These are my great-great grandparents, Father and Mother of William Augustus Bringhurst who was the father of my Grandmother Wilkinson. They were the first in their line to join the Church along with his brother William. They were Quakers living near Philadelphia when they joined the Church. They later moved to Nauvoo and then across the plains to Utah. They traveled in the company of John Taylor, with Elvin Hunter as Captain of the hundred, Joseph Horn of the fifty, and Erick C. Bowers of the ten. They arrived in Salt Lake Valley about 6 October 1847. His brother William was later called by Brigham Young to head the company which settled what now is Las Vegas, Nevada.
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Nice to be reminded of that history! Thank you for the post.
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