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Rowena Allen Piggott

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Rowena Allen Piggott

Birth
New Bedford, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA
Death
7 Jun 1853 (aged 4)
Burial
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA Add to Map
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About 400 individuals and 52 wagons were in the Cyrus H. Wheelock Company when it began its journey from the outfitting post at Keokuk, Iowa. This company included a California company. They crossed the Missouri River on July 11.

The company report, sent to Brigham Young on September 19, 1853, lists 427 individuals as part of the Wheelock company and 7 individuals as part of the California company traveling with them. The report does not include a record of those who died en route.

This church wagon train departed June 1-3, 1853 and arrived in the Salt Lake Valley from October 6-16, 1853. Source: Pioneer Database 1847-1868.

Four-year-old Rowena Allen Piggott was traveling with:
George W. Piggott (Age 44),
Catherine A Piggott (Age 40),
Abby Ann Slater (16),
William Henry Piggott (Age 11).
About 400 individuals and 52 wagons were in the Cyrus H. Wheelock Company when it began its journey from the outfitting post at Keokuk, Iowa. This company included a California company. They crossed the Missouri River on July 11.

The company report, sent to Brigham Young on September 19, 1853, lists 427 individuals as part of the Wheelock company and 7 individuals as part of the California company traveling with them. The report does not include a record of those who died en route.

This church wagon train departed June 1-3, 1853 and arrived in the Salt Lake Valley from October 6-16, 1853. Source: Pioneer Database 1847-1868.

Four-year-old Rowena Allen Piggott was traveling with:
George W. Piggott (Age 44),
Catherine A Piggott (Age 40),
Abby Ann Slater (16),
William Henry Piggott (Age 11).

Gravesite Details

Burial: On the Plains, USA.



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