John Smith (1832 - 1911) Profile

John Smith (1832 - 1911)

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Andrew Jenson, Latter-day Saint Biographical Encyclopedia, 1:183

Andrew Jenson, Latter-day Saint Biographical Encyclopedia, 1:183.

Missionary Department missionary registers, 1860-1959

Missionary Department missionary registers, 1860-1959, Vol. 1, Page 3, Line 132.

Missionary Department missionary registers, 1860-1959.

Autobiography, John Smith. Salt Lake City, 1885 in Utah and the Mormons collection, undated

Autobiography, John Smith. Salt Lake City, 1885 in Utah and the Mormons collection, undated.

In April of 1848, I started with the family for Great Salt Lake. It was rather a hard journey, as we did not have team enough. I remember I had to drive a team composed of wild steers, cows and oxen, with two wagons tied together, and, before we had gone over two miles, a wagon tongue broke and we had to camp for the night. On the way over the plains I broke several yoke of cows and steers to work, and had to take a man's place, standing guard at night and in the day time, noon, etc. I had to be the boy who brought the wood and water, herded the cows, and assisted to double teams over bad places, up hills, etc. On one occasion a circumstance occurred, which I shall never forget. At about sundown, while we were encamped on the Platte River, it was reported that a woman was lost. Without ceremony I took my coat on my arm and a piece of corn bread in my hand, and started out up the road, to follow a part of the company which had left us at noon. I had not gone far when I came up with a dead carcass, which was covered with wolves, fighting and howling. I walked past as fast and as quietly as possible. I travelled six miles before I came up with any wagons. During this distance I passed about twenty such frightful scenes. I got through safe and I think unnoticed by the wolves. I stopped for the balance of the night with an aquaintance. At daybreak I proceeded on my journey and found the lost woman, safe with her mother, a little after sunrise, six miles from where I stayed for the night.



On the 22nd of September, my 16th birthday, I drove five wagons down the "Big Mountain," east of Salt Lake City. It was dark long before I got into camp with the last wagon. On the way one wheel of my wagon ran into a tree about fifteen inches through, and I had to lie on my back and chop the tree down with a dull ax before I could go any further. At about 11 p.m. on the 23rd of September, 1848, we arrived in Great Salt Lake Valley.

Transcript for Autobiography, John Smith. Salt Lake City, 1885 in Utah and the Mormons collection, undated

Burton, Richard F., The City of the Saints, and Across the Rocky Mountains to California [1971], 180

Burton, Richard F., The City of the Saints, and Across the Rocky Mountains to California [1971], 180.

<xhtml:p xmlns:its="http://www.w3.org/2005/11/its" xmlns:xhtml="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">We passed on the way a party of emigrants, numbering 359 souls and driving 39 wagons. They were commanded by the patriarch of Mormondom, otherwise Captain John Smith, the eldest son of Hyrum Smith, a brother of Mr. Joseph Smith the Prophet, and who, being a child at the time of the murderous affair at Carthage, excepted being coiffe’d with the crown of martyrdom. He rose to the patriarchate on the 18th of February, 1855; his predecessor was “old John Smith”—uncle to Mr. Joseph, and successor to Mr. Hyrum Smith—who died the 23d of May 1854. He was a fair-complexioned man, with light hair. His followers accepted gratefully some provisions with which we could afford to part.</xhtml:p>

Transcript for Burton, Richard F., The City of the Saints, and Across the Rocky Mountains to California [1971], 180

Deseret Evening News

Voyage of the Hudson

"Voyage of the Hudson", Deseret Evening News, March 23, 1895, Page 11.

Deseret Evening News.

Deseret News

List of Immigrants

"List of Immigrants", Young, Deseret Evening News, 2 April 1889, October 12, 1864, Page 5.

LIST OF IMMIGRANTS



In Capt. John Smith's Independent Company.



Jorgen Pettersen and family, Ane Katrine Darling, Sjon Bonnesen and family, Kirshi Hansen. Hans O. Imand and family, Marie M. Sandel, Jens P. Clasen and family, Jens P. Jensen, Magrete Pedersen, Maren K. Nielsen; Berte Y. Jensen, Jens Christensen and family, N.P. and Krestine Krone, Ane Kirstine Nielsen; Christiane and Abelone Skade, Christiane M. Thorstensen, Jens C. Heilesen and family, Christine Hansen, Hans Necoulaisen and family; Niels and Petreane Martensen, Ane and Georg Christine Martensen, Katrine M. Pedersen, Soren Pedersen, Geerg Gronemand and family, Ole Hansen Rose and family, Anders Neilsen, Dauritr Hansen, Marie Jorgensen, Christoffer Olsen, Kirsten and Poul C. Paielsen, John O. Lovendahl and family, Lavise Mickelsen; Christian Edtlefsen and family, Jense Jensen, Carl F. Bergelunds and family, Erik Bylund, Berte K. and Maren K. Larsen. Niels Sorrensen and family, Carl F. and Marie Henriksen, Johannes Bergmand and family, Per Pettersen, Hans Kniedsen and family, Niels Larsen and family, Knud J. and Berte M Terning, Jargen Hansen, Niels C. Martensen, Christiane M. Hansen, Jens Nielsen and family, Peder Juul, Jens and Kirsten Jensen, Rasmusen and family, from Omaha.

