• An obituary for Edward Buys (Elizabeth's son) states, "With his father's family he crossed the plains in Capt. David Evans' Company of ox teams in 1850.

  More research needed concerning Elizabeth's date of birth. Birth date listed above reflects family tradition from Family Tree at FamilySearch.org and data from findagrave.

David Evans Company (1850)

• Age at Departure: 37

Sources

• 1850 United States Census
• 1860 United States Census
• 1870 United States Federal Census
• "Demise of Edward Buys," Wasatch Wave, 9 January 1914, 4.
• Frank Esshom, Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah (Salt Lake City: Utah Pioneers Book Publishing Company, 1913), 787.