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1847–1868

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Birth Date
7 October 1822
Death Date
31 May 1892
Gender
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Benjamin William Rolfe

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  • Rolfe traveled with the 1847 Company, but returned to Winter Quarters shortly after his arrival in the Valley. He returned again in 1848.

Brigham Young Vanguard Company (1847)

  • Age at Departure: 24

Heber C. Kimball Company (1848)

  • Age at Departure: 25

Sources

  • Albert P. Rockwood journals, 1847-1853, Journal, 1847 April-July.
  • "Deaths," Deseret News [Weekly] , 4 June 1892, 783.
  • Heber C. Kimball journal in Heber C. Kimball papers, 1837-1866.
  • Howard Egan, Pioneering the West, 1846 to 1878, edited and compiled by William M. Egan (1917), 21-105.
  • John S. Higbee reminiscences and diaries, 1845-1866.  Transcriptions from volumes 1 and 2.
  • Journal History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Supplement after 31 December 1848, 15.
  • Latter-day Saint Biographical Encyclopedia [1971], 4:716.
  • “Life and Journeys of John Somers Higbee,” Iron County Record, 16 February 1929.
  • Thomas Bullock journals, 1843-1849, Journal, 1847 April-June.
  • Utah State History Cemeteries and Burials Database.
  • William Clayton diaries, 1846-1853, Folder contents: (2) Volume 2, 1847.