Transcript for "List of Immigrants," Deseret News, 12 October 1864, 13

The Immigration

"The Immigration", Deseret News, August 15, 1860.

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The following are the names of persons in Capt. John Smith's company of immigrant saints, as per his report forwarded to President Brigham Young from Laramie on the 27th of July:



John Smith; Lorin, Lovina, Hyrum S. [Smith], Jerusha C. [Celesta], Edwina M. [Mariah], Emma T. [Irene], William A. [Arthur] and Sarah E. [Ellen] Walker; Minor J. [Jewett], Lucy M. [A.], Sarah [Adelia], Eliza [Alida], and Francis Prisbrey; Mary Ann [Marianne] Pearson; Minor G. [Grant], Mary Ann [Hershey], Joseph [Smith] and Lucy Ann Prisbrey; Nathan [Cutler], Isabella [Wells], Wingaliea [Wingallea], Carey F. [Cora Isabelle] and Lydia B. [Lydia Rebecca] Davis; Alfred Holmes; William [B.], Ann [Annie Hayes], Thomas Stennett], Sarah Ann [Stennett], Martha [Stennett] and George [Joseph] Popfelton [Poppleton], Milam [Milan Lucian], Elizabeth [Sanborn], Edgar, Norman, James, Julia [Ann] and Alma [Milan] Fillmore; Daniel [Babcock], Thankful [Ann Grant], Martha [Minerva], [Daniel] Ranson, Marantha, Rosille [Thankful Rosella], Oscar [Newman] and Antha [Elmira] Fillmore; Orin Stoddard; Osmar, [Mary] Jane, Lucy Ann, Andrew J. [Jackson], Clarence [Augustus], Eveline [Augusta], Osmar G. and Charles [Merrit] Lamb; James O. [Orrin], Mary Jane [Fillmore], Jerome [Truman], Caliste [M.] and Denver [Orrin] Lamb; William and Mariette Burbeck; Karl G. [Gottfrid], Anna [Henrietta Meith], [Karl Frederick] Reinhard and Ortille [Anna Ottillie] Maeser; Camilla [Clara] Mieth; John [Jacob] Slaugh; William [Wilkinson], Mary [Ellen Stones], Hannah and Clementine Tuke; William and Jane Knapp [Knopp]; John and Susan Reynolds; John, Anna [Eva Dittmore], Henry, Mary [Elizabeth], and William Herbert [Herbst], Henry Didmore [Dittmore]; Mary and Henry S. Sheen [Sheets], William, Ann, Sarah, Thomas H. and Albert H. Starkey; Elizabeth Dunavan [Donovan]; William, Dinah [Ingham], John and William [Ingham] Nutter; Nancy [Nutter] and Elizabeth [Ann] Stemworth [Stanworth]; Henry, [Agnes] Francis [Goble], Joseph, Henry S. [Sidney] and Harriet J. [Jane] Howell; Eli, Martha and Ruth [Alice] Whitely; Thomas and Sarah Morgan; George and Eliza Gunn; William, Caroline [Hutchins] and Charles Brozier [Brazier]; Mary Ann [Gunn] Adey; Ann and Benjamin Gunn; John [C.], Caroline [Barham], John W. [William], Louisa B. [Barham] and Priscilla [Barham] Gunn; William, Emma [Baker], William [Baker], jr., Louisa, Fanny and Betsey Gunn; Betsey Judd; Cornelius, Frances [Hobbs], Jane [Caroline] and [Frances] Lucy Traveller; William [James], Jane [Gadsby] and Sarah J. [Jane] Panter; George Harrison; Nicholas, Julianna, Levi, Mary and Jane Lesater [Lasater]; John, Sarah [Blecher], Elizabeth, Louisa, Alice, Joseph, Hyrum and Esther Charrington [Cherrington]; John, Sarah and Ann Hughes; David, Ann, Sarah and John Evans; Philip [Phillip], Margaret [Davies], Elizabeth and Joseph [D.] Naughan [Vaughan]; John and Ann Beer [Beers]; James and Elizabeth Thompson; Henry, Caroline [Good], Malinda, Nancy A. [Ann] and Benjamin Hershey; Xavier F. and Mary Schlage; [James] Henry, Jane [Allen], John H. [Henry] and Mary J. [Jane] Blackner; Joshua, Elizabeth [Hoskins], Mary [Carter], Ellis [Davies], Benjamin [Hancock], William H. [Henry] and Caroline Salisbury; Mary [Whitehead], Mary A. [Ann] and Adam Chatwick [Chadwick]; James and Jane Sewell; Henry, Isabella [Elizabeth Archibald], Elizabeth and Henry [James] Anderson; Ellen [Easton] and George [Lawson] Scott; William, Eliza [Jane Broadbent], Frederic [William], Miranda [Jane], Mary [Elizabeth] and Sarah [Ann] Mullin; Mary E., Mary [E.] and Eliza Shawan [Shewan]; William and Ellen Young, Ann [Slater] Bunding [Bunting], Ann, John and Alfred Fenn; Stephen, Jane [Ellen Glover], James [William], Sarah, Margaret, Jane E. [Ellen] and Eliza [Elizabeth] Shelton [Skelton]; Benjamin, Phebe [Phoebe Davis], Margaret [Jane], Mary, Ann, Sarah, Emma and Thomas J. [John] Isaac; Daniel, Margaret [Evans], Ruth, Margaret, Samuel [H.] and Anna Williams; John O., Margaret [Jane John], Elizabeth, Emilie [Emily Caravena] and Chas. [Charles Cogan] Thomas; John E., Mary [Davies], Thomas, Evan [E.], Jane and Gorner [Gomer Isaac] Rees; Richard Williams; John [Haines], Sarah [Jane Davis], William [Davis], David [Davis], Thomas J. [John] and Ann L. [Anne Lianne] Williams; John Williams, sen.; William and Eva [Morgan] Bath; John Jenkins; Maria and Ann Bath; Hannah, Fanny and George Watson; Philip Bath; John, Hannah [Draycott], Mary A. [Ann] and Hyrum Bates; Joseph and Sarah Bradley; Evan and Margaret Thomas; John [Phillip] and Rachel [Williams] Isaac; Theophilus and Mary Williams; Thomas [Daniel] Stephens; Mary A. [Ann Webb] Stephens; William D. Roberts; Rodney [Quinby] Shoemaker; William Willis and Herman Davis.



