[Moses Thatcher] They arrived in and settled at Neff's Mill in the Sugar House area, but decided to move on to the California gold fields sometime in 1849. Hezekiah (father of Moses) apparently left for California without Brigham Young's permission, resulting in the family's estrangement from the Mormon Church. September 1847
[source: Utah History Encyclopedia: Moses Thatcher, http://www.uen.org/utah_history_encyclopedia/t/THATCHER%2CMOSES.html]
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