When Richard Erastus Egan was born on 29 March 1842, in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States, his father, Major Howard Egan, was 26 and his mother, Tamson Parshley, was 17. He married Mary Ann Fisher on 30 March 1861, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 11 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1850 and Shambip, Utah, United States in 1860. In 1860, at the age of 18, his occupation is listed as pony express rider, rush valley station in Shambip, Utah, United States. He died on 20 April 1918, in Byron, Big Horn, Wyoming, United States, at the age of 76, and was buried in Bountiful Memorial Park, Bountiful, Davis, Utah, United States.
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