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    • Ajax, William, 1832-1899;

    • Ajax, William, 1832-1899;

    • Ajax, William, 1832-1899--Biography; Overland journeys to the Pacific;

    • Born on 13 March 1832 in South Wales, William Ajax was one of three children born to unwed parents, Thomas Truman Ajax and Rebecka Darkus. William and Frances Maxwell raised William and provided him with five years of formal schooling. William...
    • Overland Trails - Biographies
    • Anderson, John C., 1835-1913;

    • Anderson, John C., 1835-1913;

    • Anderson, John C., d. 1913--Biography; Overland journeys to the Pacific;

    • John C. Anderson was born in August 1835 in Kentucky. After serving as a major in the Confederate Army during the Civil War, John spent time in St. Louis, Missouri, with the Warren, Jones, and Gratz Company. In 1866, at the age of thirty, John...
    • Overland Trails - Biographies
    • Bliss, Orley Dwight 1840–1930;

    • Bliss, Orley Dwight 1840–1930;

    • Bliss, Orley Dwight, 1840-1930--Biography; Overland journeys to the Pacific;

    • Orley Dwight Bliss was born 25 July 1840 in Palermo, New York.* His parents, Norman and Mary Bliss, joined The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints soon after his birth. After the family gathered with the Latter-day Saints at Nauvoo,...
    • Overland Trails - Biographies
    • Bunting, James Lovett, 1832-1923;

    • Bunting, James Lovett, 1832-1923;

    • Bunting, James Lovett, 1832-1923--Biography; Overland journeys to the Pacific;

    • James Lovett Bunting was born 5 October 1832 in Attleborough, England, to Thomas and Early (Lovett) Bunting. In 1853, twenty-year-old James joined The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He served as a Latter-day Saint missionary in...
    • Overland Trails - Biographies
    • Cauthorn, Benjamin Ross, 1840-1902;

    • Cauthorn, Benjamin Ross, 1840-1902;

    • Cauthorn, Benjamin Ross, b. 1840--Biography; Overland journeys to the Pacific;

    • Born in Virginia on 19 March 1840 to Alfred and Emily (Broocke) Cauthorn, Benjamin Ross Cauthorn grew up in Missouri. His parents left Virginia and moved west soon after his birth. The Cauthorn family numbered twelve children and lived in Missouri...
    • Overland Trails - Biographies
    • Churchill, Stillman, 1823-1899;

    • Churchill, Stillman, 1823-1899;

    • Churchill, Stillman, b. 1823--Biography; Overland journeys to the Pacific;

    • Stillman Churchill was born into a New England family on 28 July 1823. His mother, Sally (Coburn) Churchill, was from Vermont, and his father, Samuel Stillman Churchill, came from Massachusetts. The family resided in Lowell, Massachusetts. ...
    • Overland Trails - Biographies
    • Cobbey, John Furmes, 1827-1854;

    • Cobbey, John Furmes, 1827-1854;

    • Cobbey, John Furmes, 1827-1854--Biography; Overland journeys to the Pacific;

    • John Furmes Cobbey was born on 17 May 1827 in Illinois, one of seven sons born to Thomas D. Cobbey. John left Illinois in April 1850 for California. By 8 May 1852 he had returned to Illinois, as he is found in the Illinois Public Land Purchase...
    • Overland Trails - Biographies
    • Colfax, Schuyler, 1823-1885;

    • Colfax, Schuyler, 1823-1885;

    • Colfax, Schuyler, 1823-1885--Biography; Overland journeys to the Pacific;

    • Schuyler Colfax was born on 23 March 1823 in New York City, five months after his father's premature death from tuberculosis. Schuyler attended the common schools and clerked in a retail store until his mother, Hannah (Stryker) Colfax, remarried in...
    • Overland Trails - Biographies
    • Cone, Gordon C., 1807-1882;

    • Cone, Gordon C., 1807-1882;

    • Cone, Gordon C., 1807-1882--Biography; Overland journeys to the Pacific;

    • Born on 10 September 1807 at Wilbraham, Massachusetts, Gordon C. Cone was one of seven children born to Osias and Lavina (Carpenter) Cone. In 1832, Gordon married Louisa Anderson, a native of Braintree, Massachusetts. They moved to Waukesha,...
    • Overland Trails - Biographies
    • Duke, Jonathan Oldham, 1807-1868;

    • Duke, Jonathan Oldham, 1807-1868;

    • Duke, Jonathan Oldham,1807-1868--Biography; Overland journeys to the Pacific;

