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1847–1868

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Birth Date
29 May 1858
Death Date
29 August 1869
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Benjamin James Ashdown

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  • Sources from emigration, newspaper, and church (Perpetual Emigration) records prove that the Ashdown family came to Utah in 1861. 

    From the Life of William Neves by Dinah Alice Neves, his daughter puts them in the 1861 Ira Eldredge Company.

Ira Eldredge Company (1861)

  • Age at Departure: 3

Traveled with

  • Richard Ashdown Sr. (Age: 47)
  • Ann Ashdown (Age: 39)
  • William Ashdown (Age: 17)
  • Richard Ashdown Jr. (Age: 15)
  • Mary Ann Ashdown (Age: 7)

Sources

  • "Richard Ashdown Dead", Davis County Clipper , 1902, 10-3.