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1847–1868

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Birth Date
10 March 1848
Death Date
3 November 1901
Gender
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Hyrum Shelton

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  • Martha Jane, in her application to the Daughters of Utah Pioneers in 1920, indicated that she and her family traveled in the Melvin Ross Company in 1850. Melvin Ross was a captain of ten in the 1850 Benjamin Hawkins Company.

Benjamin Hawkins Company (1850)

  • Age at Departure: 2

Traveled with

  • Stephen Shelton (Age: 41)
  • Abigail Shelton (Age: 32)
  • Mary Ann Shelton (Age: 18)
  • Nancy Serilda Shelton (Age: 13)
  • John Shelton (Age: 10)
  • Martha Jane Shelton (Age: 6)
  • Joseph Shelton (Age: 4)

Sources

  • 1850 Utah Census, Utah County.
  • Find a Grave (Website)
  • How Beautiful upon the Mountains: A Centennial History of Wasatch County (Heber City, Utah: Wasatch County Chapter, Daughters of Utah Pioneers, 1993).
  • Utah, Territorial Militia Records, 1849-1877.