There had been three deaths in the company before arriving at Laramie. William Glover, aged 80, died on the 1st, John [Cartwright] Cherrington the 10th, and Emma Blackner on the 15th of July. The last two were children not a year old.



The following are the names of persons in the First Hand-cart company, Capt. Daniel Robinson, which left Florence June 6, 1860:



Robert Stoney and family, [William] Oliver Mawson, George Pacer [Facer] and family, James Cook, George Nash and family; George Rogers and family; Mary Ann Gorton, Charles [M.] Webb and family; Susan Lavender and family, Amelia Rothwed [Rothwell], John Wagstaff, Demas Ashdown and family; Emma Jackson, Alfred Birmingham, Henry Nichols, Sarah Nichols, Alice [Bryant] Hook and family, Harriet Taylor, Thomas Birmingham, Edwin [Morrell] Curtis and wife, Hugh Cousins, Mark H. Forscutt and wife, Maria Holmes, Ellen Payne, William Walker and family, Henry Harrison, Sarah Birmingham, Hannah Slater, Sarah Booth, George Wright, Jabez Faux, David Holder, Dorathy [Dorothy] Kipling and family, Joseph Bell and family, Annie H. Hobbe [Annie E. Hobbs], George Meldrum and family, Jane Meldrum, Edward P. [Pearson] Holder , Andrew [Walker] Higgie [Heggie], Charles McNeil and family, John [Black] McCulloch and family, James Beverland and wife, Ann [Pearson] Holder, Margaret Whitten, Henry Tempest and family, William Williams, Eliza Rogers, Levi Naylor, Mary Matthews, Mary Nash, Ann Richardson, Joseph Slater, Mary Ann Webb, Christian Christiansan [Christensen], Thomas Green and family, Elizabeth Parkinson and family, Jesse Wilgas [Wilgus] and family, William Hemmings and family, John W. [William] Townsend and family, Elizabeth Royall [Royale], Jane Baker, Christopher Gardner and wife, John Stonestion [Stonestrom] and family, William Falconbridge, David Moffit [Moffat] and family, Thomas Jones and family, John Lewis and family, John Gibson and family, Henry Jacques and family, Robert Siddoway and family, William [Walter] Shewar [Shewan] and family, [Foster] Thomas Hook, Ann Stevens, William Ordige [Ordidge] and wife, John Wardle and family, David Richards and family, Ann Jackson, Hugh G. [Greenleaf] Sibbell [Sibbett] and family, Fanny [Franz] &amp; Mary Ann Robison, Richard Cough [Gough] and family, John Pilling, William Brownlow and wife, Hannah Cockin, John Siddoway and wife, Pridger [Pridgen] and Phoebe Thacker; [John] Joseph Welch and family, Conrad [Alma] Smith and family, Joseph Lapish and family, David [C.] Robison, Daniel Robison and family, William [R.] Corbett [Corbitt] and family, Augustus [Embley] Pierce and family, A. Dalrymple, William Robinson [Robison].



