The Manti City Cemetery is the final resting place of many Central Utah settlers who died beginning in November 1849 and into the early 1850s. Death was very much a part of the pioneer experience, and the beliefs and values of the pioneers helped them feel hopeful when facing the loss of loved ones. The people buried there led unique and difficult lives, but their histories converged in Central Utah, including explorers, doctors, Native Americans, and fortune seekers who once passed through the area. The earliest deaths recorded in Manti were retold in a letter to Brigham Young dated February 20, 1850, reporting four deaths in the camp since arrival: Nelson Higgins's youngest child, Mr. Shomaker's son, about 17 years old, John Warner's child, who died at birth, and Bro. Cable's daughter, about one year and three months old.