Thomas Lorenzo Margetts (1820 - 1856) Profile

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Thomas Lorenzo Margetts

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European Missionaries from Zion

European Missionaries from Zion.

High Priests of Nauvoo and early Salt Lake City

Nauvoo Restoration, comp., High Priests of Nauvoo and Early Salt Lake City, M251.33, Page 82.

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, April 8, 1852.

Historical Department journal history of the Church.

Latter Day Saints Millennial Star, 15:555

The Italian Mission, Narrative of Elder Thomas Margetts, "Latter Day Saints Millennial Star, 15:555", cited July 23, 1853.

The Italian Mission, Narrative of Elder Thomas Margetts. Latter Day Saints Millennial Star, 15:555.

The Latter-day Saints' Millennial Star, 14:355, 15:116

The Latter-day Saints' Millennial Star, 14:355, 15:116.

"Thomas Margetts", General Epistles 7, April 1852, Deseret News, May 1, 1852, Church History Library

"Thomas Margetts", General Epistles 7, April 1852, Deseret News, May 1, 1852, Church History Library.

5th Company of 50 reports

5th Company of 50 reports, August 1855.

Knowlden, Geo[rge], [Report], in Perpetual Emigrating Fund Company, General files 1849-1898, box 1, fd 6.



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Elder Moses Thurston[,] President of the Company. George Knowlden, Clerk, Elder Phillip Gerns [Garn,] Captain of the 1st Ten. Elder Andrew Ferguson of the 2nd &amp; Elder Thomas Margetts of the 3rd



Elder Robert Wright[,] Sarge[a]nt of the Guard. John Bray Maiben, &lt;Chaplain&gt;[.] 1st 10 Names



President’s wagon



Moses Thurston, age 37, Carpenter



Willm. Brown, age 27, Boot Maker, 1 wagon, 4 oxen, 2 Cows, 1 Calf, 2 guns, 2 pistols, 12 Powder, 8 Lead, 2 in family, 4 in wagon



Mary, age 51



Annie Leversidge [Liversedge], age 25, Drap[e] Maker



Phillip Gerns [Garn], age 36, Farmer, 5 wagons, 14 oxen, 5 Cows, 1 Calf, 9 Horses, 1 Dog, 3 Guns, 26 Powder, 6 Lead, 10 in family, 15 in wagon



Mary, age 36



Mahalah, age 15



Micah, age 13



Phillip, age 10



Samuel, age 8



Nathaniel, age 6



Elizebeth, age 4



Daniel, age 2



Mary, age 6 mo



Clark Baker, age 26, Engineer



Duncan Ferguson , age 19, Miner



Thos. Brooks Bell, age 42, Shoe Maker



John Amato [Arnold], age 25, Servent [servant]



Elizth. Galgallant [Gallant], age 22



Rich. Morgan age 42, Mason, 1 wagon, 2 oxen 1 Gun, 1 Powder, 2 Lead, 4 in family, 4 in wagon



Sarah Ann, age 28



George, age 7 [1]



Elizebeth Anna, age 1½



Abraham Helm, age 42, Farmer, 3 wagons, 4 oxen, 4 Cows, 0 calf, 6 Horses, 2 Gun, 1 pistol, 2 Powder, 5 Lead, 13 in family, 14 in wagon



Mary, age 42



Joseph, age 19



John, age 17



Bartrum, age 16



Susan Helm, age 13



Mary, age 13



Samuel, age 12



Caroline, age 10



Marshel, age 9



Andrew, age 5



Le[v]i, age 3



Shanna [Johanna], age 1



Anna Allsworth, age 24



Charles Tuckett, age 26, Whitener, 1 wagon, 5 oxen, 1 Cow, 2 Guns, 4 Powder, 10 Lead, 7 in family, 8 in wagon



