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1847–1868

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Birth Date
8 July 1842
Death Date
31 May 1931
Gender
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Emma Melissa Guymon

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  • The Guymon family traveled to the Salt Lake Valley with the Aaron Johnson Company in 1850.  The family included Noah Guymon and children from his first wife Mary Jane, Lucinda Harris, and Emma Melissa; his second wife Margaret Elizabeth Johnson and their children Margaret Elizabeth and Martin Lewis; and his third wife, Elizabeth Ann Jones and their son William Albert.

    Noah’s parents Thomas and Sarah Gordon, and his siblings Polly Ann and family, Barzilla and Family, and Melissa Jane were also in the company.

    Her death certificate shows her nams as "Emma Guymon Kearnes."

Aaron Johnson Company (1850)

  • Age at Departure: 7

Traveled with

  • Margaret Guymon (Age: 30)
  • Noah Thomas Guymon (Age: 30)
  • Elizabeth Ann Guymon (Age: 20)
  • Mary Jane Guymon (Age: 11)
  • Lucinda Harris Guymon (Age: 9)
  • Margaret Elizabeth Guymon (Age: 3)
  • Martin Lewis Guymon (Age: 1)
  • William Albert Guymon (Age: 1)

Sources

  • 1850 Utah Census.
  • "Deaths," Salt Lake Telegram, 1 June 1931, 17. Mrs. Emma G. Kearnes
  • Emma G. Kearnes autobiography, 1921.
  • Utah Death Certificate Index, 1905-1967.