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1847–1868

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Birth Date
9 January 1851
Death Date
12 October 1930
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Edward Henry Rhead

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  • The Rhead family dropped out of the company at Newton, Iowa because of sickness. They resumed their journey on the Young/Harmon/Kimball Company (1861).

    The family sailed to America in 1856 on the ship Horizon.

Edward Martin Company (1856)

  • Age at Departure: 5

Traveled with

  • Eliza Rhead (Age: 31)
  • Josiah Rhead (Age: 25)
  • Eliza Persis Rhead (Age: 1)

Joseph W. Young/Ansil P. Harmon/Heber P. Kimball Company (1861)

  • Age at Departure: 10

Traveled with

  • Eliza Rhead (Age: 36)
  • Josiah Rhead (Age: 30)
  • Thomas Lewis Beech (Age: 14)
  • Eliza Persis Rhead (Age: 6)
  • James Bourne Rhead (Age: 3)
  • William George Rhead (Age: Infant)

Sources

  • 1860 Iowa Census
  • 1900 Utah Census.
  • Perpetual Emigrating Fund, Financial Accounts 1849-1886, Ledger B, p. 250.
  • Rhead, Edward Henry, Autobiographical sketch, in 27th Quorum, Biographies, 1850-1858, vol. 1, n.p., in Seventies Quorum, Records, 1844-1975, reel 83.
  • Rhead, Josiah, [Excerpts from record book], in Edward H. Rhead, Journal and record book, 4.
  • Saints By Sea: Latter-day Saint Immigration to America