• Chauncey was part of the 6th Company of Ten led by Charles Shumway. His birth date and death date are confirmed by the inscriptions on his gravestone.

Brigham Young Vanguard Company (1847)

• Age at Departure: 50

Sources

• 1850 Utah Census, Davis County.
• Albert P. Rockwood journals, 1847-1853, Journal, 1847 April-July.
• "Died," Deseret News, 16 August 1876, 459.
• Find a Grave
• Heber C. Kimball journal in Heber C. Kimball papers, 1837-1866.
• "The Utah Pioneers," Deseret Weekly, 25 August 1894, 294.
• William Clayton diaries, 1846-1853, Folder contents: (2) Volume 2, 1847.