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1847–1868

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Birth Date
31 May 1812
Death Date
21 September 1856
Gender
Male
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Elias Davis

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  • Their surname is spelled "Davies" on the ship passenger list. His brother, Edmund Weeks Davis, traveled in the Martin company.

John A. Hunt Company (1856)

  • Age at Departure: 44
  • Head of Household
  • Died en Route

Traveled with

  • Ann Davis (Age: 47)

Sources

  • Dan Jones Emigrating Company journal, 1856 May-December.
  • Hunt, John A., [Journal], in "Church Emigration Book"
  • "Immigration to Utah," Deseret News, 15 October 1856, 254.
  • Journal History of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 15 December 1856, 8.
  • Letter from John A. Hunt to Brigham Young, 11 October 1856.
  • Linforth, J., [Letter], Latter-day Saints' Millennial Star, 10 January 1857, 27-28.