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Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel, 1847–1868
Bronson, Wilmer Wharton

Birth Date: 20 Oct. 1829
Death Date: 29 Nov. 1907
Gender: Male
Age: 17
Company: Edward Hunter - Jacob Foutz Company (1847)

Pioneer Information:
His name appears on a non–contemporary typescript list in Journal History (Supplement after 31 Dec. 1848, 4) as having traveled to Utah in the 1848 Brigham Young company, but this seems very unlikely and is not mentioned in his obituary.

Sources:
"Death of a Pioneer," Deseret Evening News, 9 Dec. 1907, 3.     Source Locations
Book of the Pioneers     Source Locations
Bronson, Wilmer Wharton, Autobiographical sketch, in Sarah Bronson Boden, Ancestors and Descendants of Leman Bronson 1640-1963 [1963], 60-62.   Read Trail Excerpt     Source Locations
Hunter, Edward and Jacob Foutz, Letter, in Journal History of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 17 Aug. 1847, 5-6.   Read Trail Excerpt     Source Locations
Journal History, 21 June 1847, p. 25     Source Locations
Utah State History Cemeteries and Burials Database     Source Locations