• The Cluff family traveled to the Salt Lake Valley with the Edward Hunter Company in 1850.  The family included David and his wife Elizabeth Hall, and several of their sons: Benjamin, William Wallace, Harvey Harris, Samuel Sampson, Hyrum, Henry, Alfred Aaron, and Orson. Three of their sons, Moses, David Jr., and Joseph, traveled with the Blair company. 

  The 1850 Utah census incorrectly shows the family's surname as "Celiff."

  The family's arrival in Utah in 1850 is mentioned in the obituary of Lavina Cluff Sweat.

  At the end of a mission, David returned home with the Russell K. Homer Company in 1858.

   

Edward Hunter Company (1850)

• Age at Departure: 55
• Head of Household

Russell K. Homer Company (1858)

• Age at Departure: 62

Sources

• 1850 Utah Census.
• “A Pioneer of 1850 Dead,” Wasatch Wave, 8 April 1910, 7.
• Edward Hunter and Robert Campbell letter to Brigham Young, 17 July 1850.
• Harvey H. Cluff autobiography, journals, and scrapbook, 1868-1916, Autobiography, 1868-1888, 8-14.
• Joseph Cluff, Biographical sketches, 1891-2013.
• Journal History of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saint, Supplement after 31 December 1850, 8.
• Letter from David Cluff to Brigham Young, 22 Jan. 1859.
• Missionary Database