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1847–1868

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Birth Date
26 October 1827
Death Date
25 December 1912
Gender
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George Brinton Matson

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  • George initially traveled to the Salt Lake Valley in the Abraham O. Smoot - Samuel Russell Company in 1847. However, he later participated as one of the rescuers that were sent out in the winter of 1856 to assist the members of the Church stranded in Wyoming.

    Death date is confirmed by his death certificate. 

Abraham O. Smoot/Samuel Russell Company (1847)

  • Age at Departure: 19

Rescue Companies (1856)

  • Age at Departure: 28

Sources

  • 1850 Utah Census.
  • Book of the Pioneers, 1:15.
  • Geo. B. Matson in The Book of the Pioneers Volume 2 (Utah Semi-Centennial Commission, 1897), 28.
  • "He is a Pioneer," Deseret Evening News , 1 June 1897, 8.
  • “Pioneer of '47.  Father Matson of Springville Pays His Annual Call to the 'News.'” Deseret News, 24 June 1904, 1.
  • "Pioneer of 1847 Called By Death," Deseret Evening News , 26 Dec. 1912, 8.
  • "Pioneer of 1847 Called to Reward," Salt Lake Herald, 26 Dec. 1912, 6.