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Lyman Van Wright

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Lyman Van Wright

Birth
Douglas, Otoe County, Nebraska, USA
Death
4 Jul 1850 (aged 1 month)
Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie County, Iowa, USA
Burial
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA Add to Map
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261 individuals and 67 wagons were in the Edward Hunter Company when it began its journey on June 29, 1850 from the outfitting post at Kanesville (present day Council Bluffs), Iowa. This church wagon train was organized at 12-mile creek near the Missiouri River. It was the first Perpetual Emigrating Fund Company. It arrived in the Salt Lake Valley on October 13, 1850.

Lyman Van Wright, an infant, was traveling with
Jonathan Calkins Wright (Age 41),
Amos Russell Wright (Age 10),
Virginia Ann Charlotte Wright (Age 8),
David Darwin Wright (Age 6).
Jonathan Wright (Age 2).

Lyman's mother, Rebecca Wheeler (1813-1850), died eight days following his birth in Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie, Iowa.
261 individuals and 67 wagons were in the Edward Hunter Company when it began its journey on June 29, 1850 from the outfitting post at Kanesville (present day Council Bluffs), Iowa. This church wagon train was organized at 12-mile creek near the Missiouri River. It was the first Perpetual Emigrating Fund Company. It arrived in the Salt Lake Valley on October 13, 1850.

Lyman Van Wright, an infant, was traveling with
Jonathan Calkins Wright (Age 41),
Amos Russell Wright (Age 10),
Virginia Ann Charlotte Wright (Age 8),
David Darwin Wright (Age 6).
Jonathan Wright (Age 2).

Lyman's mother, Rebecca Wheeler (1813-1850), died eight days following his birth in Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie, Iowa.

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Burial: Grand Island, Buffalo, Nebraska.

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