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1847–1868

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Birth Date
23 November 1836
Death Date
29 March 1920
Gender
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John Earl Felshaw

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  • He was an out-and-back teamster in the 1851 John G. Smith Company.

    His Arizona death certificate incorrectly shows his surname as "Feleshaw."  The inscription on his gravestone in Arizona correctly shows his name as "John Felshaw."

John G. Smith Company (1851)

  • Age at Departure: 14

Traveled with

  • William Felshaw (Age: 51)
  • Mary Harriet Felshaw (Age: 42)
  • Lucy Rachel Felshaw (Age: 9)
  • Caroline Felshaw (Age: 5)
  • Hannah Olive Felshaw (Age: 2)
  • Sarah Felshaw (Age: Infant)
  • Susannah Felshaw (Age: Infant)

Samuel D. White Company (1863)

  • Age at Departure: 26

Sources

  • 100 Years of History of Millard County, p. 27
  • 1850 Iowa Census, Pottawattamie County.
  • 1856 Utah Census.
  • 1870 Utah Census.
  • Arizona Death Certificate.
  • Black, Susan Easton. Membership of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints: 1830-1848 (Provo, UT: Brigham Young University, [1984-1988]).
  • Find a Grave (Website)
  • Frank Esshom, Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah (Salt Lake City: Utah Pioneers Book Publishing Company, 1913), 1317.
  • Utah, Territorial Militia Records, 1849-1877.