John Williams Berry (1822 - 1890) Profile

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British Mission manuscript history and historical reports, 1841-1971

British Mission manuscript history and historical reports, 1841-1971.

LR 1140 2 Image 51Priesthood: Seventy Arrival at Liverpool: 9 August 1857

Transcript for British Mission manuscript history and historical reports, 1841-1971, LR 1140 2, Church History Library

LR 1140 2 Image 51Priesthood: SeventyArrival at Liverpool: 4 August 1857Departed: 21 January 1858

High Priests of Nauvoo and early Salt Lake City

High Priests of Nauvoo and early Salt Lake City, Page 11.

High Priests of Nauvoo and early Salt Lake City.

Historical Department journal history of the Church

CR 100 137: Historical Department journal history of the Church, 1830-2008, February 22, 1857.

Historical Department journal history of the Church.

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 186.

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

Brigham Young letter to John M. Berry

Brigham Young letter to John M. Berry, December 1, 1856.

Brigham Young letter to John M. Berry.

Bullock, Thomas, to Brigham Young

Bullock, Thomas, to Brigham Young, June 26, 1858.

<center>Weber river June 26, 1858 3 p.m. </center>
Dear beloved President 
I enclose you an Alphabetical List of all the missionaries and others now in Camp, bound for Zion, and now I am requested to make out a separate list of the returning missionaries from Europe, by themselves— 
	<blockquote>Andrus James Beck James Berry John W.[,] Captain Bramall Wm. Brown Wm. Browning James G. Bullock Thomas[,] Clerk Clark Ezra T. Craig James Dallin Wm. Daniels Daniel 			Davis Daniel 				Doremus Henry I. 			Ensign Luther 				Evans Richard G. 	 Galley James 				Gates George Harriman Henry Higbee Isaac Hobson Jesse Hubbard Charles W. King Thomas R Lavender James Littlewood Martin Logan Robert Margetts Philip McBride Reuben Miller Robert E. Muir Wm. S. Pace William Page Daniel Peirce Eli Harvey 	Peirce Thomas Pinder John G. Reese Enoch Robinson Peter Romney Miles Roskelly Samuel Roulet Frederick Russell Thomas W. Scofield Joseph Shumway Andrew Smith John L. Smith Samuel H.B. Smith William J. Snow Bernard Stanniforth George Stevens James W. Stewart Wm. Jackson Taylor Amos Taylor George Taylor Jabes [Jabez] Taylor James W. Thomas Wm. P. Tippitts John H. Tomkinson Ephraim Ure James Wilkin David Young Brigham H. Young Seymour B.	 </blockquote>
I have not time now to make out a synopsis of the Camp Journal, but will do so the first opportunity after my return home.
I can truly say we have been miraculously guided to this place, not having seen any of our enemies until to day. We have travelled unseen and unknown, in answer to prayer.
We are all enjoying tolerable good health considering our arduous journey, and all are rejoicing in the prospect of soon hearing your welcome voice again.
Praying God to preserve you from all your enemies, and to spare you many years to guide the Saints on this Earth 
Believe me dear President Ever your obedt. servt.
<center>Thos. Bullock, Clerk of Camp 	John W. Berry</center>

Transcript for Bullock, Thomas, to Brigham Young, 26 June 1858, in Brigham Young, Office Files 1832-1878, reel 36, box 26, fd. 5

Bullock, Thomas, to Brigham Young.

Bunting, James Lovett, Diaries, 1857-1920, 95-100

Bunting, James Lovett, Diaries, 1857-1920, 95-100.

April, Friday 30th The teams came in and it was decided that we should leave tomorrow, Joseph W. Young Jr. came in to give instruction and it had been decided that Bro John Berrey [Berry] should be our Caption [captain] accross the plains. Went to Sister Birds and made <s>. . .</s> her girl a pair of boots. Slept as before



May, Saturday 1st Made ready a[n]d about 5 o’clock left Florence with the last team[.] Bro &amp; Sis Howlett also Sis. Bird were very sorry at my leavin and I feel to say may God bless them for their kindness to me.



