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Ann Rogers, Biographical information relating to Mormon pioneer overland travel database, 2003-2017

Ann Rogers, Biographical information relating to Mormon pioneer overland travel database, 2003-2017.

They spent ten weeks at sea, arriving in New Orleans about the first of April. Here they began to see strange sights and peculiar customs of the new land and suffer minor disappointments. On April 4th, the family took passage on a steamboat going up the Mississippi River bound for Council Bluffs, Iowa. Her sister Sarah married while on the ship coming over. When they reached St. Louis, she and her husband and there brother Thomas and his wife decided to stop and work there then come on later. Thomas did come on later but Sarah died that summer in child-birth. Janette also died in Wales that same year.



On the way across the ocean, a young man fell in love with Grandmother's sister Elizabeth and asked to marry her, but she refused him. One night when they were some miles beyond St. Louis, Elizabeth saw Grandmother to bed then went out on the deck of the steamer in the moonlight. There the young man found her and again asked to marry her. When she refused him, he became angry and strangled her to death. When the people on board found out about it, they Captain of the ship said, "If you men are with me, we will stop and give this girl a decent burial." They stopped at one of the lovely old plantations along the river bank and buried her under the grass and trees in the moonlight. This was one of the saddest experiences of Grandmother's life.



The family came on to Council Buffs. They arrived not long before Grandfather Snow was leaving for Utah. they bought his farm and home because the presiding Elder, Mr. Hyde, advised Great-grandfather to stay and raise grain for about two years to take to Utah as food was scarce in the Salt Lake Valley at the time. It was through this that Grandmother became acquainted with the Snow family. As her father was not very strong, the conditions they were forced to live under were too much for him and he took chills and fever and died August 1850. Grandmother was also sick with chills and fever but recovered. She and her brother Henry were now the only ones left except the step-mother and a half-sister Mary, and the brother Thomas back in St. Louis.



The step-mother was very overbearing and hard to get along with. Henry and Grandmother longed to get away from her. Shortly after this, Henry got a chance to hire out to a man who was going to California. With a sad heart, Grandmother bad him goodbye. After he reached California, he wrote to her and Uncle Thomas several times and they answered. Finally Grandmother said she got to the place where she didn't have means enough to buy a stamp and paper so she stopped writing. She never heard from him again. Later they learned of some freighters in California that had been killed by the Indians and they always thought that likely he was one of them.



The step-mother now decided to go on to Utah. She and a man, that had a wife but no children, bought a covered wagon, a yoke of oxen and a cow together and started out for Utah with a company of saints. They hadn't gone far when the stepmother quarreled with the man, and she made him cut the wagon in two so that each had a two-wheeled cart and an oxen to make the journey with. Grandmother walked and drove the oxen the rest of the way across the plains. 



After weeks of plodding over rough dusty roads exposed to all kinds of weather, they finally neared the Salt Lake Valley. Grandmother's wagon was the last in the train. When they were still miles outside of the valley, a wheel collapsed. She left the step-mother and sister Mary, and in her own words she said, "I walked a foot and alone in a snow storm into Slat Lake Valley to get help." when she got there, she met a man on the streets and told him of the plight she was in. He asked her if she knew anyone in the valley. She told him that she had known the Snows in Council Bluffs. So he took her there and some of the men went out and helped them. Out of the family of eight that had left Wales, she was the first to reach Salt Lake, in fact she was the only one of her own family except Uncle Thomas who moved out later.

Transcript for Ann Rogers, Biographical information relating to Mormon pioneer overland travel database, 2003-2017

Brigham Young office emigrating companies reports, 1850-1862

4th Company of 50 reports, 1852.

"4th Company of 50 reports, 1852.", Brigham Young office emigrating companies reports, 1850-1862.

Brigham Young office emigrating companies reports, 1850-1862.

Day, Thomas, Reminiscences

Day, Thomas, Reminiscences, Page 32-33.

At Council Bluffs I commenced working on farm owned by a friend and while he purchased the farm I purchased the stock exchanging a beautiful hunting watch and guard for the horse and plow and my wife obtaining a cow for a lovely silk dress:



I located at Springville branch and was nominated and sustained as counselor to the President of that branch. The Bishop attended to nothing but the &lt;tithing&gt; affairs. This position I held all the time during my stay here which was two years. &lt;Was&gt; Also called as home missionary in five branches.



I was greatly prospered while here and was beginning to feel comfortably settled when Ezra T. Benson came from Utah with the special mission of calling the Saints to gather to which I responded promptly.



While at this place I had taken a small sickly &lt;orphan&gt; boy into my home to care for whose name was James Meredith. He gave us considerable trouble but as we had no children of our own we tried patiently to do the best we could for him and took him with us to the vallies.



I had four cows and two steers but no wagon with which to travel. But a widow who was anxious to come supplied the deficiency and by joining into one company we got along very well. We were organized at the Missouri river as Company 4 with Jos. Outhouse captain. There were twenty-one companies that year with 52 wagons in each. As we started early we came through safely with no loss whatever but of the companies that came on late many died of cholera and exposure and quite a number of horses and cattle were stolen besides <s>very</s> various other troubles.



