866.
  • Howard Egan, Pioneering the West, 1846 to 1878, edited and compiled by William M. Egan (1917), 21-105.
  • Journal History of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 17 July 1853, 1.
  • Journal History of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Supplement after 31 December 1848, 11.
  • Levi Jackman journal, 1847 March-1849 April, 35-59.
  • Norton Jacob reminiscence and journal, 1844 May-1852 January, 110-115.
  • Norton Jacob reminiscence and journal, 1844 May-1852 January, 47-85.
  • Philo Johnson reminiscences, 1890, 1894, 1941; 1894, 3-4.
  • Saints By Sea: Latter-day Saint Immigration to America
  • Thomas Bullock correspondence and papers, 1837-1857.
  • Thomas Bullock journals, 1843-1849, Journal, 1847 April-June.
  • Wilford Woodruff journal, 1847 January-1853 December, 25-77.
  • William A. Empey, "The Journal of William A. Empey, May 7-August 4, 1847," edited by Dale L. Morgan, Annals of Wyoming (July-October 1949), 124-33.
  • William Burton papers, circa 1837-1851, Journal, Volume 11, 1848 June-July.
  • William Clayton diaries, 1846-1853, Folder contents: (2) Volume 2, 1847.