John Weber's Journey To Salt Lake

also brought along his neighbor to help lead his expedition. Together they chose forty other men

John Hancock was born on January 12, 1737 in Braintree, Massachusetts. He was orphaned as a child and then was adopted by a wealthy merchant uncle who was childless. Hancock went to Harvard College for a business education. He graduated Harvard College at the age of 17. He apprenticed to his uncle as a clerk and proved to be honest and capable that in 1760, he was sent on a business mission to England. In England, he witnessed the coronation of King George III and engaged some of the leading businessmen of London.

George Armstrong Custer was born 5 December 1839 in New Rumley, Ohio. He was the son of a blacksmith with little money,

Albert Sidney Johnson was a Troop Commander in this battle. Johnston was born in Kentucky and obtained his education at West Point. He graduated in 1826. Johnston's first taste of active service came in 1832 during the Black Hawk Indian War. He resigned his commission afterwards only to return to active duty in 1836. He fought against the United States Indians on the River Neches and served in the Mexican War with Major General Zachary Taylor. Taylor made Johnston a paymaster during Taylor's presidency. He continued his rise in the ranks by becoming a colonel in the 2nd Calvary, a brevet brigadier general commanding the Utah military district and in 1861 the commander of the Pacific Coast.

John Forsyth was known as one of the most accomplished statesman and politicians in Georgia history. Forsyth was born in Fredericksburg, Virginia on October 22, 1780. His parents were Fanny Johnston Houston and Robert Forsythe. When he was five, John and his family moved to the beautiful city of Augusta, Georgia. When he was 13, his father, who was appointed the first U.S. marshal of the District of Georgia, was shot and killed while serving a warrant. Growing up, he attended Springer Academy in Wilkes County, Georgia. Later, he graduated from the College of New Jersey (which is known as Princeton University) in 1799. After graduating from college, he moved back to Augusta, where he studied law and was admitted to the bar (which is the procedure that governs the authorization of attorneys to practice law before the state and federal courts) in 1802. He married Clara Meigs, the daughter of Josiah Meigs, the first president of the University of Georgia that same year. Together, they had six daughters and two sons. His influences included his father, the city of Augusta, and his wife.

between June 1867 and January 1868. When he was very young he moved to Texarkana,

three year expedition across the Louisiana purchase. He studies animals, plants, and navigation at the University of Pennsylvania.

John Adams was born on October 30, 1735, on the family farm in the North Precinct of Braintree, Massachusetts. He was the second of five children to his parents John and Susanna Boylston Adams. John's father was his role model because he wasn't only a farmer by trade, but he also took on many other time consuming jobs around the community to help others. Everyone in his hometown in some way dealt with him because he owned the titles of: the deacon of the church, selectman, tax collector, constable, and the lieutenant of the militia. John's mother was from a very wealthy Boston family, but infamous for having a bad temper. She remarried in 1766 following the death of John's father five years earlier due to the flu epidemic. John

John Hancock was born January 23, 1737 (according to the Julian calendar that was in use around that time, the date was January 12, 1736) in Braintree, Massachusetts. Hancock was the son of Reverend John Hancock of Braintree, Massachusetts and Mary Hawke Thaxter. After his

In 1850 he and his family moved to Wisconsin where he lived for 5 years until his mother died. He moved with his father back to Freeport. While he was a young man he got $1,000 of inheritance money from his Grandfather and went to Michigan in an attempt to join the University of Michigan.

After West Point, Jackson served in the Mexican American War where he would meet his friend and future commander, General Robert E. Lee. When the war ended, he bounced from Fort Hamilton in New York and Fort Meade in Florida. Eventually, though, he resigned his commission to accept a teaching position at the Virginia Military Institute in Lexington, Virginia in 1851. During this time, he married and lost a wife in childbirth and remarried again. If not for the onset of the Civil War, he may have remained at VMI and most likely faded into obscurity.

He joined the militia of the war of 1812, but joined to late to do any fighting. He went back to Louisiana, to cut and sell timber. When he went back to Texas, he got Mexican citizenship, acquired land grants, married Maria Ursula, and stayed. After he got married he began to look for Los Almagres mine also known as the San Saba mine. After getting permission to go on an expedition, he, his brother, and other men set out to search for the mine. During that time they were attacked by Native Americans. Many natives were killed or injured but only a few of Bowie’s men were hurt. They went back home and after a while they went back to look for the mine, but never found

In 1869 he became a member of John Forrest’s first expedition were they searched for clues of the long lost explorer Ludwig Leichhardt in the area west of Leonora.

George A. Custer he had two younger brothers, Thomas Custer and Boston Custer, both of whom died with him on the battlefield at Little Bighorn. George A. Custer he also had three older half-siblings. When George Custer dead the enemy didn’t suspect that they were fighting Custer they didn’t recognize hem. Any body knew that Custer was in the fight. George A. Custer was the last stand in the Battle of the Little Bighorn in June 1876.

He first saw action in Florida against the Seminole Indians. However, he was not involved in the Mexican-American war like most of his contemporaries. As a result of this he quit in 1853, then joined his brother in the banking industry.