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1847–1868

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Birth Date
7 September 1803
Death Date
22 December 1871
Gender
Female
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Harriet Page Young


Alternate Names

    Harriet Page Wheeler

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  • Harriet traveled with her husband in Brigham Young's vanguard company. They returned to Winter Quarters shortly after but are seen back on the trail crossing the plains again in 1850 with Lorenzo leading his own company to the Valley.

Brigham Young Vanguard Company (1847)

  • Age at Departure: 43

Traveled with

  • Lorenzo Dow Young (Age: 39)
  • Isaac Perry Decker (Age: 6)
  • Lorenzo Sobieski Young (Age: 6)

Lorenzo Dow Young Company (1850)

  • Age at Departure: 46

Sources

  • "A Pioneer Lady Gone," Salt Lake Herald-Republican, 23 December 1871, 3.
  • Find a Grave (Website)
  • Heber C. Kimball journal in Heber C. Kimball papers, 1837-1866.
  • James A. Little autobiography, undated, 78-80.
  • James Amasa Little, "Biography of Lorenzo Dow Young," Utah Historical Quarterly 14 (1946): 118-21.
  • Lorenzo Dow Young diaries, 1846-1852 and 1888-1891, in Lorenzo D. Young papers, 1846-1894.
  • Thomas Bullock journals, 1843-1849, Journal, 1847 April-June.
  • Utah, Salt Lake County Death Records, 1849-1949.
  • Utah Historical Quarterly, vol. 14, p. 120
  • "Utah's Three Pioneer Women," Deseret Evening News, 5 Oct. 1901, 7.
  • William Clayton diaries, 1846-1853, Folder contents: (2) Volume 2, 1847.
  • “Work of Utah Women Merits Hearty Praise,” Salt Lake Telegram, 19 July 1937, 53.