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Fanny Ester Barnum
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Fanny Ester Barnum

Birth
Death
27 Jun 1850 (aged 1)
Monument
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA Add to Map
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FAMILY SEARCH. When Fanny Esther Barnum was born on 7 March 1849, in Nebraska, her father, Charles Davids Barnum (1800-1894), was 48 and her mother, Nancy Kittle (1821-1858), was 27. She died on 27 June 1850 on the Mormon Pioneer Overland Trail while crossing the Plains at the age of 1.

MORMON PIONEER OVERLAND TRAIL. 42 Wagons were in the William Snow/Joseph Young Company when it began its journey on June 21, 1850 from the outfitting post at Kanesville (present day Council Bluffs), Iowa, but the size of the company more than tripled as it made its way across the plains, numbering 488 pioneers. This Church Train was initially organized near the Missouri River; arriving in the Salt Lake Valley October 1-4, 1850.

Traveling with Fanny Esther Barnum were:
Charles David Barnum (Age 50). Charles was a member of the 6th Quorum of the Seventies and was part of the 50 men selected to be part of the night guard for the William Snow/Joseph Young Company.
Nancy Barnum (Age 28).
FAMILY SEARCH. When Fanny Esther Barnum was born on 7 March 1849, in Nebraska, her father, Charles Davids Barnum (1800-1894), was 48 and her mother, Nancy Kittle (1821-1858), was 27. She died on 27 June 1850 on the Mormon Pioneer Overland Trail while crossing the Plains at the age of 1.

MORMON PIONEER OVERLAND TRAIL. 42 Wagons were in the William Snow/Joseph Young Company when it began its journey on June 21, 1850 from the outfitting post at Kanesville (present day Council Bluffs), Iowa, but the size of the company more than tripled as it made its way across the plains, numbering 488 pioneers. This Church Train was initially organized near the Missouri River; arriving in the Salt Lake Valley October 1-4, 1850.

Traveling with Fanny Esther Barnum were:
Charles David Barnum (Age 50). Charles was a member of the 6th Quorum of the Seventies and was part of the 50 men selected to be part of the night guard for the William Snow/Joseph Young Company.
Nancy Barnum (Age 28).


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