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1847–1868

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Birth Date
10 August 1829
Death Date
15 December 1881
Gender
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Joseph Wycoff Thatcher

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  • Joseph initially traveled with his family to the Valley of the Great Salt Lake in 1847. Sometime after this, the Thatcher family moved to California, settling near Salmon Falls (near present day Folsom CA) by 1850. In 1857, heeding the call for the Saints to come back to Utah, the Thatcher family organized a small company, and headed East on July 6. They met a group of Saints in Carson City NV and on the July 15, they reorganized under the leadership of Perrigrine Sessions.

Daniel Spencer/Perrigrine Sessions Company (1847)

  • Age at Departure: 17

Traveled with

  • Alena Thatcher (Age: 39)
  • Hezekiah Thatcher (Age: 38)
  • Catherine Mary Thatcher (Age: 15)
  • John Bethewel Thatcher (Age: 12)
  • Aaron Dunham Thatcher (Age: 10)
  • Harriet Ann Thatcher (Age: 9)
  • George Washington Thatcher (Age: 7)
  • Moses Thatcher (Age: 5)
  • Hyrum Smith Thatcher (Age: 2)

Hezekiah Thatcher Company (1857)

  • Age at Departure: 27

Traveled with

  • Alena Thatcher (Age: 49)
  • Hezekiah Thatcher (Age: 48)
  • John Bethewel Thatcher (Age: 22)
  • Harriet Ann Thatcher (Age: 19)
  • George Washington Thatcher (Age: 17)

Perrigrine Sessions Company (1857)

  • Age at Departure: 27

Traveled with

  • Alena Thatcher (Age: 49)
  • Hezekiah Thatcher (Age: 48)
  • John Bethewel Thatcher (Age: 22)
  • Harriet Ann Thatcher (Age: 19)
  • George Washington Thatcher (Age: 17)

Sources

  • 1850 California Census, Eldorado County.
  • Anderson, Washington F. to Editor, 12 Aug. 1857, Bear River Ferry, in Historian's Office, History of the Church 1839-[ca. 1882], 414-18, 12 Aug. 1857.
  • Boyle, Henry Green, Reminiscences and diaries, 1846-1888, fd. 1, 119.
  • Find a Grave (Website)
  • Journal History of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 21 June 1847, 11.