Jane, age 61



Mary Ann, age 23



John, age 19



Joseph, age 15



Charles, age 2



John Henry, age 1



Anne Hampton, age 16



Second Ten



Andrew Ferguson, age 36, Miner, 1 wagon, 4 oxen 2, Cows, 1 Gun, 1 Powder, 1 Lead, 7 in family, 8 in wagon



Elizebeth, age 39



Agnes, age 22



Barbreo [Barbara], age 11



Elizebeth, age 8



Eli, age 6



William, age 4[;] Mr. Ferguson has another now added to his family, a boy



Willm. Wilkstonholm [Woostenholm], age 31, Color Maker



Robert Wright, age 39, Carpenter, 2 wagons, 2 oxen, 2 Cows, 1 Calf, 2 Horses, 1 Gun, 1 Pistol, 1 Powder, 3 Lead, 8 in family, 8 in wagon



Anne H., age 36



Joseph Henry, age 13



Sarah A[manda Wright]. Mandy, age 11



Robert James, age 7



Geo. Washington, age 5



William Franklin, age 2



Lydia Ann, age 5



James Pailing, age 32, Carpenter, 1 wagon, 4 oxen, 1 dog, 1 Gun, 1 Pistol, 3 Powder, 10 Lead, 3 in family, 3 in wagon



Ann Elizebeth, age 30



Elizebeth Ann, age 9



John Bray Maiben, age 29, Commission &lt;travelling&gt; agent, 1 wagon, 4 oxen, 2 Guns, 2 Pistols, 5 Powder, 6 Lead, 3 in family, 4 in wagon



Phebe, age 30



Eliza Richards, age 37



Willm. Barnett, age 28, Tanner



John Willm. Jenkins, age 34, Saddler, 1 Wagon, 4 oxen, 1 Cow, 2 Guns, 5 Powder, 40 Lead, 2 in family, 5 in wagon



Emma, age 31



James Robson, age 55, Currier



Eliza Ann Bunting, age 61



Georgiana Madison, age 15



Rich. Edward Danes [Davies], age 33, Carpenter, 1 wagon, 4 oxen, 1 Pistol, 1 Powder, 1 lead, 4 in family, 5 in wagon



Kezia, age 38



Elizebeth Sarah, age 14



Ruth Wickens, age 28, Drap[e] Maker



Joseph Inchan, age 22, Ivory worker



John Robinson, age 31, Jobber, 1 wagon, 4 oxen, 2 Guns, 3 pistols, 25 Powder, 30 lead, 4 in family, 8 in wagon



Ann, age 27



Ichozin [Jacosa Jane], age 3



Franklin, age 9 mo.



Chas. Bohnford, age 27 Miner



Thos. Peake, age 17



Willm. Horsley, age 12



Sarah Bradbridge [Broadbridge], age 20



John Wood, age 44, Preserver of birds, 2 wagons, 9 oxen, 4 Cows, 1 Calf, 1 Horse, 2 Guns, 3 pistols, 25 Powder, 30 Lead, 8 in family, 13 in wagon



Fanny, age 38



Fanny, age 13



Ellen, age 11



Aust, age 8



Jonathan David, age 6



Edward Augustine [Augustus], age 4



Oliver, age 1½



John Giles, 24, carpenter



Louisa, 26



Louisa 4



Oliver Thos., 6 mo.



John Rigbey, 22, Collier



George Williams, 41, butcher, 2 wagons, 8 oxen, 2 cows, 0 calves, 1 horse, 1 pig, 1 gun, 1 pistol, 2 powder, 3 lead, 3 in family, 5 in wagon



Susan, 41



Caroline [Williams or Vaughan], 11



Isaac White, 50, farmer



John, 21



 



3rd ten



Thos. Margett, 35, wheelright, 1 wagon, 9 oxen, 0 cows, 0 calves, 0 horses, 3 pigs, 3 guns, 2 pistols, 2 powders, 6 lead, 4 in family, 5 in wagon



