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1847–1868

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Birth Date
11 December 1840
Death Date
September 1860
Gender
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Thomas May

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  • Thomas' father (George), mother (Hannah Hobson May), sisters (Elizabeth & Emily), and brother (William), all died of cholera before the Kelsey Company set out for the west. They had previously survived the explosion of the steamboat Saluda.

Eli B. Kelsey Company (1852)

  • Age at Departure: 11

Traveled with

  • James May (Age: 20)
  • Harriet Roseann May (Age: 14)
  • Richard May (Age: 8)

Sources

  • "19th Company," Deseret News, 18 September 1852, 2.
  • May, James, Reminiscences [ca. 1864-1888], 12-13.