• Isaac initially traveled to the Salt Lake Valley in an unknown company. Evidence from genealogical and newspaper records indicates the Baum family traveled to Utah in 1850.

  He later participated as one of the rescuers that were sent out in the winter of 1856 to assist the members of the Church stranded in Wyoming.

  In 1864, he was an out-and-back teamster for the Murdock company.

Company Unknown (1850)

• Age at Departure: 17

Rescue Companies (1856)

• Age at Departure: 24

John R. Murdock Company (1864)

• Age at Departure: 32
• Out-and-Back Teamster

Sources

• “Captain John R. Murdock Company (first mule train), manifests, 1864.” Perpetual Emigrating Fund Company church trains accounts 1861-1868, Captains’ accounts, 1862-1868. (CR 376 8, Box 1, Folder 10)
• "Original Weber Settler Answers Death's Call", Deseret News , 22 Nov. 1920, 2:5.
• Utah Death Certificate Index, 1905-1967.