Daniel Hughes (1856 - 1885)

Born 21 Jan 1856 in Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorganshire, Wales

Ancestors

Died 25 May 1885 at age 29 in Samaria, Oneida County, Idaho, United States

Daniel Hughes was a Latter Day Saint pioneer.

Biography

Daniel was born in 1856. He was the son of James Hughes and Margaret Jones. He passed away in 1885.

Arrived on 21 May 1855 in Philadelphia on the ship Chimborazo which had departed from Liverpool 17 Apr 1855.^[1]Remained in Pennsylvania through 1856. By 1858, had traveled to Caseyville, St. Clair County, Illinois.

Arrived in 1859 In Salt Lake City with 153 other individuals and 71 wagons in the Horton D. Haight and Frederick Kesler Freight Train from the outfitting post at Florence, Nebraska (now Omaha).

Alt birth date: 24 January 1854

Sources

1. ↑ BMR, Book #1040, pp. 152-168 (FHL #025,690); Customs (FHL #419,652)

• "England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:265S-PF3 : 1 October 2014), Daniel Hughes, 1856; from "England & Wales Births, 1837-2006," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing Birth Registration, Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorganshire, Wales, citing General Register Office, Southport, England.

• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MH24-DKD : 30 December 2015), Dan Hughs in entry for Danl Jones, 1860.

• "BillionGraves Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VT7V-P98 : 15 September 2015), Daniel Hughes, died 26 May 1885; citing BillionGraves (http://www.billiongraves.com : 2012), Burial at Samaria Cemetery, Samaria, Oneida, Idaho, United States.

• Cemetery marker [1]

• FindAGrave