Some of the boys staid in town all night[.] We went out about 3 miles and then camped for the night by the side of a small crick and where there was some grass for our animels. Bro [Martin Luther] Ensign was Cap. Of the guard and for the 1st time in my life I went on guard from <s>at</s> 9½ till 12 with Bros [William] Brown[,] [Peter] Roberson [Robinson] &amp; [Thomas] Phillips. We had about 40 animels to tend but we manishd them all right. Turned into one of the wagons with Bro [Thomas W.] Russell and slept pritty well. Sone after we turned in it commenced rainy and continued all night.



Sunday 2nd Very wet. After taking breakfast and fixing up some little, I got into the wagon and done some little jouriln which I think will have to be the last while crossing the plains save it be a memorandum I shall take with pencil.



Provo June 23rd Wednesday Through the blessing of almighty God I once more take up my pen to write some little after a safe journey accross the plains &amp; having had the unspeakible pleasure of viewin[g] the lovely vales of Utah.



I will now try to give a brief account of my travels since I last wrote and will commence by saying on



Monday a m the <s>last</s> 3rd of May the comp[a]ny of Elders gathered together &amp; rol[le]d out about 9 oclock. We trav’l’d to Elk horn river &amp; encamped but I shall not be able to give a daily account of my journy and will therefore say we arrived at Genoa on Friday evenin where we met with the American Com. Of Elders &amp; carried untill Monday p m when we left and partily crossed the Leaup [Loup] fork r[iver



On Tuesday we all cleared the R. and overtook the American Com. About 10 miles on the road. We were all well and entered upon our journey with good spirits and faith in our God that he would protect us on our way. All things went well with us. We passed Fort Ke[a]rney in the night and about the 27th met Col. Cane [Kane] with an escort of the Mormon boys[.] Amongst them was Howard Egan who brought us some news from Utah. &amp; instruction how to proseed.



On Sunday the 30th we passed F Larima [Fort Laramie] in a very heavy <s>severe</s> hail storm but saw no one to molest or make us afraid.



Monday 31st Passed thro’ the black hills &amp; enc[amped] in a hollow by a small creek.



June We met a co of our boys from the valley about the head of sweet water &amp; learned from them that the Saints had left the City of G.S.L. and all the Northe[r]n settlements and were gone South. And that Col. John[t]son with his troops intended to start for the City on Monday the 14th and repare to the <s>se</s> places designed assigned for their quarters without any delay whatever in the City, And a treaty of peace had been effected by Col. Cane [Kane] &amp; the commissioners between Uncle Sam &amp; the Mormons. Nevertheless we thought it wisdom to shun the troops and therefor took a Northen route from the big bend on Sandy and cross Green river about 25 Miles up from thence round the country and struck the head of Eacho [Echo] canyon on Saturday the 19th p m[.] Found but few of the troops had passd and that the genrl. command was about 12 mile behind. We took an early start on Sunday and passd one com. Of soldiers with the sappers &amp; miners from N. York buildin bridges <s>. . .he.</s> &amp; repareing the roads. Also a large train of heavy wagons. They all look quite amased at seeing us pass them as bold as lions &amp; about the time we were passed them all our eyes were atracted and our hearts fired by a magnifficant view of the fortifications built by our bretheren on the rocks &amp; lofty peeks. The whole scenry presented an irresistible force also much skill on the part of the builders and the advantage they had over their enemys.



We met some few apostates on their way to the states.



On Monday the 21st about 6 p m we rool’d into the fine and mutch famed City Salt Lake which far exceeded all expectation



[Edited typescript version of this journal also available at Church Archives in Journal History of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 23 June 1858, 20-21. Scanned images of diary and text transcription also available on "Trails of Hope: Overland Diaries and Letters, 1846-1869" web site, http://overlandtrails.lib.byu.edu/]

Transcript for Bunting, James Lovett, Diaries, 1857-1920, 95-100

Ensign, Martin Luther, Autobiography 1897

Ensign, Martin Luther, Autobiography 1897.

