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Henry Beckstead



Birth4 December 1827Williamsburg, Dundas, Upper Canada, British North America
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    Find A Grave, database and images, memorial page for Henry Beckstead (1827-1888), memorial #13365884.

    Camp of Israel schedules and reports, 1845-1849 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Church History Library), entry for Henry Beckstead, folder "Pottawattamie branches, schedules, 1848 February" (#73), image 20, line 27.

    Deseret News (Salt Lake City, Utah, United States: Digitized by: University of Utah, 1877), "Death of Henry Beckstead," 12 September 1888, p. 1, column 2.

Death3 September 1888West Jordan, Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
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    Find A Grave, database and images, memorial page for Henry Beckstead (1827-1888), memorial #13365884.

    Deseret News (Salt Lake City, Utah, United States: Digitized by: University of Utah, 1877), "Death of Henry Beckstead," 12 September 1888, p. 1, column 2.

Burial6 September 1889South Jordan Cemetery, South Jordan, Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
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    Find A Grave, database and images, memorial page for Henry Beckstead (1827-1888), memorial #13365884.

    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for Henry Beckstead, ID: LZ37-FS1.

    Deseret News (Salt Lake City, Utah, United States: Digitized by: University of Utah, 1877), "Death of Henry Beckstead," 12 September 1888, p. 1, column 2.

FatherAlexander Beckstead
MotherCatherine Elinore Lince

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   • Lucene Bird Bybee
Married6 June 1849Pottawattamie County, Iowa, United States
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    Iowa County Clerks, Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934 (Iowa: County Courthouses), database with images, FamilySearch, entry for Henry Beckstead and Lucene Bird (6 June 1849); citing Pottawattamie County, Iowa, Clerk of the District Court, "Pottawattamie Co Iowa Marriages (Bk-1) 1848-1856," image 39 of 285, FHL microfilm 227280.

          Children:
               Henry Byram Beckstead
               William Alexander Beckstead
               Gordon Silas Beckstead
               Betsy Lucene Beckstead
               Delilah Jane Beckstead


   • Emily Grace Williams
Married6 March 1857Great Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
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    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entyr for Henry Beckstead and Emily Grace Williams, ID: LZ37-FS1 and ID: KWNV-2MS.

          Children:
               Emily Bathsheba Beckstead
               Samuel Henry Beckstead Sr.
               Catherine Backstead
               Joseph Marcus Beckstead
               John Carlos Beckstead
               Isaac Newton Beckstead
               Jesse Nimrod Beckstead


   • Elizabeth Wood
Married8 March 1862Great Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
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    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for Henry Beckstead and Elizabeth Wood, ID: LZ37-FS1 and ID: KWJC-B1J.

          Children:
               James W. Beckstead
               Mary Ann Beckstead
               Sarah Elizabeth Beckstead


   • Emma Marsden
Married8 March 1862Great Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
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    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for Henry Beckstead and Emma Marsden, ID: LZ37-FS1 and ID: KWJJ-P1B.

          Children:
               George Nelson Beckstead
               Alonzo Beckstead
               Charles Beckstead
               John Walter Beckstead
               William Arthur Beckstead


   • Mary Hannah Williams
Married6 December 1875Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
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    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), Henry Byram Beckstead and Mary Hannah Williams, ID: LZ37-FS1 and ID: LDK3-R2V.


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• 1845Hancock County, Illinois, United States
• 1850Weber County, Utah Territory, United States
• 1860Weber County, Utah Territory, United States
• 1870West Jordan, Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
• 1880South Jordan, Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States

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• 1850 Population CensusWeber County, Utah TerritoryExtractImage
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• 1860 Population CensusWeber County, Utah TerritoryExtractImage
• 1870 Population CensusWest Jordan Ward, Salt Lake, Utah TerritoryExtractImage
• 1880 Population CensusSouth Jordan Precinct, Salt Lake, Utah TerritoryExtractImage

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Crossing the Plains

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    Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "Pioneer Overland Travel" (Salt Lake City, UT: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)

       Departure5 Jul 1849
       Arrival10 Oct 1849
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    Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "Pioneer Overland Travel" (Salt Lake City, UT: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)

       Departure7 Oct 1856
       Arrival15 Dec 1856


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