John Sheffels [Sheffield], 32, bootmaker



Lilpah, 28



George Knowlden, 21, carver &amp; guilder



Charlotte Riley, 46



John Moore, 35 potter, 1 wagon, 4 oxen, 0 cows, 0 calves, 0 horses, 2 pigs, 2 guns, 2 pistols, 3 powder, 8 lead, 5 in family, 5 in wagon



Jane, 40



Thomas Willms., 16



Sarah Ann, 13



James Henry, 9



Joseph Teal [Seal], 32, gardner, 1 wagon, 4 oxen, 2 cows, 0 calves, 0 horses, 1 pig, 1 gun, 1 pistol, 20 powder, 30 lead, 2 in family, 5 in wagon



Mary Ann, 21



John Evans, 49, tailor



Elizabeth, 60



Samuel Howard, 16



Aaron Garlick, 34, Dress tender, 1 wagon, 4 oxen, 0 cows, 0 calves, 0 horses, 0 pigs, 0 guns, 1 pistol, 1 powder, 3 lead, 2 in family, 3 in wagon



Mary, 28



Samuel Robins, 10



John Stout, 32, grocer, 2 wagons, 6 oxen, 1 cow, 0 calves, 0 horses, 1 pigs, 1 gun, 2 pistols, 3 powder, 9 lead, 3 in family, 3 in wagon



Allice, 41



Maria Welsh, 7



Joseph Shaw, 41, weaver



 



Bear Creek 
August 22 1855



Dear Brother Bullock[,]



I am requested by the President to send you this list of the 5th Company of the Saints Emigration for fear you have not received a Correct account of the same I am Happy to say since our start up to the present time we have been in a prosperous Condition[.] Our Cattle, Wagons, &amp; all that we have seems to be under the Eye of the Almighty for we are getting along Firstrate. There has not been as yet &amp; we believe will not be one Single Death in the Camp. No not even an oz [ox.] I have sent this list to you as I do not know rightly who to send it too [to] &amp; if I have mistaken the person you will greatly Oblige me by Handing it over to the proper person that they may be made acquainted with the Necesary Information relative to the camp. We Started from Mormon Grove on the 3rd of July &amp; Camped all well at this joint [point] this morning[.] Hoping this will find you well &amp; all the Saints in the Mountains[.] Believe me Your Brother in the Covenant Geo’ Knowlden.



Clerk of the Company



N B: Our Company numbers.



33 wagons

Transcript for 5th Company of 50 reports, 1855 August 22, Brigham Young office emigrating companies reports, 1850-1862

5th Company of 50 reports.

Albert Jones notes, circa 1906

Albert Jones notes, circa 1906.

The Emigrants made hand Carts at Iowa Paul Gourley



Left Iowa Camp July 28th 20 days lost// here 
Two companies—one under Edward Martin[;] one under Jesse Haven



<s>18-4/7 miles per day to make the 1300 in 70 days</s>



Arrived at Florence 22nd August



<s>average travel 12 miles per day</s>



Companies consolidated in one Edward Martin &amp; Daniel Tyler Capts.



Left Florence August 25th 1856 for the 1000 miles journey



576 men[,] women and Children



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Two wagon Companies behind us 
Benjamin Hodgett 
John A[.] Hunt



Company provisioned for 60 days



100# flour being given to each Cart for transportation



Sep 2 Col Alma [Almon Whiting] Babbit[t]—Thomas Margetts &amp; Child—James Cowdy &amp; wife and others killed—Mrs. Margets carried away by Indians.



