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1847–1868

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Birth Date
29 April 1837
Death Date
27 May 1909
Gender
Male
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Elias Willis Howell

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  • On trail with his parents, Sarah Vail and Edmund,  and three sisters, Harriet, Mary Lovina and Ophelia. His father and one sister, Harriet, died on the trail. 

David Wood Company (1852)

  • Age at Departure: 15

Sources

  • 1850 Iowa Census, Pottawattamie County.
  • 1860 Utah Census.
  • 1870 Utah Census.
  • 1880 Utah Census.
  • 1900 Utah Census.
  • Lever, W. H. History of Sanpete and Emery Counties, Utah: With Sketches of Cities, Towns, and Villages; Chronology of Important Events; Records of Indian Wars; Portraits of Prominent Persons, and Biographies of Representative Citizens (Salt Lake City: Tribune Job Printing Co, 1898), 370
  • United States Index to Indian Wars Pension Files, 1892-1926.
  • Utah, Veterans with Federal Service Buried in Utah, Territorial to 1966.
  • Utah State History Cemeteries and Burials Database.