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30 July 1822
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29 September 1878
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George Peacock

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  • The George Peacock family traveled to the Salt Lake Valley with the Benjamin Hawkins Company in 1850; Thomas Johnson was their Captain of fifty.  George was a Captain of Ten.  His family included his wife Sarah Lowry, and their children William Henry, Sarah Elizabeth, Mary Isabelle, and George Daniel.

    At the end of a mission to England, George traveled home with the Peter Nebeker Company in 1863.  He traveled with Eliza Cannon and her three children, Hannah Howard, Elisa Lyons, and Mary Hornsby.

    He was rebaptized on 26 May 1851 while living in the Manti, Utah ward.

Benjamin Hawkins Company (1850)

  • Age at Departure: 27
  • Head of Household
  • Died en Route

Traveled with

  • Sarah C. Peacock (Age: 29)
  • William Henry Peacock (Age: 6)
  • Mary Isabelle Peacock (Age: 6)
  • Sarah Elizabeth Peacock (Age: 3)
  • George Daniel Peacock (Age: Infant)

Peter Nebeker Company (1863)

  • Age at Departure: 40
  • Returning Missionary

Sources

  • 1850 Utah Census, Salt Lake County.
  • Autobiography of John Haslem Clark, 4, 6.   Trail excerpt transcribed from "Pioneer History Collection" available at Pioneer Memorial Museum [Daughters of Utah Pioneers Museum], Salt Lake City, Utah. Some restrictions apply.
  • "Death of Judge Peacock," Deseret News , 30 Sep. 1878
  • "Emigrants for Utah," Deseret News, 6 August 1856, 176.
  • George Peacock papers, 1851 November-1861 April, 1869, Journal and reminiscences, 1851 November-1861 April, 6-7.
  • Journal History of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saint, Supplement after 31 December 1850, 2.
  • Journal History of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 26 September 1856, 33.
  • Lever, W. H. History of Sanpete and Emery Counties, Utah: With Sketches of Cities, Towns, and Villages; Chronology of Important Events; Records of Indian Wars; Portraits of Prominent Persons, and Biographies of Representative Citizens (Salt Lake City: Tribune Job Printing Co, 1898), 169
  • Manti Ward, Record of members collection, 1836-1970.
  • Nauvoo Community Project
  • Nebeker, Peter, Letter, in Journal History of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 25 Aug. 1863, 1.
  • Peacock, George, Autobiographical sketch, in 24th Quorum, Biographies, 1845-1856, vol. 1, 86-87, in Seventies Quorum, Records, 1844-1975.
  • Peacock, George, Journal and reminiscences, 1851 Nov.-1861 Apr., vol. 3, 22-23.
  • Utah, Territorial Militia Records, 1849-1877.
  • Utah State History Cemeteries and Burials Database.