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Peter Weston Maughan
20 May 1847 – 12 Jul 1850
| Birth | 20 May 1847 |
| Death | 12 Jul 1850 |
| Cemetery | Pioneer Children's Memorial Salt Lake City , Salt Lake County , Utah , USA |
| Added by | history4sure on 28 Feb 2024 |
| FaG | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/232616380 |
Gravesite details
Burial: North side of Pioneer Trail, even days' travel west of Ft. Kearney, Nebraska.
Bio
About 540 individuals and 104 wagons were in the Warren Foote Company when it began its journey on June 17, 1850 from the outfitting post at Kanesville (present day Council Bluffs), Iowa. This Church Wagon Train arrived in the Salt Lake Valley under the leadership of Captain Warren Foote, September 17-18, 26, 1850. Peter Weston Maughan, age 3, was traveling with Peter Maughan (Age 39), Mary Ann Maughan (Age 33), John Harrison Maughan (Age 19), William Harrison Maughan (Age 16), Thomas Harrison Maughan (Age 13), Mary Ann Maughan (Age 11), Charles Weston Maughan (Age 6), Joseph Weston Maughan (Infant). ∼ Peter was the socond child of Peter and Mary Ann and was born in New Diggins, Wisconsin while his father was working in the mines there to rais money for the trip to Utah. He died at barely 3 years of age when he fell under the wheels of his mother's wagon as the family was crossing the plains on thier trek West he was buried on the prarie in a coffin made from a dry goods box and left with a prayer that his earthly remains might not be disturbed by the wolves.
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- John Harrison Maughan 1830–1912
- Agnes Harrison Maughn Teasdale 1832–1911
- William Harrison Maughan 1834–1905
- Thomas Harrison Maughan 1836–1851
- Mary Ann Maughan Atkin 1839–1908
- Ruth Harrison Maughan 1841–1841
- Charles Weston Maughan 1844–1914
- Joseph Weston Maughan 1850–1912
- Hyrum Weston Maughan 1852–1893
- Willard Weston Maughan 1854–1924
- Elizabeth Weston "Libbia" Maughan Cole 1856–1918
- Martha Weston Maughan Fergus 1858–1895
- Peter Weston Maughan Sr 1861–1920
- Frances Mary Maughan 1868–1877
- Heber Chase Maughan 1869–1944
- Ada Lucille Maughan 1871–1871
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