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1847–1868

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Birth Date
8 March 1798
Death Date
9 September 1879
Gender
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Elijah Fordham

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Edward Hunter Company (1850)

  • Age at Departure: 52
  • Head of Household

Traveled with

  • Anna Bibbins Fordham (Age: 39)
  • Julia J. Fordham (Age: 13)
  • Henrietta Fordham (Age: 12)
  • Amos Pierre Fordham (Age: 9)
  • Anna Maria Fordham (Age: 6)
  • Joseph Elijah Fordham (Age: 3)

Sources

  • 1850 Utah Census.
  • Early Missionary Database
  • Edward Hunter and Robert Campbell letter to Brigham Young, 17 July 1850.
  • "Father Fordham Gone," Deseret News [Weekly], 24 September 1879, 529.
  • Historical Department journal history of the Church, 1830-2008, Supplement after 31 December 1850, 9.
  • Nauvoo Community Project
  • Saints By Sea: Latter-day Saint Immigration to America
  • Utah, Territorial Militia Records, 1849-1877.