In the company there were 233 persons, 43 hand-carts, 6 wagons, 38 oxen and 10 tents.



The following are the names of persons in Captain James D. Ross' Wagon company:



James D. [Darling] Ross and family, George Smith and family, George Fawns [Farnes], Charles Budd, Harriet Husband [Husbands], Susan Husband [Husbands], Henry McEwan and family, Mary G. [Gilmore] White, Ebenezer Tucker, Frank Wilson and family, James Nibley and family, Thomas Dee and family, John Marsten and wife, John Frehand [Treharne], Wm. [William Bell] Barton and wife, Emma Walker, John J. Duke and wife, Wm. Cooper and wife, Sarah Clark, Henry Druce and family, Owen Jones, John Green, Richard Fry and wife, James Tucker and wife, Aaron Rigby and family, Wm. Robson and family, Richard Rankin and wife, Malcolm Donald and wife, Jane Allen, Wm. Ferguson, Joseph Graham and child, Henry [S.] Winson [Vinson] and family, Ann Haigh, Fanny Teaqnes [Teagues], Phillip Edwards and wife, Emily Davis, Thomas Parry and family, Edward Lloyd, Thomas Bolton [Boulton] and family, Thos. Hodgkins [Thomas Hodgkiss] and family, Valentine Rock and family, Thos. [Thomas Goldman Smith] and Benj. [Benjamin Franklin] Smith, Thomas [H.] Bradshaw and family, Mary Rumreal and daughter, Precila Blackatt [Priscilla Blackett], Rebacca [Rebecca] Murray and daughter, Winter Hastings, and family, Robert McCloy, Eliza Scalpin [Scelpin], Neils Snueson [Thueson] and family, M. C. E. Schaneveld [Edward Conrad Emil Schvaneveldt] and family, Nill [Nell] Fulson , Ola N. Lindgreen and family, Wm. Rodgers and family, Henry McCoy, Wm. Cooper and wife, Sarah Clark, John Croft and wife, Jesse [Jessie Sophia] Mitchell, Wm. Thornton and family, John C. Loosle [Loosli] and family, James Furriman [Fuhriman] and family, Annie Stiescheweld [Hegesveld], Ulrich Looslie and family, Maria Perenand [Perenaud], Louisa Perenand [Perenaud], [Johann] Rudolph Fley [Frei], Magda [Magdalena] Schneider, Johannes Diem and family, Caroline Schneeble [Schneibel], Conrad Huten [Hafen] and family, Daniel Benelie [Bonelli], John Hebbur [Reber] and family, John Stahele [Staheli] and family, Margaretha Vengar [Venger]; Samuel Hoffman and wife, Henuck [Heinrich]Kuhn[,] Sebrath Bar[,] Susannah Ledler [Sedler], Godleb Fley [Gottleib Frei], Maria Naf [Anna Maria Frei Naef] and family, John Stanfer [Staufer], Frederick Stanfer, Magdaline Kushu [Magdalena Kirsher] and family, Nicholas Huber, Wm. Stahele [William Staheli], Anna [or Hannah] Sidler, Eliza Stahele [Elizabeth Thalman Staheli], Christian Rerger [Berger] and family, F. Schapple [John Henry Schlappi] and family, Harnrich Schalerer [Heinrich Scharrer], and family, John Jnoser [Moser], Verena Ravver [Reber], Madalena Galli.



There were 249 persons, 36 wagons, 142 oxen and 54 cows in this company when it left Florence on the 17th of June.



