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1847–1868

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Birth Date
5 January 1848
Death Date
8 June 1922
Gender
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Richard Moyes

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  • While working as a teamster in the Daniel D. McArthur (1868) Company, Richard met his wife Eliza Slater.  They married after the company's arrival in the Salt Lake Valley in 1868.

Company Unknown (1858)

  • Age at Departure: 9

Traveled with

  • Mary Moyes (Age: 40)
  • William Moyes Sr. (Age: 40)
  • William Moyes Jr. (Age: 16)
  • John Moyes (Age: 11)
  • Mary Jane Moyes (Age: 7)
  • Elizabeth Ann Moyes (Age: 5)
  • Martha Maria Moyes (Age: 3)
  • Joseph Moyes (Age: 2)

Daniel D. McArthur Company (1868)

  • Age at Departure: 20
  • Out-and-Back Teamster

Sources

  • 1900 Utah Census.
  • “Captain D. D. McArthur memorandum book, 1868.” In Perpetual Emigrating Fund Company church trains accounts 1861-1868, Captains’ accounts 1862-1868. 
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