Isaac Brockbanks mother



The March



Bro Evans the fourth death[.] tin cup record[.] Mother on the lead



&lt;above&gt; Passed near the spot where A W Babbitt was killed 
Too many meetings for prayer &amp; preaching 
Moses Cluff and the Buffalo



Danl Tyler and the Mules



The girls and boys courting



The buffalo Chips—the dainty chins



John Watkins[,] Brother Compsan



The Hymn—Come come ye Saints



Oct 8th At Larimie. Over Coat 
Flour[,] Bacon[,] Apples &amp; Peaches



The Tennant Cattle driving and guarding



The people getting weary with the work— 
John Jacques [Jaques] night adventure



The Appetites—



The 20th October crossing the North Platte



The first snow storm—which reached West to the Wasatch range and the great gloom



Snowed three days



The Songs of Zion



The deaths increasing[,] McBride 
Old Scotch Man 
his toes out of snow



Our Tent—the death of Jackson



callous to death



Dug the grave of a young man while he walked by its side[,] 14 in this Grave[,] Red Butte



Stone and the Wolves—a foot in a shoe brought to Camp—



 



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John Watkins &amp; the Ox



Oct 28—Rescued:: Joseph A Young 
Daniel W Jones 
Abel Garr



The big blue &lt;Government over&gt; Coat



The scene in Camp at the Rescue



Young girls eating toasted raw hide—as girls do gum 
Bread Making—Bed making 
Tents[,] Cyrus H. Wheelock 
Snow 1½” 
&lt;Fry Pans&gt;: for shovels [-] 
Rescuers[:] David Garr 
George D Grant 
Robt J Burton 
Charles Decker 
W H Kimball 
Reddick N[ewton] Allred



The crossing of the Sweet Water



W[illiam] S Binder hauls my hand Cart through—



The axle broke 
Kimball carried me over—



S. S. went on



I remain &amp; get another Cart and took on our things



The Council at Devils Gate



Cyrus H Wheelock’s address



10 men stay at Devils Gate with the goods of Hand Cart—People and of the Wagon Companies



Rested at Martins Ravine 2 or 3 days



The accidental burning of John Jacques [Jaques] Record



 



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[Edmund] El[l]sworth &amp; [Daniel D.] McArthur 497 Souls—100 Carts 5 Wagons 
Jas D [James G.] Willie &lt;66 died&gt; 500 Souls—120 Carts—6 Wagons 
[Edward] Martin &amp; [Daniel] Tyler, 576 Souls, 146 Cars—7 Wagons



1856 Five hand Cart Cos. 
[Edmund] Ellsworth—[Daniel D.] McArthur—[Edward] Bunker—Willie ([Edward] Martin &amp; [Daniel] Tyler)



Timing the People time of death 
S S Jones and Eph Hanks



The feet of the People frozen



[irrelevant data]



The life Guardsman [David] Blair buried at Quaken Asp hill



The survival of the fittest 
Martins Lot the toughest of all 
My Vow behind the Log fire



The American Axe:



Nov 28<s>28</s>th over the Big Mountain 7000 to 8000 Altitude[,] the Oxen [illegible] 8 ft Snow

Transcript for Albert Jones notes, circa 1906

Deseret News

Arrivals

"Arrivals", Deseret News, October 8, 1856.

ARRIVALS.—Oct. 1, several of the St. Louis company came in, and probably all of them are now here. 
—Oct. 2, Elder Bunker arrived with the 3d handcart company. 
—Oct. 4, Elders Daniel Spencer, John Van Cott, Franklin D. Richards, George. D. Grant, William H. Kimball, Joseph A. Young, James Ferguson, William C. Dunbar, J. D. T. [John Daniel Thompson] McAllister, Cyrus H. Wheeloch [Wheelock], Nathaniel H. Felt, James McGaw and Chauncey G. Webb, returned from their various missions. They left the frontiers on the 4th of September, and report a continuation of lively times in Kansas, and some killing and depredations by the Cheyennes, who had killed Thomas Margetts and child, James Cowdy and wife, and carried off Margetts' wife; they had also killed several persons who were with A. [Almon] W. Babbitt's freight train; and Babbitt and the two men with him were missing. Margetts and Cowdy were on their way back to England by their own counsel.



Some of the companies of Saints will be late in arriving; but we omit particulars, for Elder Ferguson kept a journal of the incidents of travel across the plains, which we trust will be written up in time for the next 'News.'