The following are the names of persons in Captain Jesse [Easters] Murphy's company:



E. M. [Jesse Easters] Murphy and family, Jacob Dalson, Emanuel Bird [Murphy], Thomas E. Murphy and family, Thomas Stelfox and son, Fanny Stelfox, John Barnett and family, Margarett [Margaret] Lang, Jane Thomas, Joseph [William] Ovard, Nahima Holder [Nahum Cole Holden] and family, Elam Meecham [Mecham] and wife, Salsbury [Salisburg] Cummings, Sarah Jane Cummings, Mary Heuchett [Henchett], Wesley Norton, Benjamin P. Brown and family, Wm. Johnson, Emerett Sawyer and family, Margaret Denny and family, Edward Blair and family, Joseph Brown and wife, James Collins, Catherine Collins [Collings], Wm. H. Hunt and family, Jane Burden, George [Franklin] Jarvis and family, W. C. [William Cook] Reamer and family, Margaret Hardie [or Hardy], Jamesh [James Lippecot] Wilbert, Charles M. Webb and family, Wm. Lark and family, Robt. Clarkson and family George Spiers and family Rose Anna West, Eliza Smith, Anna Sherriger [Sherregar] George Ostler, John Crisholm [Chisholm] and family, Thomas [Benjamin] Davis and family, James Collins [Collings] and family, Mahonri M. Cumer [Collings], Robert E. Hartlett [Hurlett] and wife, John Eardley and family, Josiah Eardley, W. L. [Lot] Webster and wife, Eliza Williams, Thomas Overd and family, Thomas Smith and family, Isabella Reid, Joel S. Campbell and family, John W. Jenks [Jinks] and wife, More [Moroni] Campbell and wife, Dorthea Clark and family, John Kynaston and wife, Wm. [William Windsor] Jones and family, Frances Sprowl [Francis Sproul] and family, Lewis Taft and wife, Benj. N. Gavitt [Gavitte], Alonza D. Gavitt, Samuel Bee and family, M. [Mannery] Hulmes and family, Joseph Warburton and family, David [Giles] Roberts, Henry Hug and wife, Henry Buz [Benz] and family, Margaretta Wamftler [Wampfler], George Bouelle [Bonelli], Elizabeth Pankhausen [Frankhausen], John Uluck Stucke [John Ulrich Stucki] and wife, Henry Hafter and wife, Babetta Kunzei [Barbara Kuenzle], George Delthelm [Diethelm] and wife, Frederick Thencer [Theurer], Hendrick Gubler and family, Maria Benelli [Bonelli], Mary Huckstrasser [Hochstrasser] and family, John Gubler and family, Ulrich Traber and family, Maria Rutschi, Jacob Graf and family, Maria Stahl, Gottlieb Herschi [Hirschi], Ulrich Auer and family, Paul A. Schettler, Allretoo Bischef [Albrecht Bischoff] and family, Wm. Ostler and wife, Elizabeth Schneider, Edward Haber [Huber] and family, Damitile [Domitilo] Henriod, Richard Morris and family, Lettice Thomas and daughter Martha McCreery, Charles Miles, Joseph Morris and family, Christina Elliot, Caroline Goswold.



This company when organized consisted of 279 persons, 38 wagons 164 oxen and 39 cows and left Florence on the 19th of June.



The names of emigrants in the 4th wagon and 2d hand cart companies have been received and will be published next week.

Transcript for "The Immigration," Deseret News, 15 August 1860, 189

Deseret News.

First 100, schedules

First 100, schedules, July 1848.

First 100, schedules.

Groneman, Thomas C., [Interview], in "Utah Pioneer Biographies," 44 vols., 11:178, 180

Groneman, Thomas C., [Interview], in "Utah Pioneer Biographies," 44 vols., 11:178, 180.

10. At what place did you join the company or wagon train with which you came to Utah?
 
10. I am not sure but think it was Omaha, Neb.
11. When did it leave for Utah? 11. I have no knowledge.
12. What was the place of your destination in Utah? Why did you come to Utah? 12. No particular destination in Utah, but we came to Provo a few days after reaching Salt Lake City, Utah.
13. When did you arrive there? 13. October 7, 1864.
14. Who was the leader of your company or train? 14. John Smith.
15. Method of travel (handcart, ox team, mule team, horseback, etc.). 15. Mule Team.
34. Tell about coming to your state in a covered wagon. 34. Coming to Utah we had a covered wagon, drawn by a team of mules. Father [George Ludvig Groneman] was a very good shot with a rifle, he having fought in the war of 1848 and learned to be what they call a sharp shooter. He used to go out and kill game for our company. I never heard that he killed any buffalo, but have heard him say that he killed many deer, rabbits and antelope while traveling to Utah.

Transcript for Groneman, Thomas C., [Interview], in "Utah Pioneer Biographies," 44 vols., 11:178, 180

Heber C. Kimball journals

Heber C. Kimball journals, June 1848.

Transcript for Heber C. Kimball journals, 1848 June-July and 1848 July-September, in Heber C. Kimball papers, 1837-1866

Heber C. Kimball journals.

