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1847–1868

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Birth Date
21 February 1801
Death Date
16 October 1864
Gender
Male
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Aaron Benjamin Cherry

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  • He was a Captain of the Guard in 1857.

Charles C. Rich Company (1847)

  • Age at Departure: 46
  • Head of Household

Traveled with

  • Mary Margaret Cherry (Age: 35)
  • Rebecca Ann Cherry (Age: 17)
  • Sarah Jane Cherry (Age: 15)
  • John James Cherry (Age: 13)
  • Mary Margaret Cherry (Age: 11)
  • Amelia Mariah Cherry (Age: 9)
  • Jesse Yelton Cherry (Age: 7)
  • Thomas Rittenhouse Cherry (Age: 4)
  • Caroline Cherry (Age: 1)

Perrigrine Sessions Company (1857)

  • Age at Departure: 56
  • Head of Household

Traveled with

  • Jesse Yelton Cherry (Age: 17)

Sources

  • 1850 Utah Census, Davis County.
  • 1860 Utah Census, Davis County.
  • Anderson, Washington F. to Editor, 12 Aug. 1857, Bear River Ferry, in Historian's Office, History of the Church 1839-[ca. 1882], 414-18, 12 Aug. 1857.
  • "Death From Cancer," Deseret News, 19 October 1864, 4.
  • Journal History of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 21 June 1847, 48.
  • Rich, Charles Coulson, Diary, 1846 Feb.-1847 Oct., 7-16.
  • Rich, Sarah DeArmon Pea, Autobiography, 1885-1893, [manuscript:] fd. 2, 27-43 and [typescript:] 57-65.