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1847–1868

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Birth Date
9 April 1823
Death Date
13 October 1900
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Joseph Sharp Rawlins

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  • His travel to Utah 1848 is mentioned in the obituary of his daughter Nancy.

Willard Richards Company (1848)

  • Age at Departure: 25
  • Head of Household

Traveled with

  • Mary Rawlins (Age: 21)
  • Nancy Jane Rawlins (Age: 3)
  • Mary Ellen Rawlins (Age: Infant)

Joseph S. Rawlins Company (1866)

  • Age at Departure: 43
  • Company Captain

Joseph S. Rawlins Company (1868)

  • Age at Departure: 45
  • Company Captain

Joseph S. Rawlins Company (1864)

  • Age at Departure: 41
  • Company Captain

Sources

  • Alston, Christopher, Reminiscences, 5-7.  Trail excerpt transcribed from "Pioneer History Collection" available at Pioneer Memorial Museum [Daughters of Utah Pioneers Museum], Salt Lake City, Utah. Some restrictions apply.
  • Aveson, Robert, "Reminiscences of Long Trip from Old England to the Latter-day Zion Fifty-Three Years Ago," Deseret Evening News , 26 July 1919, sec. 3, p. 8
  • Aveson, Robert, to Robert H. Cowley, 8 Aug. 1938.
  • Camp of Israel schedules and reports, 1845-1849.
  • "Elders Arrived," Deseret Evening News, 20 Aug. 1868, 3.
  • Find a Grave (Website)
  • Fitt, Caroline Rachel Wakefield, [Autobiography], in Chronicles of Courage , 8 vols. [1990-97], 4:83.
  • "From the Missionaries," Semi-Weekly Telegraph , 2 July 1868, 1.
  • Garner, Jane Sprunt Warner, [Reminiscences], in "Utah Pioneer Biographies," 44 vols., 11:19.
  • Humpherys, George, Autobiographical sketch, 9.
  • Hunter, Edward, to Brigham Young, 20 Aug. 1868, in Brigham Young, Office Files 1832-1878, box 46, fd. 2.
  • "List of Passengers," Deseret News, 17 August 1864, 369.
  • "Mrs. Nancy Kerr, Pioneer of 1848, Dies at Richamond," Salt Lake Telegram, 19 September 1928, 10.
  • Murdock, Gideon Allen, Autobiography and journal, 1873-1923, vol. 1, 13-21.
  • Stephens, Evan, A Talk Given by Prof. Evan Stephens Before the Daughters of the Pioneers, Hawthorne Camp, Feb. 5, 1930, [1]. Trail excerpt transcribed from "Pioneer History Collection" available at Pioneer Memorial Museum [Daughters of Utah Pioneers Museum], Salt Lake City, Utah. Some restrictions apply.
  • "The Immigration," Semi-Weekly Telegraph , 6 Aug. 1868, 3.
  • "Trains Got In," Deseret News [Weekly], 3 Oct. 1866, 349.
  • Zebulon Jacobs reminiscences and diaries, 1861-1867.