Historical Department journal history of the Church

Historical Department journal history of the Church, 1830-2008. Supplement after 31 December 1848: Page 16.

Historical Department journal history of the Church.

John P. R. Johnson diary

John P. R. Johnson diary, July 1864.

Transcript for John P. R. Johnson diary, 1864 July-September, 11

John P. R. Johnson diary.

Johnson, John. Reminiscences, 1899-1935, 7 p

Johnson, John. Reminiscences, 1899-1935, 7 p.

We were about six weeks bying outfits and geting rady for crosing the plains, there were about 170 Church teames that year but we were in the independent Company and had our oanTeams wagons and provisions to look after[.] Father (Knudsen) bought 4 yoak of oxen three cows one mare (for me to ride on and help drive the stock) two wagons which was loaded with our close [clothes] and provission to what they thought would be about right for two yoak or four oxen on for the wagon, we made several trips to Nebaska City wher Father don[e] most of the bying and he did extra well in bying there as he had the gold to pay with. owing to the civel war that was on at that time the price on cure<n>sy was very uncertain. The whole Company consisted of 60 wagons. Patriarck [Patriarch] John Smith being our Kaptain of the Co and J[ohn]. P[eter]. R[asmus]. Johnson his asistent. We were all Scandinavience and non of us had ever driven or even seen a yoak of oxen so when we gat rady to start it was considerable of a mexup. stil there was no on kiled or injured very much[.] there were some wagon toungs broken and one or two tipovers but in a day or two we were able to herd them along very well[.] The fore part of the tavel were through roling hils[.] very good feed for the stock but fuel was scares [scarce], most of our fuel was from droppings of stock or Bufelow chips as we used to cal them and when they were dry made a very <good> fuel aspesialy for baking bred in our skillets as it required a slow moldring fire for that purpas.</good></n>



Everything went along very well til we came to plat[te] river (a large Mudy stream)[.] as we had taken the oxen to grass efter our days travel Engebret Olsen (our teamster for one of the teams) thought he would take a bath, he was very warm at the time, he took his bath in Plat river and took a very sevear cold which turned in to Pheumonia and efter 10 days or more sickness he died. he was buried by the way side on the Plains[.] a large pile of rocks placed over his grave to prevent the wolfs from diging him up. I had to drive the team which I gat along with very well[,] Captain Smith telling me I was the bes teamster in the train, Lina my sister taking my place to ride the pony and driving stock. When we gat further west water was scares and there was much alkelie water which would stand in ponds along the road but on acount of the elkelie it was poison to men and beast, driving all day in heat of the sun the oxen became very thirsty and when turned loos for feed would run to those ponds and drink[.] some would git sick and git well again but many would die. We had two dien and others get lame so we had more load then team. Ariving at a mail Station (the Guverment had Stations along the road where they would ceep som fresh horses to take the mail through. allso a gard or some Soldiers to look efter thing[s] and protect them from the Indians) we desided the best thing to do was to leev one load at the Station which we did, inte<n>ding to send for it or come efter it the following season, whil onloading[,] the Company moved on and we were left in the rear. We left the Station [with] Father driving the loaded team, I was in the rear with the emty wagon, my team was one lame ox and one cow, we gat to ahill where my team could not bring the wagon up, so I took my ox &amp; cow[,] hurraid up the best I could til I overtook Father and the rest of the folks, where we stoped and had a counsel as to what to do. Father somewhat descuridgesed let wagon stand there, we can not overtake the Company to day if we go back efter the wagon which was true, but Mother and us Children desided to make a drye camp right there ang [and] go efter the wagon with one of the good teams which we did[.] Lina and myself brought it which was not with out considerable risk for us to camp there alone with out any protection from the Indians. it was efter dark before we gat togather again. Father and I stayed up all night herding the oxen and such a howling as it was from wolfs and Kioties I have never heard before or since in the fore part of the night[.] J.P.R. Johnson came back to see what had become of us and he stayed all night which was very much appreciated. </n>



next morning we gathered our oxen and started on our jurny again and overtook the Company about 10 a.m. who were waiting for us[.] we traveled along with the rest of the Company efter that without any further truble[.] I had to take my turn in hurding the stock and standing gard at night. Just think what would have hapened to the Indians if they had come[.] I was armed with a pepper box with six barels all loaded and about 7 inches long[.] it was quite havy and would make an exelent club for defence. we seen no hostile Indians however than [them] we seen were Friendly next year in 1865 they Indians were on the war path[.] they took the Station where our close and things were left[.] helped them self to what they wanted and set fire to the rest, so we gat nothing of wat we left. My youngest sister Eline was sick nearly all the way[.] she died and was buried in ekko [Echo] Canjon [Canyon]. We arived in Salt Lake City October 1st.

