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1847–1868

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Birth Date
11 December 1807
Death Date
2 August 1882
Gender
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Lewis William Wight

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  • Captain of Fifty.  He was re-baptized in the Salt Lake Valley on 8 June 1851.

    The inscription on his gravestone proves his birth and death dates.

Edward Hunter Company (1850)

  • Age at Departure: 42
  • Head of Household

Traveled with

  • Nancy Urania Wight (Age: 41)
  • Sarah Wight (Age: 17)
  • Joseph Moroni Wight (Age: 6)
  • Heber Wight (Age: 5)
  • Nancy Wight (Age: 3)
  • William Lewis Wight (Age: Infant)

Sources

  • Edward Hunter and Robert Campbell letter to Brigham Young, 17 July 1850.
  • Journal History of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Supplement after 31 December 1850,  7, 12.
  • Lewis Wight reminiscence, 2-3.  Trail excerpt transcribed from "Pioneer History Collection" available at Pioneer Memorial Museum [Daughters of Utah Pioneers Museum], Salt Lake City, Utah. Some restrictions apply.
  • Salt Lake Stake, Record of members collection, 1836-1970.
  • Utah, Territorial Militia Records, 1849-1877.
  • Utah State History Cemeteries and Burials Database.