We landed at Omaha on 17
th
 Apr and at 
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 Florance [Florence] five miles above the same day by stage[.] In a few days all of the Elders had arived and preperations were made to Continue our Journey to Utah. The Church furnished teams, Wagons and Provisions to bring us home[.] we had 12 Wagons[,] 50 horses[,] 8 mules. We started from Florance [Florence] May 1
st
 and Orgenised on the 4
th
[.] Capten of Com[pany] John W. Bary [Berry,] Capten of Gard Barnerd [Bernard] Snow[.] Clirk [Clerk] Thomas Bouluck [Bollock]
There were Eight in our mess, Thomas [R.] King, Robert [Reuben M.] McBride, Eli H[arvey] Pearce [Pierce], Thomas Pearce [Pierce], Enoch Rees[e], T. [Peter] Roberson [Robinson,] Henry Herriman &amp; M[artin] L[uther] Ensign[.]. I was cheaf [chief] Cook. their ware about 125 men in the Com[pany] as near as I can remember 
We had to walk most of the way[.] I walked 9/10 of the way or more. We had a very good Journey[.] all came Safe &amp; without any troble.
The Army that came to Utah was at Bridger 125 miles from S[alt] L[ake] City. we took a road north of them and Came into the head of Echo Canion [Canyon.] the Army Started from Bridger the Same day[.] we passed there[.] We came onto the fromt [front] guard who were reparing the road and bridges in Echo Canion. they wanted to Stop us but Peace had ben declared by the Comision Sent out for that purpos[e] So we were not disturbed, we pased them and came 60 miles that day Camping on East Canion Creek. We arived in Salt Lake City June 21st 1858 Making the Journey in 52 days.
[Also found in Ensign, Martin Luther, Autobiography, in Utah State Historical Society Cache Valley Chapter, Historical resource materials for Cache Valley, Utah-Idaho, 1955-1956, reel 1, item 9, 6.]

Transcript for Ensign, Martin Luther, Autobiography 1897

Gardner, Robert, Diaries and reminiscences, 1857-1887, item 4, 88-92

Gardner, Robert, Diaries and reminiscences, 1857-1887, item 4, 88-92.

