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        1847–1868

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        Birth Date
        21 December 1837
        Death Date
        1 April 1908
        Gender
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        George Henry Bunnell

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        • George initially traveled to the Salt Lake Valley in the James C. Snow Company in 1852. However, he later participated as one of the rescuers that were sent out in the winter of 1856 to assist the members of the Church stranded in Wyoming. He later married Margaret Sulzer, and they had 10 children.

        James C. Snow Company (1852)

        • Age at Departure: 14

        Traveled with

        • David Edwin Bunnell (Age: 43)
        • Sarah Heller Bunnell (Age: 41)
        • Daniel Kimball Bunnell (Age: 20)
        • Stephen Ithamer Bunnell (Age: 18)
        • Samuel Gardner Bunnell (Age: 16)
        • Phoebe Elizabeth Bunnell (Age: 11)
        • Mary Armstrong Bunnell (Age: 9)
        • Alpharetta Jane Bunnell (Age: 3)

        Rescue Companies (1856)

        • Age at Departure: 18

        Sources

        • “18th Company of 50 Report, 1852 July 11.” In Brigham Young Office emigrating companies reports 1850-1862, Reports 1850-1852. (CR 1234 5. Box 1, Folder 21)
        • Frank Esshom, Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah (Salt Lake City: Utah Pioneers Book Publishing Company, 1913).
        • James Chauncy Snow Emigrating Company journal, 1852 July-October.
        • Journal History of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Supplement after 31 December 1852, 116.
        • Utah Death Certificates.