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        1847–1868

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        Birth Date
        28 May 1795
        Death Date
        26 October 1872
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        Daniel Stanton

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        • His travel to Utah is confirmed by his wife's obituary. He may have also brought his two granddaughters, Semira LaCelestine Roslin Bassett and Ann Clarinda Bassett.He may have traveled with the 1852 William Morgan Company. A few years later he participated in the rescue effort to bring in the members of the Church stranded on the plains of Wyoming.

        Company Unknown (1852)

        • Age at Departure: 56

        Rescue Companies (1856)

        • Age at Departure: 61

        Sources

        • "Deaths," Deseret News [Weekly], 25 Aug. 1886, 512.
        • Find a Grave (Website)
        • Presiding Bishopric. Immigrant Location Committee Minutes, (20 September - 13 October 1852).
        • "Registry of Names of Persons Residing in the Various Wards as to Bishops' Reports, Great Salt Lake City, Dec. 28th, A.D. 1852." In Wright, Norman Edgar, ed., Key to Migration Sources Great Britain and North America.  
        • Wood, Semira L., "An Abridged Sketch of the Life of Semira L. Wood, 2.