. . . my brother in law McReuen let me have a young mare with the promis that he would come to the valley next Spring and I would come and meet him and help him in for he belonged to the Church and I would make him hole for the use of the mare[.] another Brother living there name of homer who was comeing to the Valley ofered me a light wagon and take his pay in the valley and I worked for Jonson enough over the price of the mule to come to the price of a Sacond hand Set of harnes So I had a good fitout[.] Brother David Brinton one of my hand cart cumrids [comrades] came along about this time[.] he had one horse but no money So I took him in. and [William] Carter had one horse and I took him in[.] about the time we got rady to Start the misonerys from England came along So we all came in one caumpney. We came out to jeanoid [sic] a mormon setelment on the Plat[te] river and there we organised[.] John W. Berry was appointed Captin and my Self and David Brinton Councelors or assistends. All the English missonerys was fited out by the church. but the Canada ones had to fit them Selvs out. There was quite a large coumpany in all I think one hunderd men, and one woman Brother Pops wife [Sarah LaDuc Pope] from Charisent [Crescent] City. We had a very pleasent trip[.] nothing purtickler on the trit. but some little thing theat I will mention here after, Still I thought I larned Sumthing on this journey[.] the Jo[h]nson Armey [Army] had gon up to utah ahead of us. Some of our brethern that I thought knew more than me told me the entention of us going home was to clean the inside of the plater then clean out the Jonson armey, then go right back to Jaxon [Jackson] County [and] take poseson of the Country and bild up the center Stake of Zion and so on. I thought well if that is So all right. this was on the fore part of the joirney. but we had not come faur before I overherd Some of ouer old high priests that I had thought nerly perfit. Swaring that they had a ful Share in the property of that caumpney and they had nerly walked all the way[.] this and other grumbling I herd. made me bleve we was not goying to Jaxson [Jackson] County just yit[.] with this acception every thing went along smowth. I think on the Semanal [Seminole] cut of[f] we met brother Hatch[,] Brother Burnhesle [Bernhisel] and others with a Small coumpney going back to the Plat[te] bridge after powder and other things left there the faul before[.] they told us all about the Jonson armey wintern at Bridgers and all about the mormons coreling them there and not leting them go on to the Salt lake valley, and that the mormons had all left there homes and gon South and that Presidant Buc[h]anan had pardened them all. and that the armey was now let go in to Salt lake Valley[.] X this was the furst we had herd from home for 14 mounths
we was then advised as the armey had not left fort Bridger yet. for us to take the Sweet cut of[f] crosing bare river on that trale leveing the armey on our left, which we did
X when we came to the river deep and wide could not be fordid So we took a wagon bed and corked the crackes for a ferybot [ferry boat.] Some of the men Swam over to the other Side and we fasened rop[e]s to the bot from both Sid[e]s of the river So as to draw it over and back. So we landed it out the men pooling [pulling] on the rop on the other Side making the rop fast at ful lenth on the Side the bot Started from, but both rops got tight about the middle of the river and the curent Striking on the uper end Sank the hole thing under water[.] James Andrews was on the bot and could not Sweem. when the bot went down he floted of[f] and caled for Sone of the sweemers to come and help him[.] 3 or 4 jumped in but was quite a way from him[.] one of our men name [Levi] Grage [Greg] Meitcuf [Metcalf] from Springfield being on the other Side of the river and an other man with him ran down to a bend where he thaught James would Strik the bank. but he had gon down three times[.] Matcuf [Metcalf] through him Self down on the bank and had the other man throw himself a cros his legs So he could reach out into the river and reach down til his face tutched the water[.] as he dun this Andrews was pasing and he grabed him by the hare and braught him out prity dead. but he Soon revived &lt;X&gt; and we used one rop in place of two, and all gat over Safe. this was what I refered to on a prevous page[.] it was the only accident we had on the trip[.] X we then Started for the forks of Aco [Echo] Kanyon [Canyon] through the hils without aney ro[a]d. when we came to the forks where the rod was there was a coumpaney of Solders there fixing the rod[.] we came right on to them out of the hils and they ware worse Scared then us. but we did nat Stop to trade jack Knives but turned down the Kanyon asking no questions nor asking any. We huried down to the mouth of the Kanyon at the wever [Weber] river[.] here we Stoped and nooned and prepared a repart to the Presidentcy and dispatched my Self and Angus M Cannon a head with it. we traveled to wilowcreek [Willow Creek] east of the big mountain and camped in the night. after we laft camp on the wever Burnet [Bernard] Snow[,] Enock [Enoch] Rece [Reese] and John L[ymn] Smith Started on foot and pased us in the night and got into Salt lake before us. we got in to they in good time next day. but when we got in to the City there was not a dog to bark at us[.] every window was naled up and every dore was closed and no one to Say welcom home. this was So uncomon from what it used to be.

Transcript for Gardner, Robert, Diaries and reminiscences, 1857-1887, item 4, 88-92

George Goddard papers, 1855-1899, Journals

George Goddard papers, 1855-1899, Journals, April 1857, Vol. 2.

Transcript for George Goddard papers, 1855-1899, Journals, Volume 2, 1857 April-1858 July

George Goddard papers, 1855-1899, Journals.

Historical Department journal history of the Church, 1830-2008. Supplement after December 31 1849: Page 1.

CR 100 137: Historical Department journal history of the Church, 1830-2008, June 21, 1858, Page 30.

Isaiah M. Coombs collection, 1835-1938, Diaries

Isaiah M. Coombs collection, 1835-1938, Diaries, April 1858, Vol. 8.

Transcript for Isaiah M. Coombs collection, 1835-1938, Diaries, Volume 8, 1858 April 13-1858 September 1, 16-66

Isaiah M. Coombs collection, 1835-1938, Diaries.

Missionary Record Index

Missionary Record Index.

Peirce, Eli Harvey, Diary, 1857-1858

Peirce, Eli Harvey, Diary, 1857-1858, Vol. 2.

Transcript for Peirce, Eli Harvey, Diary, 1857-1858, vol. 2

Peirce, Eli Harvey, Diary, 1857-1858.

