Richard Erastus Egan

Birth: 29 Mar 1842
Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA
Death: 20 Apr 1918 (aged 76)
Byron, Big Horn County, Wyoming, USA
Burial: Bountiful Memorial Park

Bountiful, Davis County, Utah, USA Show Map GPS-Latitude: 40.8679085, Longitude: -111.8860703
Memorial ID: 12541953 View Source

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Son of Howard Egan & Tamson Parshley

Married Mary Minnie Fisher, 30 Mar 1861, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah

Married Mary Beatrice Noble, 10 Jul 1889, Logan, Cache, Utah

Richard E. Egan was the first Pony Express rider to carry the mail from Salt Lake City to Rush Valley. He continued to ride with the mail during the entire 18 months duration of the Pony Express.

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Maj Howard Egan

1815–1878
Tamson Parshley Egan

1824–1905

Spouses

Mary Ann "Minnie" Fisher Egan

1844–1887
Mary Beatrice Noble Egan

1864–1959

Siblings

Howard Ransom Egan

1840–1916
Horace Adelbert Egan

1847–1862
Ira Ernest Egan

1861–1933
Charles John Egan

unknown–1844

Half Siblings

Helen Jeanette Egan Irvine

1847–1924
Vilate Egan

1849–1866
Hyrum William Egan

1850–1888
William Moburn Egan

1851–1929

Children

Tamson Minnie Egan Marshall

1863–1920
Erastus Howard Egan

1864–1950
Harry Orson Egan

1866–1879
Horace Fredrick Egan

1867–1918
John LeRoy Egan

1870–1953
William F Egan

1872–1900
Willard Richard Egan

1872–1955
Ira Irvin Egan

1875–1961
Linnie Jane Egan Moss

1878–1915
Mary Adelaide Egan Evans

1880–1954
Charles Merritt Egan

1881–1960
David Egan

1884–1975
Herald Eugene Egan

1890–1891
Ora May Egan Grant

1892–1973
Howard Noble Egan

1904–1986

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1910 United States Federal Census
Utah, U.S., Cemetery Inventory, 1847-2021
Membership of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1830-1848
1870 United States Federal Census

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Maj Howard Egan

Tamson Parshley Egan

Mary Ann "Minnie" Fisher Egan

Mary Beatrice Noble Egan

Howard Ransom Egan

Horace Adelbert Egan

Ira Ernest Egan

Charles John Egan

Helen Jeanette Egan Irvine

Vilate Egan

Hyrum William Egan

William Moburn Egan

Tamson Minnie Egan Marshall

Erastus Howard Egan

Harry Orson Egan

Horace Fredrick Egan

John LeRoy Egan

William F Egan

Willard Richard Egan

Ira Irvin Egan

Linnie Jane Egan Moss

Mary Adelaide Egan Evans

Charles Merritt Egan

David Egan

Herald Eugene Egan

Ora May Egan Grant

Howard Noble Egan

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