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        1847–1868

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        Birth Date
        1 September 1813
        Death Date
        23 October 1889
        Gender
        Male
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        John Barker

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        • As a returning missionary, John initially traveled to the Salt Lake Valley with his wife in the Milo Andrus company in 1855 as indicated in a Deseret News article on 17 October.

          At the end of another mission, he traveled home with the John Gillespie Company in 1868 as indicated in John Gillespie’s 1868 account book.

        Milo Andrus Company (1855)

        • Age at Departure: 41
        • Returning Missionary
        • Head of Household

        Traveled with

        • Mary Barker (Age: 25)

        John Gillespie Company (1868)

        • Age at Departure: 54
        • Returning Missionary

        Sources

        • Gillespie, John, Account book 1868.
        • Missionary Department Missionary Registers, 1860-1959, Volume 1.
        • "Names of Passengers," Deseret News, 17 October 1855, 5.
        • Perpetual Emigrating Fund, Financial Accounts 1849-1886, Ledger B, p. 126.
        • Utah State History Cemeteries and Burials Database.