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1847–1868

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Birth Date
5 July 1788
Death Date
7 September 1875
Gender
Male
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Rufus Forbush

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  • He came with 4 people. Birth and death dates recorded in Santaquin Ward records at time of death, and the inscription on his gravestone also confirms the years of his birth and death.

Milo Andrus Company (1850)

  • Age at Departure: 62
  • Head of Household

Traveled with

  • Susanna Polly Forbush (Age: 61)
  • Lydia Forbush (Age: 20)

Sources

  • Find a Grave (Website)
  • Jenson, Andrew, Latter-day Saint Biographical Encyclopedia [1971], 2:325.
  • Leithead, James, [Journal], in "Utah Pioneer Biographies," 44 vols., 42:18, 28-35.
  • Santaquin Ward, Record of members collection, 1836-1970.