"Registry of Names of Persons Residing in the Various Wards as to Bishops' Reports, Great Salt Lake City, Dec. 28th, A.D. 1852" in Key to Migration Sources, Great Britain and North America: A Manual for Students Attending the Second Annual Priesthood Genealogical Research Seminar, June 19-23, 1967 (Provo: Brigham Young University Division of Continuing Education, 1967), edited by Norman Edgar Wright

"Registry of Names of Persons Residing in the Various Wards as to Bishops' Reports, Great Salt Lake City, Dec. 28th, A.D. 1852" in Key to Migration Sources, Great Britain and North America: A Manual for Students Attending the Second Annual Priesthood Genealogical Research Seminar, June 19-23, 1967 (Provo: Brigham Young University Division of Continuing Education, 1967), edited by Norman Edgar Wright.

Reuben Miller journals, 1848-1849, Journal

Reuben Miller journals, 1848-1849, Journal, June 1849.

Transcript for Reuben Miller journals, 1848-1849, Journal, 1849 June-September

Reuben Miller journals, 1848-1849, Journal.

Reuben Miller letter to Brigham Young

Reuben Miller letter to Brigham Young, September 9, 1849.

Green River Second division of Israel Camp 
September 9th 1849



 



To President Brigham Young Heber Kimball, And Willard Richards, And the Saints in general in the Vally of the Salt Lake.



D. Brethren. We gladly imbrace the present oppertunity of informing you that we c[r]ossed the Missouri river on the 6th And left the horn on the 12th of June, destined for your place



We were organized by President George A Smith into A company of one hundred With two divisions of fifties Samuel Gully captain. Including a few california emigrants both camps number 124 waggons. The first division of fifty is under Captain William Miller. The Second under Captain William Hyde. Brother C [Orson] Spencer is president. With Councilers Bro Gidian [Gideon] Brownell And Bro [William Farrington] Cahoon



We have every reason and do feel truely thankfull to God our heavenly father for his extended hand of Mercey to us as a people. Allthough it is true the distroyer prevailed to Some extent in our camp And constrained us to lay by the way three of our brethren. And 2 calafornia [California] Emigrants. We Yet live. And enjoy health and Strength



And the peacefull and good Spirit is resting upon our camp. With &lt;no&gt; gloomy prospects before us we pursue Our journey. And resting upon the arm of Jehovah for protection and diliverance. We have assurance that the way will be opened before us. And that we Shall in due time arive at our place of destination.--



Owing to the excesive and often repeated rains which rendered the roads allmost impassable. We were constrained to travile very Slow in order to keep up the Strength of Our teams. And from the time that we left the horn untill we arrived at Elm Crek 221 Miles from Winter Quarters Including all Stopages and days laid by. Our average Speed of travil per each day was 7 1/2 Miles. Sin[c]e then the roads have been better and we have got along much faster.



After the death of Bro [Samuel] Gully. The two Camps met together and apointed President C. [Orson] Spencer Captain to fill the vacancy.



The following is a Statistic of Captain William Hydes Company as taken on the North Side of the Loup fork June 26th. Souls 190[,] Waggons 64[,] Horses 3[,] Mules 10[,] Oxen 255[,] Cows 120—L.[,] Cattle 8[,] Sheep 64[,] Pigs 17[,] Chickens 39[,] Ducks 2[,] Geese 2[,] cats 13[,] Dogs 11[,] Doves 7[,] Bees 1.



Perhaps it would not be a miss to give the Statistic of Captain William Millers Company of Israel Camp. The following imbraces all in our possession. Souls 174[,] Waggons 60[,] Horses 7[,] Oxen 258[,] Cows 104[,] Sheep 38[,] Pigs 14[,] Chickens 23[,] Cats 12[,] Dogs 14 L.[,] Cattle 9



The following embraces the names of the heads of families in the Second division of fifty



John Barry. Daniel Allen. Samuel Gully. Hyrum Judd[.] Charles Daulton [Dalton]. O[rson]. B[ennett]. Adams. Wm Vandike. Daniel Collett. Edward Philips. William Smith. Thomas Atkins[.] William Thompson. John Collins [Coulam]. Lewis Hardy. James Mendenhall. William Parshell. Rosel Hyde. William Hyde. Elias Blackburn. Joseph--[blank space], William Lewis[.] Enock [Enoch] King. Jennet [Jenst] Peters. E. Thomkinson [Ephriam Tomkinson]. G.W. Robison[.] Andrew Shannon. Sarah Roggars [Rogers] &amp; Amanda M. Roggars [Rogers]. D[avid].H. Readfield [Redfield]. H[enry]. Alexander. Zinnia [Zimri] H Baxter. Reuben Miller. A[rza] Adams. James A Smith[.] Wm W Smith[.] William Young. And the Bloggett family.



