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1847–1868

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Birth Date
14 May 1829
Death Date
18 June 1904
Gender
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Matthew Francis Bell

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  • Matthew and Jane sailed to America in 1852 on the ship Kennebec.

    He and his family are not on the Company roster, however the Matthew F, /Bell letter and the Charles Sansom Diary put them in the Tidwell Company.

John Tidwell Company (1852)

  • Age at Departure: 23
  • Head of Household

Traveled with

  • Jane Bell (Age: 24)

Sources

  • Bell, Matthew F. to Dear father Mother Brethren & Sisters, 7 June 1852, in Bell, Robert, Correspondence 1852-1889, fd. 1.
  • Charles Sansom autobiography, 1907, 12-80.
  • Saints By Sea: Latter-day Saint Immigration to America