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1847–1868

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Birth Date
2 January 1842
Death Date
5 July 1906
Gender
Male
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John Wesley Keele

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  • Evidence from church and death records proves the Keele family traveled to Utah in 1852. Further research is needed to determine the name of the company they traveled with.

    John was seen on the trail several years later when he hired out to be a teamster for John Holladay's 1866 out-and-back company.

Company Unknown (1852)

  • Age at Departure: 9

John D. Holladay Company (1866)

  • Age at Departure: 24
  • Out-and-Back Teamster

Sources

  • 1850 Iowa Census
  • “Account book, 1866.” In Perpetual Emigrating Fund Company church trains accounts 1861-1868, Wards' accounts 1861-1868, image 1-2. (Teamster List)