The Company from the Vally met our camp at this place.



Yours in behalf of the second division of Israel Camp.



 



Reuben Miller Clerk

Transcript for Reuben Miller letter to Brigham Young, 9 September 1849

Reuben Miller letter to Brigham Young.

Shumway, Andrew Purley, Reminiscences, 1869

Shumway, Andrew Purley, Reminiscences, 1869.

On arriveing At New York, James Wilkin[,] James Andrus & myself were selected to proceed without delay to 
Burlington Iowa.
 To assist a few of the Brethren who had preceeded us across the water, & had been purchaseing Some Horces Waggons &c for our outfit across the Plains. We found the Brethren a few miles up the River from Burlington[.] We went to work fitting up & Soon left for the Missouri River (passing for Emigrants bound for 
California
) Many were the inquiries made of us if we were not afraid of the Mormons Captureing us, As the Government was at War with them & had a large Army near Salt Lake City. Our reply was that our numbers would [be] considerably augmented when we got to the frontiers & being well armed we thought it possible for us to get through all right. On arriveing at Crescent City I met my Father who had been sent to 
Canada
 on a Mission the next spring after my leaveing in the fall. On arriveing at Winter Quarters the rest of the Brethren met us they haveing come up the River from Saint Louis—And being joined by the Returning Missionaries from the States under the Command of David Brinton, And all things being in readiness we rolled out of Camp on the 3
rd
 of May for Utah, with John Berry as 
Captain
 & 
B[ernard] Snow
 as 
Sergeant
 of the 
Guard
[.] There being about 60 of us alltogather & eight Men to each Waggon. I drove the only six mule team there was in the train. When we got to big Sandy we left the Main Road & took in to the hills so as to avoid Johnsons Army who were Supposed to be encamped near Fort Bridger[.] Bear River we found very high & our only way of crossing it was to take a couple of Waggon Boxes & cork them tight & use them for Ferry boats & Swim our, Horses, here James Andrus came near being drowned but was fortunately rescued by some of the Brethren[.] haveing arrived near the main road a Short distance below Cache Cave we halted for the night & sent men to 
reconnoitre
 who returned & reported that all was right. We rolled out Early next morning And after comeing to the main road traveled but a Short distance before we Suddenly came uppon a Party of Soldiers camped by the road Side. And a little father on found a plenty More[.] They seemed perfectly Paralysed & Struck with amasement at our Boldness & impudence in driveing past them without Saying a word doutlessly thinking we were only the advance of a large Army—
We arrived in Salt Lake City on the 21st June. And found the City evacuated. A few only being left as a guard

Transcript for Shumway, Andrew Purley, Reminiscences, 1869

Thomas Bullock journal

Thomas Bullock journal, May 1858.

Transcript for Thomas Bullock journal, 1858 May-June

Thomas Bullock journal.

Thomas Bullock, letter

Thomas Bullock, letter, July 22, 1858.

Transcript for Thomas Bullock, letter, 22 July 1858

Thomas Bullock, letter.

Welchman, Arthur P., Reminiscences and diary, [ca.1854-1917], fd. 1, 93-94

Welchman, Arthur P., Reminiscences and diary, [ca.1854-1917], fd. 1, 93-94.