Transcript for Johnson, John. Reminiscences, 1899-1935, 7 p

Juvenile Instructor

Juvenile Instructor, Vol. 6, Page 91, 98-99.

Recollections

Joseph F. Smith, "Recollections", Juvenile Instructor, May 27, 1871, Page 7.

Transcript for Joseph F. Smith, "Recollections," printed in serial format, Juvenile Instructor

Juvenile Instructor.

Larsen, Hans Peter, [Interview], in "Utah Pioneer Biographies," 44 vols., 18:54-56

Larsen, Hans Peter, [Interview], in "Utah Pioneer Biographies," 44 vols., 18:54-56.

10. At what place did you join the company or wagon train with which you came to Utah?
 
10. Joined the company at Omaha…
11. When did it leave for Utah? 11.….in August, 1864,….
12. What was the place of your destination in Utah? Why did you come to Utah? 12. ….the place of our destination was Salt Lake City. I came for the sake of the gospel.
13. When did you arrive there? 13. We arrived in October, 1864.
14. Who was the leader of your company or train? 14. Patriarch John Smith was the leader of our Company.
15. Method of travel (handcart, ox team, mule team, horseback, etc.). 15. Our method of travel was horse back and ox team. A man by the name of Johnson and myselfwent ahead to locate the camp sites and get wood for the fire.
31. Do you recall seeing any buffalo or hunting any wild game? If so, tell about some incident. 31. I saw buffalo while crossing the plains.
34. Tell about coming to your state in a covered wagon. 34. We followed close to the wagon tracks of the former companies of saints. Sometimes it was a short distance to the next camp and sometimes it was way into the night before we reached camp. We would draw the whole company up in a circle, with the wagons behind each other. Then on one side was gap left to drive the stock in and out of. We would gather the stock in here to catch them and this also served as a protection in time of Indian attacks.
After the circle was formed, you would see each family busy preparing their humble meal. After the meal, if weather permitted and no sight of Indians during the day, there would be a meeting or a dance and maybe both. Out in the evenings air on a grassy plot, under a starlit sky, we would gather in a group. Here you could hear those pioneers singing the wonderful hymns of the church or the music and merry making of the dance. It was great to feel that something that gave us determination to go on. After the days tasks were over the relaxation under the clear blue sky and silently commune with the Maker was some thing money couldn’t buy.
Awaken early ready for another day and to always trust to a greater power for guidance and protection. This is what we gained from our experiences on the plains. ‘Sacrifice brings forth blessings.’

Transcript for Larsen, Hans Peter, [Interview], in "Utah Pioneer Biographies," 44 vols., 18:54-56

Maeser, Reinhard, Karl G. Maeser: A Biography [1928], 34-36

Maeser, Reinhard, Karl G. Maeser: A Biography [1928], 34-36.

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, 1859, soon after their return to Philadelphia, their eldest daughter, Ottilie, was born. Attention was now centered upon the problem of getting to Utah. Everything that could be done was done to obtain means to pay the railroad fare to Florence, Nebraska, then the outfitting station for crossing the plains. Since his return from the South, Karl had been President of the Philadelphia Conference, and continued in this position until June, 1860, when the family left for Zion. Four months was spent on the plains traveling with ox teams. Patriarch John Smith was captain of the company. Karl had been given charge of the emigrants as far as Florence. He was then appointed Chaplain. This position brought him into some prominence among his fellow travelers.	
Imagine, if you can, how Karl G. Maeser would handle three yoke of wild, unbroken steers; how he would hitch them to a wagon; and how he would "Whoa-ha" and "gee" them after they were yoked up! Soon, however, he obviated the necessity of doing these things by sharing the wagon with a young Englishman named Duke, on condition that the latter would attend to hitching up and driving the oxen.	
People who have made this tedious journey tell of the hardships encountered; of the constant trial of one's faith in God, in the Gospel, and in one's fellowmen. In this connection, let us consider for a moment the great contrasts that came into the lives of these Germans. From association with a class of people, the highest and most cultured, whose language was elegant, refined, and select, among whom etiquette was so carefully practiced that it became almost an art, and men and women were immaculate in their dress; they had been thrown into the company of plainsmen, rough, uncouth, and undignified in manner and dress. How could it be endured: Did these men really represent the people of God, extolled by the Elders, who had been at the home of the Maesers in Germany? Were these fair samples of the products of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints? Was it for this as an ultimate that all the sacrifices had been made? Was it possible that he, Garl [Karl] G. Maeser, through association and environment, would some day become like unto them? Many an hour was passed in serious reflections along this line of thought. However, before the journey was completed, Karl became thoroughly convinced that, though these men presented a rough exterior, the true man was still abiding within. He learned long before the company reached the 'valleys' that he was associated with men of honor and integrity, men whose word was their bond, who would risk their lives in defense of their fellowmen, and who would die, if necessary, for the Gospel's sake. Indeed, they were rough by reason of their environment, but they were real, true men.	
So far as accidents and delays were concerned, nothing of consequence occurred. The weather was generally fair; each day's mileage was not so great as to become exhausting. The evening were usually spent in pleasantries-singing, dancing, testimonies. The company reached Salt Lake on Saturday, September 1st, 1860. Edward Schoenfeldt, who had arrived almost exactly three years before, was on hand to greet his relatives. He took them to his home, about half a block west of the northwest corner of the present Union Railroad Depot. The wagon box, placed just outside of the Schoenfeldt lot, was, for a short time, used by the newcomers as a bedroom.

