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1847–1868

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Birth Date
23 April 1827
Death Date
19 June 1912
Gender
Male
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William Spicer

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  • William emigrated from England with his wife, Elizabeth Mary. His birth date and death date are confirmed by his death certificate and obituaries.

John A. Hunt Company (1856)

  • Age at Departure: 29
  • Head of Household

Traveled with

  • Elizabeth Mary Spicer (Age: 30)

Sources

  • Handcart Veterans Association. Handcart Veterans Association scrapbook, 1906-1914, folder 6. 
  • Handcart Veterans Association. Handcart Veterans Association scrapbook, 1906-1914, folder 7. 
  • History of Tooele County [1961], vol. 4, p. 431
  • "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, 9.
  • Orson F. Whitey, History of Utah: in Four Volumes, Volume 4 (Salt Lake City, Utah: George Q. Cannon & Sons Co., Publishers, 1904), 431.
  • "Pioneer Laid To Rest," Deseret Evening News, 24 June 1912, 14.
  • "Pioneer of 1856 Answers Last Call," Deseret Evening News 20 June 1912, 12.
  • Spicer, William to S. S. Jones, Handcart Veterans Association, ca. 1906. Handcart Veterans Association, Scrapbook, 1906-1914, fd. 2.