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        1847–1868

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        Birth Date
        10 June 1853
        Death Date
        14 August 1934
        Gender
        Female
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        Sophia Ann Geary

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        • The Geary family traveled with the 1853 John Brown Company from Keokuk, Iowa to Council Bluffs, where they dropped out due to illness. In 1856, they began their journey across the plains again with the James Willie handcart company. They joined with Hodgetts company at Fort Laramie.

        John Brown Company (1853)

        • Age at Departure: Infant

        Traveled with

        • John Thomas Geary (Age: 30)
        • Sophia Geary (Age: 23)

        James G. Willie Company (1856)

        • Age at Departure: 3

        Traveled with

        • John Thomas Geary (Age: 33)
        • Sophia Geary (Age: 26)
        • Echo Workman Geary (Age: Infant)

        Sources

        • Marilyn Austin Smith, Faithful Stewards--the Life of James Gray Willie and Elizabeth Ann Pettit, 95-120.
        • "Obituaries," Deseret News , 21 Aug. 1934, 17.
        • "Richard Fryer," In Biographical Information Relating to Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel database.