When we had crossed the Missouri, being the first night of camping out, we turned our stock out to graze, well guarded by armed herdsmen. A small party of Californian travelers were camping not far from us and some of them asked us why we guarded our stock in arms. I replied that was a custom with us. We had hardly finished speaking when a band of &lt;eleven&gt; Omaha Indians came rushing like the wind toward our stock but seeing that we were in arms whirled straight for the California camp and stole their stock almost before they had time to comprehend what was going on. Our men went in pursuit but got only two or three back.



We had no trouble before coming to the Platte River. <s>When</s> There we were met by a large company of Indians who would not let us pass before we had fulfilled their demands to fill their spread blankets with provisions . After this they troubled us no more.



When grazing &amp; water were good we would stay over on Sundays. Sometimes the men would hunt buffalo and other game. Once I started off to hunt but the following lines came over me with a strange power and I returned to camp.



 



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On the mountains let me tell, 
How He died, the blessed Savior 
To redeem the world from hell”</blockquote>



 



When we came to the Sweetwater as I was walking along in front of my team they &lt;suddenly&gt; began<s>ne</s> a stampede carrying me along between the two head steers. For a time I did not know what to do but at last jumped quickly to the side and as all the teams in the company were in the same spirit as mine I was saved from a horrible death.



Our captain proved himself a genuine crank and many of the company deserted him so before we reached our destination we were well broken up.



We arrived in Salt Lake City Sep. 9 1852 &lt;having traveled since the 10th of June&gt; And on seeing the goal, took my hat off and shouted “hurrah for Salt Lake!” My wife looked curiously and asked “where, where is the city?” I replied, “Don’t you see that little white house on the hill?”

Transcript for Day, Thomas, Reminiscences, 32-33

Day, Thomas, Reminiscences.

Deseret News

4th Company

"4th Company", Deseret News, September 18, 1852, Page 2.

4th Company, Joseph Outhouse, Capt., and 1 person; Benj. Waldron and 3 persons; Hamilton G. Park and 8 persons; Wm. Lunsford and 14 persons; Josiah C. Wright and 6 persons; John Galley and 1 person; Daniel Page and 5 persons; Joseph Bartholomew and 6 persons; Thos. Brown and 8 persons; Thos. Cottam and 3 persons; Daniel Sumption and 3 persons; Wm. Loyd and 7 persons; John Williams and 3 persons; Thos. Day and 5 persons; Benj. Gibson and 3 persons; Alex. Kidd and 4 persons; Wm. Bickmore and 8 persons; Gilbert Bickmore and 2 persons; Saml Bickmore and 7 persons; Wm. Hudson and 7 persons; T. Clarkson and 3 persons; [J]ohn Meckley &amp; 4 persons; Zadock Bethers and 9 persons; Jas. Randall and 2 persons; Martin Potter and 14 persons; Joseph F. Tracy and 4 persons; Silas H. Tracy and 4 persons; Orval Colvin and 5 persons; Wm. K. Barton and 3 persons; Francis Thornton and 4 persons; John Finney and 3 persons; James Wells and 4 persons; Arthur Parker and 7 persons; Wm. Long and 5 persons; Samuel Harwood and 6 persons; John Ormond and 5 persons; John Spiers and 4 persons; John Cottam.

Transcript for "4th Company," Deseret News, 18 September 1852, 2

Deseret News.

Gardner, Nathan Hale, [Biographical sketch of Ann Rogers Snow] 1978, 10-11

Gardner, Nathan Hale, [Biographical sketch of Ann Rogers Snow] 1978, 10-11.

Ann tells the story in very simple terms to her grand daughter Jessie Gardner about 1902: “Incidents of the plains.” It was 50 years ago, the last of September since I arrived in Salt Lake Valley and I have passed through so many scenes since then that incidents of the plains have passed from my mind. Early in June 1852 we were organized into a company of 50 with Bro. [Joseph] Outhouse as Captain of the company. There was a captain for every ten wagons. We crossed the Elkhorn River and started out on our long journey with full faith that the Lord would guide us through. 
 “In this age of steam and electricity one can scarcely imagine that anyone could be all day going 10 or 15 miles, but the Saints traveled this way in early days, camping where we could find feed and water. When a wagon needed repairing they would stop a day and the women would wash and cook and prepare to continue the journey. 3 or 4 weeks after we started there was a little trouble arose in the company and part of the company went on and we were left with 10 wagons and we came all the way with this small company with Bro. Page as our Captain. 
 “When we came near Ft. Laramie the Sioux Indians frequently visited our camp. They were well dressed in their buckskin suits which were all trimmed with beads. One day there were several rode past our train and tried to stampede our cattle, but we were blessed and the cattle were not frightened. Thus the Indians were unable to carry out their designs. 
 “Sometimes there was a herd of Buffalo or Antelope skipping over the plains, and occasionally one was killed and then we would have fresh meat, which was a great treat as our supplies were scant. 
 “The weather was warm until we reached Sweetwater, when it was very cold and froze hard. Just before we came to Green River we saw about one hundred Snake Indians, but they turned off the road and did not molest us. We crossed the Green River and in a few days reached our destination, tired and weary from our long journey, some of us having walked half of the way. We were truely glad and thankful to rest”. 
Ann R. Snow

Transcript for Gardner, Nathan Hale, [Biographical sketch of Ann Rogers Snow] 1978, 10-11

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