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Orson Spencer
d.15 Oct 1855 St. Louis, Missouri, United States
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m. 9 Jan 1788
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m. 13 Apr 1830
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Led the Samuel Gully/Orson Spencer company 1849 Departure: unknown Arrival in Salt Lake Valley: 22-24 September 1849 Company Information: About 100 wagons were in the company when it began its journey from the outfitting post at Kanesville, Iowa (present day Council Bluffs). Led the Orson Spencer/Joel J Terrell Company 1853 Departure: late July 1853 Arrival in Salt Lake Valley: early October 1853 Called to preside over England mission leaving kids in Council Bluffs
Missionary to Great Britain 1848; to Prussia 1852; to United States 1854. Chancellor University of Deseret 1850 which became the University of Utah For more information, see the EN Wikipedia article Orson Spencer. |