Sun. May 2nd 1858. During the week I crossed over the river from Florence to Crescent, where I stayed[.] assisted A[ngus].M.C[annon]. end [and] J.F.S. till today; when being already we bid good-bye to the good folks we knew at Crescent, and started on our journey, going to Florence.
Mon. 3rd. Stayed till 4 O’clock, completing our arrangements; when J[ohn].F.S[nedaker]. and myself, having taken leave of our friends here, started once more. A.M.C. stopping behind with the intention of coming on tomorrow. A short distance on the road, we overtook G.G. and J. Wilson, and traveled on with them. Camped on the Little Papeao [Pappea]. We had not been long on the camp ground, before our animals stampeeded, without any apparent cause; the two mules going back on the road some distance, causing us some little trouble.
Tues. 4th. Traveled accross the Big Papeao [Pappea], and coming up to the Elk Horn camped on the West side of it, to await the arrival of A.M.C. and S.G. who had also stopped behind.
Mon. May, 10th Left Genoa 
Wed. 12th. The company being now complete made a regular start, having all crossed the Loup Fork 
Names of Mis[sionaries]—and others returning home in the company.
<center>Handcart Missionaries from Europe</center>
Andrus, James Berry, Jno. W. Bramall, William Dallan, William Ensign, Martin L. Evans, Richard G. Herriman, H. Littlewood, Martin Logan, Robert Margets, Philip McBride, Ruben M. Miller, Robert E. Pierce [Peirce], E.H. Pinder, Jno. G. Reece, Enoch Roulet, Fredric Stanforth, George Stewart, William J. Taylor, Amos Taylor, Jabez Tomkinson, Ephriam Thomas, William P. Wilkin, David Young, Seymore B. Young, Brigham H. Galley, James
<center>United States and Canada Hand Cart Missionaries</center>
Brinton, David Browning, Thomas Bull, William F. Carter, William F. Gardner, Robert Goddard, S. H. Goddard, George Hall, Thomas Hill, Isac W. Hill, Richard Huntsman, Gabriel Mackintosh, Daniel Maylett, William F. McCrary, Jno. Riter, Samuel Shumiway [Shumway], Charles Smith, William H. Terry, Joel Twitchel, William B.
<center>English Missionaries</center>
Beck, Ja Brown, William Browning, Ja. G. Bullock, Thomas Clark, Ezra T. Craig, James Daniels, Daniel Doremus, Henry I. Davis, Daniel Gates, George Higbee, Isa[a]c Hobson, Jesse Hubbard, Charles W. King, Thomas, R. Lavender, James Muir, William S. Pace, William Page, Daniel Pierce, Thomas Robinson, Peter Romley [Romney], Miles Roskelley, Samuel Russel, Thomas W. Scofield, Joseph Shumway, Andrew P. Smith, Jno. S. Smith, Samuel H.B. Smith, William I. Snow, Bernard Stevens, James W. Tippits, John H. Ure, James
<center>American Missionaries</center>
Cannon, Angus M. Combs, Isiah M. Rideout, David O. (and son) Snedaker, John F. Welchman, Arthur P. Wood, Lyman S. 
<center>Others from Various parts</center>
Bodell, Joseph Bunting, James Burgess, Mark England, William Fox, Charles Jones, John E. Kerswell, William Louden, Robbert Phillips, Thomas Wilkins, Eli Ursenback, Octave Amond, Fisher, Thomas I. Hough [Huff], James Metcalf, Levi. G. Brackenburg, Jno. W Miles, Ira Alcot, James Abgoog [Hapgood], William Pope, Robbert with wife and 2 children
<center>Making</center>
Missionaries, 85 Others, 21 Woman, 1 Children, 3 Total, 110
Thurs. May 27th 1858. When a little above Chinney [Chimney] Rock, Brothers J. Murdock and Van Ettan came up to us from the lower road; who with Worthing, Knowles, West, and H. Egan, were escorting Colonel Kane to Washington. We turned off the road nearly a mile, to receive instructions from President Brigham Young, which came in a letter, the contents of which was read to our camp. The contents made every heart rejoice. (Extract from George Goddard’s Journal)
June-------On the head-waters of the Sweet-Water, met Grosebecks’ camp going to Platt[e] Bridge for a train of goods. By these Brethren we had a proclamation from President Buchannan to the Inhabitants of Utah read to us. It was so full of lies, and showed so much meanness, that it elicited three groans from the company.
Mon. 21st Arrived in Great Salt Lake City the second time.

Transcript for Welchman, Arthur P., Reminiscences and diary, [ca.1854-1917], fd. 1, 93-94

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