    • Jonathan Oldham Duke was born on 31 August 1807 in Bristol, England. He immigrated to the United States in 1829, accompanied by his wife of one year, Mary (Stone) Duke. While living in New York, Mary's father introduced Jonathan and Mary to The...
    • Overland Trails - Biographies
    • Dunlap, Kate, 1837-1901;

    • Dunlap, Kate, 1837-1901;

    • Dunlap, Kate, 1837-1901--Biography; Overland journeys to the Pacific;

    • Catherine "Kate" Cruikshank was born on 14 February 1837 in Lee County, Iowa. Her father, Alexander, was a native of Norway, while her mother, Keziah (Perkins) Cruikshank, came from Kentucky. The family included seven children. From a biography of...
    • Overland Trails - Biographies
    • Edwards, Esaias, 1812-1897;

    • Edwards, Esaias, 1812-1897;

    • Edwards, Esaias, 1812-1897--Biography; Overland journeys to the Pacific;

    • Esaias Edwards was born on 10 April 1812 in Pike County, Missouri, to Andrew and Anna (Buckalew) Edwards. In 1839 he joined The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints after his wife of eight years, Elizabeth (Campbell) Edwards, was...
    • Overland Trails - Biographies
    • Everett, Lucia Eugenia Lamb, 1840-1918;

    • Everett, Lucia Eugenia Lamb, 1840-1918;

    • Everett, Lucia Eugenia Lamb, 1840-1918--Biography; Overland journeys to the Pacific;

    • Lucia Eugenia Lamb was born in Illinois on 3 June 1840, one of seven children born to Caleb and Harriet (Coffin) Lamb. While her father was born in Vermont, and her mother in Massachusetts, all of the Lamb children were raised in Illinois. Lucia...
    • Overland Trails - Biographies
    • Fairbanks, John Boylston, 1817-1875;

    • Fairbanks, John Boylston, 1817-1875;

    • Fairbanks, John Boylston,1817-1875--Biography; Overland journeys to the Pacific;

    • Born on 28 April 1817 in New York to Joseph and Polly (Brooks) Fairbanks, John Boylston Fairbanks grew up in New Jersey. In 1843, at the age of twenty-five, he joined The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The following year John married...
    • Overland Trails - Biographies
    • Ferguson, Andrew, 1818-1888;

    • Ferguson, Andrew, 1818-1888;

    • Ferguson, Andrew, 1818-1888--Biography; Overland journeys to the Pacific;

    • Andrew Ferguson was born on 6 September 1818 in Rutherglen, Scotland, to William and Barbara (Orthur Lindsay) Ferguson. Andrew was one of twelve children. He married Catherine Douglas in 1842 when he was twenty-four years old. Andrew and Catherine...
    • Overland Trails - Biographies
    • Grantham, William D., 1826-?;

    • Grantham, William D., 1826-?;

    • Grantham, Wm. D. (William D.)--Biography; Overland journeys to the Pacific;

    • William D. Grantham was born in Indiana in 1826. His parents, Garretson and Esther (Wilson) Grantham, had married in Washington County, Indiana, in 1821. By 1850 Garretson was married to a woman named Margaret, suggesting that Esther had passed...
    • Overland Trails - Biographies
    • Harmon, Appleton Milo, 1820-1877;

    • Harmon, Appleton Milo, 1820-1877;

    • Harmon, Appleton Milo, 1820-1877--Biography; Overland journeys to the Pacific;

    • Appleton Milo Harmon was born in Conneaut, Pennsylvania, on 29 May 1820. His mother, Anna, joined The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints when Appleton was thirteen. In 1841, four years after the rest of his family had been baptized at...
    • Overland Trails - Biographies
    • Harris, George Henry Abbott, 1830-1919;

    • Harris, George Henry Abbott, 1830-1919;

    • Harris, George Henry Abbott, 1830-1919--Biography; Overland journeys to the Pacific;

    • George Henry Abbott Harris was born at Ilfracombe, England, on 7 December 1830. He was the youngest of six children born to James and Eliza (Rawlings) Harris. George joined the merchant marine service when he was sixteen years old. He learned about...
    • Overland Trails - Biographies
    • Hart, William Henry, 1829-1888;

    • Hart, William Henry, 1829-1888;

    • Hart, William Henry, 1829-1888--Biography; Overland journeys to the Pacific;

    • Born in New York City in 1829, William Henry Hart lived in New York, Boston, and Richmond, Virginia, during his youth. His parents were both natives of New York. In 1850, at the age of twenty-one, William moved to Quincy, Illinois, with his uncle,...
    • Overland Trails - Biographies

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