Br. Feramorz Little returned from prosecuting his trip to the States, his company being deemed too small to travel below Laramie.

Transcript for "Arrivals," Deseret News, 8 October 1856, 245

Journey from Florence to G. S. L. City

"Journey from Florence to G. S. L. City", Deseret News, October 22, 1856.

JOURNEY FROM FLORENCE TO G. S. L. CITY. 
PRESIDENT BRIGHAM YOUNG:



DEAR BROTHER:—We left Florence (Winter Quarters) K. T., on the evening of the 3rd Sept., accompanied by Elders C. H. Wheelock, J. Van Cott, G. D. Grant, W. H. Kimball, Joseph A. Young, C. G. Webb, W. C. Dunbar, James McGaw, Dan Jones, J. D. T. McAllister, N. H. Felt and James Ferguson; G. D. Grant being selected as captain of our company.



The rear of our season's emigration had started on the road, with the exception of Elder Wm. [William] Walker with 10 wagons, laden with a portion of P. E. Fund baggage.



Previous to leaving Florence we sent Elder Jos. [Joseph] A. Young back to ascertain, if possible, the whereabouts of Elder Walker. He rode back 50 miles, and, learning that Walker's train was yet some 25 or 30 miles in the rear, returned to join us for the plains.



Elder E. Snow accompanied us to our camp, 3 miles west of Elk Horn, and on the morning of the 5th, having completed his business with us, returned to the States.



We overtook our rear company of wagons, in charge of Captain I. A. [James A.] Hunt, during the forenoon of the 5th, and nooned with them about 10 miles east of the Loup Fork. He has in his company 240 persons, 50 wagons, 297 oxen and cows, 7 horses and mules, and some 4 church wagons. The majority of this company have light loads and good teams, and are generally well provisioned. They would probably ferry the Loup Fork on the 7th.



On the evening of the 7th we overtook Elder Edward Martin, about 40 miles from the Loup Fork, with the rear of our P. E. F. Emigration for this season. He had with him some 576 persons, 146 hand-carts, 7 wagons, 6 mules and horses, and 50 cows and beef cattle; also one wagon mostly loaded with church goods. His company was in most excellent spirits, and though he had the greater proportion of the feeble emigrants, the health of his camp was very good; and he was able to average about 100 miles a week, without fatiguing his company.



Here, from a company of returning Californians met the previous day, we learned of the increased hostility of the Cheyennes, and that they had already made a successful attack upon A. [Almon] W. Babbitt's ox train. Of the four teamsters in that train two were killed and one wounded; and a woman named Wilson (as was presumed from the tracks) was severely wounded and taken prisoner, and her child, about two months old, was murdered. The wagons were plundered, but, as we subsequently learned, most of the property was retaken by Captain Wharton of Fort Kearney.



Refreshed by our short interview with Captain [Edward] Martin's company, we drove about 10 miles further and found br. [William B.] Hodgetts' camp. This company is composed of 150 persons, 33 wagons, 84 yoke of oxen, 19 cows and some 250 head of heifers and other loose cattle. This includes br. Thomas Tennant and family, with 4 wagons and 1 carriage. Br. Hodgetts' company, though generally pretty heavily laden, were in good traveling condition and making excellent progress.



On the 9th inst. we met with two brethren from br. J. [James] G. Willie's company of hand-carts, in search of 30 head of cattle that had strayed from their camp about 50 miles in advance.



Accompanied by br. James Ferguson, we this day visited Capt. Wharton at Fort Kearney, and received a confirmation of the news of the attack of the Cheyennes upon Mr. Babbitt's train. The troops had made an attack upon a Cheyenne village and killed 10 warriors. This increased the rage of the Cheyennes, and from that time we were informed that they had divided into war parties for the purpose of attacking small parties of emigrants.



Here we met a returning Californian who had escaped from one of their assaults, with the loss of his wife killed, and his boy, some 3 or 4 years old, taken prisoner.



