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1847–1868

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Birth Date
18 October 1823
Death Date
20 October 1890
Gender
Male
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William Caroll Penney

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  • The spelling of his name is confirmed by the inscription on his gravestone. William also had a son by the name of Ezra Wayman Penney who married in Salt Lake in May 1870.  We have not been able to confirm the date he arrived in Utah.

Edward T. Mumford Company (1868)

  • Age at Departure: 44
  • Head of Household

Traveled with

  • Nancy Caroline Penney (Age: 40)
  • George Caroll Penney (Age: 14)
  • Lydia Ann Penney (Age: 12)
  • Henry Edward Penney (Age: 11)
  • Jesse Younger Penney (Age: 8)
  • Charles Tanner Penney (Age: 7)

Sources

  • 1870 Utah Census, Millard County.
  • Buttars, Sarah Keep, Autobiography March 1923-[ca. 1936], 6-8.
  • Find a Grave (Website)
  • Francis A. Brown Journal, 1867 September – 1868 September.
  • "Names of Passengers in Captain Mumford's Train," Deseret News, 23 September 1868, 1.