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1847–1868

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Birth Date
16 October 1838
Death Date
2 June 1895
Gender
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Robert Houston Davis

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  • In 1849 he traveled with his family. In 1868 he was an out and back teamster. Some sources have his death date as 1 January 1895.

Samuel Gully/Orson Spencer Company (1849)

  • Age at Departure: 10

Traveled with

  • Rachel Davis (Age: 38)
  • George Preston Davis (Age: 21)
  • James Jordan Davis (Age: 19)
  • Elizabeth Jane Davis (Age: 17)
  • Charles Washington Davis (Age: 16)
  • Levi Washington Davis (Age: 13)
  • Joseph Webster Davis (Age: 8)
  • Mary Jane Davis (Age: 4)
  • Henry Orson Davis (Age: 2)

Daniel D. McArthur Company (1868)

  • Age at Departure: 29
  • Out-and-Back Teamster

Sources

  • 1850 Utah Census.
  • 1860 Utah Census.
  • 1870 Utah Census.
  • “Captain D. D. McArthur memorandum book, 1868.” In Perpetual Emigrating Fund Company church trains accounts 1861-1868, Captains’ accounts 1862-1868. 
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