Capt. Wharton declared himself incompetent to afford any protection to emigrants, and had some doubts of his ability to maintain the post, for want of troops. Mr. Babbitt had left Fort Kearney for Utah a week previous, accompanied by Thomas Sutherland and a driver.



As we were leaving the fort for our camp on the north side of the Platte, a discharged soldier came to Capt. Wharton with the news of another massacre by the Cheyennes. This soldier had accompanied Thomas Margetts and James Cowdy, and their families, from Laramie and on returning from a buffalo hunt, when about 125 miles from Fort Kearney, found the wagon plundered and the murdered remains of his traveling companions.



The soldier's account of the affair, as given to brs. [James G.] Willie and [Millen] Atwood, will give you the particulars and is as follows:—



STATEMENT 
Made to James G. Willie and Millen Atwood, of the Fourth Hand-cart Company; by a man who gave his name as Henry Bauichter, and who came into their camp on the morning of Monday, September 8, 1856:



"I am a discharged soldier from Fort Laramie, which I left on the 29th of August, 1856. After traveling about 30 miles I overtook a wagon with two mules and two horses, one an Indian horse with a white face, the mules alone drawing the wagon, which was accompanied by two men, one of whom gave his name as Thomas Margetts and the other as James Cowdy. The former of these men had a wife, and the latter a wife and child. They came, as they stated, from Great Salt Lake City, and were on their way to the States.



About 70 miles above this point, or 125 miles above Fort Kearney, I and Thomas Margetts went out on horseback in search of buffalo, on the 6th of Sept., and between 1 and 2 p.m. I soon killed a buffalo, upon which Margetts returned to the wagon to fetch some things for carrying away part of the animal, while I staid behind to dress it.



On Margetts' return from the wagon he filled one utensil, principally the tallow, and started again for the wagon, and I remained to fill another utensil which Margetts had brought. This occupied me about half an hour, when I also started in the direction of the wagon, noticing, before reaching it, that the cover had been stripped off, and that neither mules nor horses were to be seen.



On my arrival I discovered on the ground the bodies of Margetts, Cowdy, and Cowdy's wife and child all dead, except that the child was crying and bloody. I could not see any wounds on any of the bodies, but an arrow was sticking in Cowdy's thigh.



The wagons, the hinder part of which was on fire, had been completely ransacked, and all that was of any immediate use taken away.



I looked round for Mrs. Margetts, whom I could not find. The feathers from a bed had been strewn on the ground by the side of the wagon, but I could not see the bedtick.



I saw, at some considerable distance, 12 men or more, apparently riding very fast, who were, as far as I could discover, Indians. None of the bodies were scalped.



The buffalo which I killed was over the bluff, about a mile and a half from the wagons, but I did not hear any report of fire-arms during my absence from it. Not feeling myself safe in the neighborhood of the murders, I escaped with my horse, and with the loss of my discharge and other papers, and about $300, a gold watch and other things, which I had deposited in the wagon, intending to make the best of my way to Fort Kearney and there report the facts as quickly as possible.



The two horses above mentioned were ridden, at intervals during the journey, by Mr. and Mrs. Margetts."



On the 12th we overtook and camped with br. Willie's company, at North Bluff creek, consisting of 404 persons, 6 wagons, 87 hand-carts, 6 yoke of oxen, 32 cows, and 5 mules. They were considerably weakened by the loss of their oxen, which they had failed to recover, but were in good spirits and averaging from 14 to 16 miles a day. Here we forded the Platte to the south side, and were followed by the hand-carts. Never was there a more soul-stirring sight than the happy passage of this company over that river. Several of the carts were drawn entirely by women, and every heart was glad and full of hope.



We spent the afternoon of the 15th inst. with br. A. [Abraham] O. Smoot, about 20 miles west of Ash Hollow. There were in his company 88 souls, 42 wagons, 265 oxen, 6 cows, 15 mules and horses, and 1 carriage. They had provisions for 23 days. Br. Smoot lacked drivers, having only 33 men fit for duty. His oxen were in good condition, but his loads were very heavy. Gilbert and Gerrish's train of 17 wagons was travelling in company with him.



