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1847–1868

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Birth Date
3 November 1818
Death Date
29 October 1896
Gender
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William Tait

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  • He traveled from San Bernardino with John Robinson and Phillip B. Lewis for Utah, leaving that place on 15 Feb. 1856. He left his son, John, in the care of Caroline Barnes Crosby. 

    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. His wife was a member of the Willie Company and was among those he went out to help.

Company Unknown (1856)

  • Age at Departure: 37

Rescue Companies (1856)

  • Age at Departure: 37

Sources

  • Find a Grave (Website)
  • Lyman, Edward Leo, Susan Ward Payne, and S. George Ellsworth, eds., No Place to Call Home: The 1807-1857 Life Writings of Caroline Barnes Crosby, Chronicler of Outlying Mormon Communities [2005], 390-91.
  • "Names of Persons Who Volunteer to Go as Teamsters" in Offerings for the assistance of the P. E. F. immigrants, 1856 October in Perpetual Emigrating Fund Company general files, 1850-1887.
  • Utah State History Cemeteries and Burials Database.