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1847–1868

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Birth Date
4 November 1833
Death Date
27 October 1911
Gender
Male
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George Finley Brooks

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  • George traveled to Utah as part of the Hunt company. His brother Edmund also traveled in the Hunt company with his wife Eliza. His birth date and death date are confirmed by his death certificate.

John A. Hunt Company (1856)

  • Age at Departure: 22

Sources

  • George Finley Brooks, Biographical sketches, 1891-2013.
  • Handcart Veterans Association. Handcart Veterans Association scrapbook, 1906-1914, folder 6. 
  • Handcart Veterans Association. Handcart Veterans Association scrapbook, 1906-1914, folder 7. 
  • "Immigration to Utah," Deseret News, 15 October 1856, 254.
  • John A. Hunt Company report, 1856, Brigham Young office emigrating companies reports, 1850-1862.
  • Journal History of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 15 December 1856, 11.
  • Spicer, William to S. S. Jones, Handcart Veterans Association, ca. 1906. Handcart Veterans Association, Scrapbook, 1906-1914, fd. 2.