Transcript for Maeser, Reinhard, Karl G. Maeser: A Biography [1928], 34-36

Millennial Star

Late from the Immigration

"Late from the Immigration", Millennial Star, 22, October 20, 1860, Page 669.

LATE FROM THE IMMIGRATION. —Captain John Smith left his company on Ham's Fork, Wednesday last, in the afternoon, and came in with his sister, Mrs. Walker, accompanied by her son, who had accidentally been wounded in the arm by the discharge of a gun, and arrived at his residence near this city on Saturday evening.	
He reports that his company and those ahead of it were getting along finely. Captain Ross was but a short distance in advance, and Captain Murphy's company was at Sulpher Creek when he passed it on Thursday, and Captain Brown's at Bear River on Friday morning. He reports several deaths among the children in his company, since passing Laramie, of whooping-cough, all of whom were sick before starting from Florence.

Transcript for "Late from the Immigration," Latter-day Saints' Millennial Star, 20 Oct. 1860, 669

Millennial Star.

MS 8305: University of California Utah and the Mormons collection

John Smith, autobiography

"John Smith, autobiography", MS 8305: University of California Utah and the Mormons collection, Page 11-12.

On my arrival at Wyoming [Wyoming, Nebraska] I was appointed to take charge of a company of Scandinavians of over thirty wagons, on the plains. I was joined by more wagons, making in all over sixty, for safety against Indians, as they were very hostile that season, many people being killed, horses, mules and cattle stolen and wagons burned. Many times, ranchers, traders, and also officers at government posts would use all argument possible to induce us to stop for safety. The answer I would give them was, "We are used to Indian warfare, and we have only provisions enough to take us home, if we keep moving, and we would rather run our risk fighting Indians than starve on the plains."


We arrived home safe on the 25th of September, 1864.

Transcript for "John Smith, autobiography," 11-12.

MS 8305: University of California Utah and the Mormons collection.

"Patriarch John Smith Passes Quietly Away," Logan Republican

"Patriarch John Smith Passes Quietly Away," Logan Republican, November 9, 1911.

"Patriarch John Smith Passes Quietly Away," Logan Republican.

Perpetual Emigrating Fund Company financial accounts, 1849-1886

Perpetual Emigrating Fund Company financial accounts, 1849-1886.

Salt Lake daily telegraph and commercial advertiser

Local Affairs

"Local Affairs", Salt Lake daily telegraph and commercial advertiser, September 27, 1864.

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ARRIVAL.—Mr. Joseph W. Young returned home from the East on Sunday night. It afforded us pleasure to extend him a cordial greeting yesterday morning. He has been absent during this season assisting the immigration. He has been somewhat feeble in health—probably in consequence of the pressure of the arduous duties always attendant on such business—but feels well—and we think, will soon recuperate. He informs us that Messrs. Joseph A. Young, W. C. Staines and others, referred to in Friday's issue, will be in on Thursday. He reports that last trains of immigrants yet four hundred miles out.



MUCH INDISPOSED.—Many of our readers, here and abroad, will regret to learn of the indisposition of H. S. Rumfield, Esq., the Treasurer of the Overland Mail Company. Since his return from California he has been almost closely confined to his room, and has suffered considerably. We hope that in a few days he will be convalescent and soon be able to resume his oversight of the important business committed to his charge.



Mr. Rumfield is a gentleman for whom we have personally a high esteem. He stands high in reputation wherever he has been located.



CAME IN AHEAD.—We were much pleased to have a visit in our sanctum yesterday afternoon of Patriarch John Smith. He got into the city about 2 o'clock: left his company this side of Bear River on Saturday evening. He returned again in the evening and expects his train in on Saturday. His friends will be pleased to learn that he looks well and enjoys good health.



In the train are two returning missionaries, J. P. R. Johansen and Christopher Hulberg.

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