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1847–1868

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Birth Date
6 August 1846
Death Date
11 July 1899
Gender
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Solomon Avery Wixom

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  • Solomon initially emigrated  in the David Evans Company, but later he participated as a teamster in the Daniel Thompson company of 1866. Solomon's brother, Justin, who was returning home from a mission, traveled in this same company, in Solomon's wagon for a time.

    His birth date is confirmed by Lehi Ward records at the time of his re-baptism (April 1857).

David Evans Company (1850)

  • Age at Departure: 3

Traveled with

  • Solomon Wixom (Age: 41)
  • Harriet Elvira Wixom (Age: 19)
  • Justin Chauncey Wixom (Age: 11)
  • James Monroe Sessions (Age: 3)

Daniel Thompson Company (1866)

  • Age at Departure: 19

William B. Preston Company (1864)

  • Age at Departure: 17
  • Out-and-Back Teamster

Sources

  • 1850 Utah Census.
  • “Captain Daniel Thompson, memoranda book (2), 1866,” in Perpetual Emigrating Fund Company church trains accounts 1861-1868, Captains’ accounts 1862-1868.
  • “Captain Daniel Thompson, memorandum book 1, 1866.” In Perpetual Emigrating Fund Company church trains accounts 1861-1868, Captains’ accounts 1862-1868.
  • "Captain Daniel Thompson's (of Fillmore) Company." In Perpetual Emigrating Fund Company church trains accounts 1861-1868, Wards' accounts 1861-1868, Account book 1866 1868.
  • "Captain William B. Preston, memorandum book, 1864," Perpetual Emigrating Fund Company church trains accounts 1861-1868, Captains' accounts 1862-1868.
  • “Captain William B. Preston Company (first ox train), manifest, 1864.” Perpetual Emigrating Fund Company church trains accounts 1861-1868, Captains’ accounts, 1862-1868.
  • Find a Grave (Website)
  • “Freight Manifests, 1864, 1868.” In Perpetual Emigrating Fund Company church trains accounts 1861-1868, Freight manifests, 1861-1868, p. 12-31. (CR 376 8, Box 1, Folder 4)
  • Lehi Ward, Record of members collection, 1836-1970.
  • "Our Own State: Brigham City; Sudden Death of Solomon A. Wixom Some Few Days Ago," Deseret Evening News, 21 July 1899, 7.
  • Utah, Deaths and Burials, 1888-1946.
  • Utah State History Cemeteries and Burials Database.
  • Wixom, Justin Chauncey, Diary, 1863-1879 in Wixom Family Papers [ca 1863-1945] fd. 3, vol. 1.
  • Wixom, Justin Chauncey, Diary, in Wixom Family, Papers, [ca. 1863-1945], fd. 4, vol. 4.