Horace Sunderlin Eldredge (1816 - 1888)

Horace Sunderlin Eldredge (1816 - 1888) Profile

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Andrew Jenson, "Eldredge, Horace S.," Latter-day Saint Biographical Encyclopedia

Andrew Jenson, "Eldredge, Horace S.," Latter-day Saint Biographical Encyclopedia, Vol. 1.

Andrew Jenson, "Eldredge, Horace S.," Latter-day Saint Biographical Encyclopedia.

CR 100 137: Historical Department journal history of the Church, 1830-2008

CR 100 137: Historical Department journal history of the Church, 1830-2008, August 28, 1852, Page 5.

Historical Department journal history of the Church, 1830-2008, July 3, 1843.

CR 100 137: Historical Department journal history of the Church, 1830-2008, April 15, 1844, Page 1-5.

“[Elders] will present before the people “General Smith’s views of the powers and policy of the General Government,” and seek diligently to get up electors who will go for him for the presidency.  All Elders will be faithful in preaching the gospel.” Appointed to serve mission to Pennsylvania.

Transcript for Historical Department journal history of the Church, 15 April 1844

CR 100 137: Historical Department journal history of the Church, 1830-2008.

Missionary Department missionary registers, 1860-1959

Missionary Department missionary registers, 1860-1959, Vol. 1, Page 17, Line 706.

Missionary Department missionary registers, 1860-1959.

Missionary Department missionary registers, 1860-1959, Vol. 2, Page 18, Line 706.

Nauvoo Restoration Inc., comp., Nauvoo Seventies list

Nauvoo Restoration Inc., comp., Nauvoo Seventies list, Vol. 1.

Nauvoo Restoration Inc., comp., Nauvoo Seventies list.

Temple Records Index Bureau, comp., Nauvoo Temple Endowment Register, 977.343/N1 K29c

Temple Records Index Bureau, comp., Nauvoo Temple Endowment Register, 977.343/N1 K29c, Page 121.

Temple Records Index Bureau, comp., Nauvoo Temple Endowment Register, 977.343/N1 K29c.

"Arrivals, Immigration, &c.," Deseret News

"Arrivals, Immigration, &c.," Deseret News, August 31, 1854.

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Elder Samuel W. Richards, from Liverpool, and Thomas S. Williams, of the firm of J. M. Horner &amp; Co. arrived August 26th, p.m.



Elder Richards left Liverpool on the 8th of July, per steamer Niagara, and landed in Boston on the 20th of the same month. Proceeded to St. Louis by rail, via Albany, Niagara Falls, Detroit, and Chicago, where he arrived on the 25th. Left St. Louis same day on board the Polar Star for Weston, where he arrived early in the morning of the 29th of July. Left Weston and Fort Leavenworth in the afternoon of the 1st of August, in company with Thomas S. Williams, George Halladay [Halliday], and W. S. G. dbey [Godbe], for Great Salt Lake City, where he arrived on the 26th of August, in good health and fine spirits, having performed the entire journey from Liverpool to G. S. L. City in 40 days, and in less than 43 days traveling time. The distance from Fort Leavenworth was made in 252 hours, 25 minutes of traveling time.



Br. Field and company on the 14th inst., were camped about three miles above Laramie.



Elders James Brown, Job Smith, and Darwin Richardson were camped with their companies near Scott's Bluffs, on the 13th inst. Elder Olson, and the Danish Saints, with about 70 wagons, were camped near Chimney Rock on the 12th instant.



Elder Daniel Garn, with a company of about 10 wagons, was camped about 30 miles above Ash Hollow on the 11 inst.



Elder Ira Eldredge and company were camped about 15 miles below the crossing of the South Fork of the Platte, on the 10th inst.



Elders Win.Empy, Durr P. [Dorr Purdy] Curtiss, Robert Campbell, and William Taylor with the rear companies of migration were supposed to be crossing the Big Blue, about 160 miles below Fort Kearney, on the 4th inst.



The companies were generally well, and in fine spirits.



The brethren who have been called upon to furnish aid to their brethren on the route will see by the above, and by the letter published in this number from br. Pratt and others, that much assistance in men, teams, and provisions will be necessary to enable those now far back on the plains to arrive in anything like comfortable season; hence it is expected that they will duly realize their relative position and circumstances, and promptly, and efficiently respond to the call of the First Presidency, thro' the Bishops, to send back sufficient aid to roll all up in a good style and season.



Aside from the counsel and requirements of the First Presidency on this subject, and aside from brotherly kindness, and in addition to the commandment of doing unto others as we would they should do unto us, strict economy and worldly-mindedness indicate the good policy of a speedy and liberal turn out. For we are all one temporally as well as spiritually, literally as well as figuratively, or we are not what we profess to be, and shall not attain to what we desire, and are looking for. And if we are not one, the sooner we begin to act upon those principles calculated to make us one, the sooner we will be prepared for the blessings promised to the faithful.



In addition to the assistance required of you by your bishops, it will be well for those who know they have friends, or relatives on the road to cast in their help according to their ability, for which they will in no wise lose their reward, and confer the additional blessing of making the heart glad, by evincing a kindly sympathy for those who are winding their weary way over a dreary waste to the present home of the saints.



Elders Orson Pratt, Horace S. Eldredge, Frederick Kesler, and George Halladay [Halliday] arrived in good health and spirits on the afternoon of the 27th.--The two last named from a short church business trip to St. Louis; Elder Pratt from his mission to Washington and Presidency over the saints in the States east of the Rocky Mountains, and br. Eldredge from the presidency over the Branch at St. Louis.

Transcript for "Arrivals, Immigration, &c.," Deseret News, 31 August 1854, 297

"Arrivals, Immigration, &c.," Deseret News.

"Mrs. Pixton," Ogden Standard Examiner

"Mrs. Pixton," Ogden Standard Examiner, April 24, 1883.

"Mrs. Pixton," Ogden Standard Examiner.

Pioneer of 1854: James Eardley

Pioneer of 1854: James Eardley.

In May 1854, I and my wife [Zurviah] and others left St. Louis.  Horace Eldredge had charge of the whole company of ten.  At night they formed a camp or corral with our wagons.  Once we were camped within fifty yards of a band of Indians, and while I was guarding the cattle some of them came near to the camp and shot.  A bullet passed by me so closely as to almost graze me, but my life was preserved.



A Brother Turpin who was in the same company died on the plains leaving a widow and some helpless children.  A meeting of the brethren was held to decide what had better be done in Sister Turpin’s case as there was no one to drive her ox team.  It was decided that it would be better for her to return to the East, but I spoke up saying that I was not willing that this widow and her children should return alone, and rather than that she should go back, I would drive her team to Salt Lake.  Brother Orson Pratt said to me, “If you dare to leave your team in the care of Grandfather J. [John Gilmon Barron] Haynes (who was my wife’s stepfather) all right.”  And I drove the widow and her children here.



Of the varied experiences on the plains I wish to say I was as happy as ever I felt in my life, and never looked upon the journey as a burden.  I had never seen an ox team before I left St. Louis.  Some who were employed with me in St. Louis said that during all their acquaintance with me they had never heard me swear.  But they would wager before I reached my journey’s end that I would swear, for I could not drive an ox team far without indulging in bad language.  I, however, did no swearing though my slow team often tried my patience.

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