On the 16th inst., 37 miles in advance of br. Smoot, we camped with br. O. [Orrin] P. Rockwell, who had 5 wagons and 11 yoke of oxen in charge, in addition to three families, viz., Grimshaw, Cook and Barnes, whom he had turned back towards Laramie, deeming them too weak to pass in safety, Br. Rockwell accompanied us to Fort Laramie, where we arrived on the morning of the 19th. Col. Huffman received us with much kindness, as also did J. W. Tutt, the sutler. Here we received a small recruit of mules and provisions, and purchased some good buffalo robes for the P. E. Fund passengers in the rear.



On the 23d inst. we parted, at the Platte bridge, with Capt. Dan Jones, who met his brother and remained to recover a cached thrashing machine. Here also we purchased a few more robes for Capt. J. G. Willie's company.



During the forenoon of the 24th, after leaving our camp at Willow Springs, we met Messrs. Hawley, Lambson, Amy and party on their way to the States, and advised them to wait at Laramie for the company of missionaries reported in their rear.



Same day, and near Independence rock, we nooned near Patriarch John Smith and two other brethren, who had come out with flour for the companies. Br. Smith returned with us. The same evening and about 8 miles further on, we camped with Elder P. [Parley] P. Pratt and company, all in good health and most excellent spirits, and promising fair for an honorable and successful mission.



On the 27th, 15 miles east of the Pacific Springs, we nooned with br. Wm. Smith and two other brethren from Farmington, with 2 wagons and flour for the companies. We counseled them to cache their flour and go on to meet br. Willie and his company, which they agreed to do.



On the 28th, 3 miles east of Big Sandy, we camped with br. Talcott, who also had flour for the companies. We gave him the same counsel, to go on with his teams to help br. Willie.



On the 29th we camped with br. [Jacob] Croft's company, consisting of 58 persons, 14 wagons, 80 yoke of oxen, 30 horses, and 130 loose cattle; they are principally from Texas and the Cherokee land. They were healthy and in good spirits, and gave us a most hospitable reception. This was the last company passed by us on the road.



At Bridger, on the 1st of Oct., we were welcomed by Major Burton and a small party of the mountain boys; and on the evening of the 4th were happy to receive your welcome and blessing at home.



Assuring you of our continued exertions to promote the welfare of God's kingdom, and praying that your life may be spared long to God's people, as also the lives of your Council, we remain, sincerely and obediently, yours in the Christ, F. D. RICHARDS, 
DANIEL SPENCER, 
Agents P. E. Fund.

Transcript for "Journey from Florence to G. S. L. City," Deseret News, 22 October 1856, 258

Immigration List

"Immigration List", Deseret News, September 12, 1855, Page 6.

FIRST COMPANY—John Hindley, Captain. 
Peter Burgess, David P Barnes, Miles Rosten [Rostron], Charles L Walker, George H Barnes, James Ashton, John Buckwalter, Henry S. Buckwalter, B Bunnell, James Bywater, James Barker, Zechariah Astell, Cyrus Averey, William Avery, William Beasley, J[oseph] Brown, Josiah Brown, Peter A Boyl[e], John W Coward, John Clegg, D[uncan] S Casper, John Coomish, William Coomish, Jacob B Carr, James Crancher [Cranshaw], David Duncan, Henry Dinwoody, Samuel Glascen [Glasgow], James Gibbons, William Gough, George Greenwood, John Hindley, Abraham Lawer, Darius Longee, Daved Louden, John Knowles, William Knowles, William Knox, Daniel Lunn, Willard G McMullen, Henry McMullen, Edward A Miles, J W Myers, Henry Misanger, John H Picknell, Edwin Pearse [Pierce], Josiah Pearse, Priam Pearse, Henry Perry, W A Perry, Allen T Riley, Robert Redford, George Sant, B N Stanford, Enos Sto[o]key, John Singleton, David Stromple [Streeple], Thomas Swindlehurst, Ephraim Turner, John Thornley, Robert Thornley, George S Williams, Thomas Williams, E Williams, George Water[s], Jefferson Wright, Arthur Wright, Asa Wright, John Worley, Weber Worley, Henry L Worley 
67 women and 66 children. 46 wagons, 226 oxen 54 cows, 14 horses and 4 mules.



