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1847–1868

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Birth Date
12 October 1813
Death Date
11 December 1896
Gender
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Jacob Miller Houtz

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  • He came with his wife and two children. He is the brother of Catherine Boyer. 

    Birth date is confirmed by the missionary register.

Daniel Spencer/Ira Eldredge Company (1847)

  • Age at Departure: 32
  • Head of Household

Traveled with

  • Lydia Houtz (Age: 30)
  • Mary Elizabeth Houtz (Age: 7)
  • Lucinda Houtz (Age: 4)

Orson Spencer/ Joel J. Terrell Company (1853)

  • Age at Departure: 39

Sources

  • Find a Grave (Website)
  • Hill, William John, [Autobiography], in "Utah Pioneer Biographies," 44 vols., 32:82-83.
  • Journal History of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 21 June 1847, 16.
  • Missionary Department Missionary Registers, 1860-1959, Volume 1.
  • Murdock, Joseph Stacy, Diary and reminiscences 1889, 9-13.
  • "Obituary Notes," Deseret Weekly, 2 January 1897, 95.
  • Spencer, Daniel, Diaries 1845-1857, vol. 2.