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1847–1868

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Birth Date
14 February 1814
Death Date
6 January 1861
Gender
Male
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William Britton Adams

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  • with 5 family members; Captain of 1st Ten, Clerk of the company

Allen Weeks Company (1852)

  • Age at Departure: 38
  • Head of Household

Traveled with

  • Martha Ann Smith Adams (Age: 20)
  • Frances Claudine Camelia Chatwin (Age: 17)
  • Mary Eliza Adams (Age: 15)
  • Sarah Melvina Adams (Age: 12)
  • Martha Ann Elizabeth Adams (Age: Infant)

Sources

  • "21st Company," Deseret News, 18 September 1852, 2.
  • 21st Company of 50 report, 1852 July 10, Brigham Young office emigrating companies reports, 1850-1862.
  • Evan M. Greene diaries, 1833-1852.
  • Harris Grove Branch record, 1848-1852.
  • History of Tooele County
  • Perpetual Emigrating Fund Company general files, 1850-1887.
  • Presiding Bishopric. Immigrant Location Committee Minutes, (20 September - 13 October 1852).
  • Report of 3rd Ten in Allen Weeks Company in Journal History of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 12 Oct. 1852, 2-3.