John Crofts, Jr.

Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel 1847–1868 Henry W. Miller Company (1862)

Age at departure: 1

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Birth: Feb. 2, 1862 Madison Madison County Illinois, USA

Death: Jul. 1, 1934 Orderville Kane County Utah, USA

John Crofts was born on Sunday, 2 February 1862 in Madison, Illinois.

At the age of 18, John Crofts married Ellen Lucinda Allen (16 years) in the St. George Temple, St. George, Utah.

John was one year old when his parents and siblings traveled in the Henry W. Miller Company departing Florence (now Omaha), Nebraska on August 1862 and arriving in Salt Lake City October 18, 1962. In the company were 665 individuals and 60 wagons.

He died on Sunday, 1 July 1934 at the age of 72 years, 4 months and 29 days.

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Parents:

• John Crofts (1832 - 1911)
• Ellen Rothwell Crofts (1837 - 1921)

Spouse:

• Ellen L. Allen Crofts (1864 - 1953)

Burial: Orderville Cemetery Orderville Kane County Utah, USA

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