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Biography of Thomas Henry White, circa 1912

Biography of Thomas Henry White, circa 1912.

In 1866 I was called to go back to the Missouri River to help bring in the emigrants. This was quite an undertaking for a boy of nineteen. We started about the last of March with ox teams. Being blessed with health and strength, I done all the blacksmithing, repainring, and shoeing cattle etc. on the journey at noon and evenings, my meals were eaten while driving the oxen or after work in the evenings. They had singing and dancing nearly every night.



On the Platte River we had a race to see who would get in first. It rained for three days fillin all the hollows and gulleys. In some places it was almost impassable. One place, where the stream was high, Andrew Patterson and George Halliday, captains of our company, found a bridge about two feet under water. This enabled us to cross over the stream and we landed in good time, ahead of the other companies.



Two weeks later we started back to Utah. The wagons were loaded with telegraph wire. My Grandparents, Abraham Rivers and Hannah Dowswell Rivers and an aunt with a baby were among the passengers in my wagon. I was driving three yoke of oxen: one yoke belonging to Dr. Benizel, one to Enoch Reese and one other yoke all from Salt Lake.



On the way back we had to pass examination before the U.S. Soldiers at Ft. Laramie, which was successful and we went on our way rejoicing. From here the streams were very high. We would put cattle enough to reach the sand bar to be sure of crossing. Late one night, one yoke of oxen give out and had to be left.



Next morning I went back two miles and found the oxen. When I returned to camp the last wagon was pulling out. I had to yoke up may cattle and hurry to catch the company. On our journey back we suffered with heavy storms and very cold weather, arriving in Salt Lake very late in the Fall, just after October conference, glad to be home again.

Transcript for Biography of Thomas Henry White, circa 1912

Deseret News

Passenger List

"Passenger List", Deseret News, September 19, 1866.

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OF 2D OX TRAIN, CAP. J. D. HOLLADAY.</center>



J. W. Shepherd, wife and 5 children; H. Cottle wife and 5; G. Harper, wife and 4; H. G. DeGraff, wife and 2; L. G. Blanquist, wife and child; G. Selby, wife and 4; F. Oliver, wife and 3; T. Olsen, wife and 1 child; E. Dibden, wife and 1 child; W. C. Chappell, wife and 3; W. Selley, wife and 1 child; W. Lake, wife and one child; G. Buno, wife and 5; J. Bateson, wife and 3; W. Sambourn [Lambourne], wife and 7; W. Bates, wife and 8; S. Rees, wife and 2; W. Driver, wife and 3; J. Young, wife and 2; W. Norris, wife and 4; J. Anderson, wife and 2; B. Oscroft, wife and 4; B. Tibbett, wife and 4; J. Wadman, wife and 5; J. Adkins, wife and 4; A. Fennemore, wife and 5; R. Barnicle, and 2; S. Shingleton, and 5; A. Slack, wife and son; J. Adams, wife and son; M. A. Guiver, and 6; M. A. Goddard, and 4; M. A. Burnett, and 1 daughter; W. Stoner, wife and 2; T. Thorpe, wife, 3 brothers and 1 sister; H. Van Steter, wife and 5 children; H. C. Hartog and wife; M. Hibbard and 3 daughters; S. A. Cordingly and infant; G. E. Hawkins; J. Nutt; H. Cox; W. Pinney; M. Morris; W. and F. Foulger; G. Elmer and 2 sisters; L. Warren and daughter; E. Paxman; S. W. Alley; E. J. Stocking; C. Ingham and wife; R. Anderson and wife; W. Cull; J. Durrant; C. Cockett; H. and F. Wilson; Dorcas Robinson and daughter; S. Quarm, son and daughter; J. Reed: M. J. Hewlett and infant; S. Blade and daughter; A. Shurrager; G. Wearing; J. Wood and wife; C. Denny; R. Wright and wife; M. Wright and daughter; J. Thurgood; J. W. Rider; E. Ferguson; J. White, wife and son; W. Daniels; A. Van Toll and daughter; S. Klosner and daughter; W. White and wife; F. Hodder; B. Williams; E. Rees; T. Jones; J. Cossey, wife and 4 children; E. Mason and 2; J. Berrett, mother, son and daughter; J. P. Evans, wife and 3 children; W. Bowen, wife and 2; R. Williams; S. Wheeler; R. Watts, wife and 6; E. Tavner; S. Humphreys and 2 sons; P. Taylor; D. Jones and wife; W. Moore and wife; E. Harmon and 2 sons; H. Mitchell; H. Kennersly, wife and 2 sons; W. Pinney; R. Wood; A. Rivers, wife and daughter: J. Howell; F. Ellis; J. Tracey and wife; M. Monteith; M. J. Monteith; A. Miller; G. E. Grove, wife and 4 children; T. H. Smuin; M. Smuin; H. Brooks; E. Brooks; H. Gillard, wife and infant; E. Trimnell; R. Morrell and infant; J. Livermore; A. Gentry; E. T. Keys; J. Brett; N. Hawkes; R. Allen, wife and 3 children; A. Meeks, wife and family.

Transcript for "Passenger List," Deseret News, 19 September 1866, 333

Deseret News.

Perpetual Emigrating Fund Company church trains accounts, 1861-1868

Captain John D. Holladay

"Captain John D. Holladay", Perpetual Emigrating Fund Company church trains accounts, 1861-1868, 1866, Page 12.

Perpetual Emigrating Fund Company church trains accounts, 1861-1868.

Perpetual Emigrating Fund, Financial Accounts 1849-1886, Ledger B

Perpetual Emigrating Fund, Financial Accounts 1849-1886, Ledger B, Page 337.

Perpetual Emigrating Fund, Financial Accounts 1849-1886, Ledger B.

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