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1847–1868

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Birth Date
12 March 1835
Death Date
22 March 1878
Gender
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John L. Lewis

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  • He sailed to America in 1849 with his mother and siblings on the ship Buena Vista.

    In the 1850 Utah census he is listed as John L. "Jones." (His mother had married Dan Jones in December 1849.)

George A. Smith/Dan Jones Company (1849)

  • Age at Departure: 14

Traveled with

  • Elizabeth Lewis (Age: 37)
  • Thomas D. Lewis (Age: 15)
  • Eliza Ann Lewis (Age: 12)
  • Canaan Lewis (Age: 7)
  • Sarah Elizabeth Lewis (Age: 6)
  • Lewis Lewis (Age: 2)

Sources

  • 1850 Utah Census.
  • Camp of Israel schedules and reports, 1845-1849.
  • Journal History of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saint, Supplement after 31 December 1849, 8H.
  • Utah, Territorial Militia Records, 1849-1877.