
Date Unknown
- Birth Date
- 6 August 1846
- Death Date
- 11 July 1899
- Gender
- Male
Solomon Avery Wixom
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
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.