
Date Unknown
- Birth Date
- 3 December 1806
- Death Date
- 5 March 1891
- Gender
- Male
Louis Rice Chaffin
Louis initially traveled to the Valley in 1852. He served as captain of the first ten with the Miller company. Company records indicate his traveling group consisted of 3 males, 2 females and 6 children. Later he again traveled to the Valley, returning from a mission, captaining his own small company in 1859.
Henry W. Miller Company (1852)
- Age at Departure: 45
- Head of Household
Traveled with
Louis R. Chaffin Company (1859)
- Age at Departure: 52
- Company Captain
- Head of Household
Sources
- "20th Company," Deseret News, 18 September 1852, 2.
- "Amasa Potter," Deseret Evening News , 18 May 1911, 6.
- Amasa Potter reminiscences and journal, 1857 January-1910 January, 112.
- "Arrivals," Deseret News , 20 July 1859, 4.
- Clark, Edwin Watkin, [Autobiography], in Edna J. Gregerson, comp., The Mellors Through the Years [1963], 660-61.
- Early Missionary Database
- Eleventh Ward, Record of members collection, 1836-1970.
- Find a Grave (Website)
- Journal History of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Supplement after 31 December 1852, 123.
- Perpetual Emigrating Fund Company general files, 1850-1887.
- William Sharp record book, circa 1870.