SECOND COMPANY—Noah T. Guyman, Captain. 
Jacob F Secrist (dead), Osmon M Duel, Minnie Wagner, John Ethrington 4, John Pugh 4, Ann Haslop 3, Mary Ann Thorne, John Mewey 4, John Lang 2, James Jordan 6, Thomas G Stayner 3, Henry Randall, Edmund Ellis, Peter Horrocks 4, John Prescott, John Chisnall, Henry H Morgon, William Kershaw, James Domville 2, Samuel Ackerly 2, James Prescott 6, U M Dougal 3 [18], Joseph Lyon, Daniel Horrock (died) 5, Williams Thomas, Charles Santh [Smith], Noah T Guyman, Ralph Blanch 3, Robert Telford 2, Edward Kendall 3, William Kendall 3, James Mather 6, Williams Grundy 2, George Ogleby 8, Peter Furling [Furlong] 3, Edward Falconer (4 died) 8, James Welch (1 died) 6, Thomas Morgan (1 died) 7



DANES 
Erick G M Hougan [Hogan], Johan Tralsen [Trulsen] 3, C[hristian] Christianson, S Halvoorsen 3, J Sandersen 2, G[under] Ericksen, N[iels] A Mauritzen 3, H[enrik] Ericksen 4, H[ans] Christensen 5, H[ans P.] Larsen, M[arie] Poulsen 3, E Ot[t]esen, N[iels] Winergren [Widergren] 4, J. Christensen, Simon A Rase 3, Christine Jensen, H[ans] J Johansen 7, Alexander Dahl 2, Anders Monsen, Rasmus Brun 4, B[oletta] Johnsen 4, Peter Nielsen 4, Lars Tofte 3, Peter Andersen 5, Peter Staffensen 4, S[amuel] Biarnesen 2, E G Hansen 4, Niles Petersen, Nicolai Dorius 2, Ingri Jensen 2, Martin Brun 5, M Nielsen 2, C Petersen, Jorgen Hansen 2, Jorgen Rasmusen, Jens Poulsen, Anton Christensen 7, O K Beck 2, Lars Olsen 3, Lars Franzen 2, M[arie] F Hageman 2, Jens Jensen 5, A[nne] E Ericksen 2, J[oran] L Lund 2, Jens Skrader 4, H. P Larsen, A[nne] M Nielsen, Hans Jensen, Karen Andersen 8, J C Sorensen 8, A[nna] C Brawand, A C Larsen, Hans Ottesen 5, R[asmus] Nielsen 4, A[nders] C Andersen 5, J Christensen 3, O[le] P Larsen, Christian Anderson 7, J[ohan] Eilertsen 6, P[eter] Jespersen 3, L[ars] P[eter] Lund 6, N[iels] H Beck 3, Ola Andersen 7, Niels Capsen 2, H[ans] Petersen 9, L[ars] C Kjer 5, J Nielsen 2, Niels Jensen 2, Niels Johansen 2, J C Petersen 2, J[orgen] J Svane 5, Hans Hansen 5, Jens Petersen 6, E C Ottesen, R N Beck 4, N Clemenselt [Niels Clemensen] 2, M Christensen 3, P[eter] O Hansen, H O Lundblad 5, Peter Hausen [Hansen] 4, A[xel] Fullgren 3, Jens Jensen 3 
58 wagons, 231 oxen and 100 cows.



FOURTH COMPANY—Richard Ballantyne, Captain. 
Wm Glover, John Bushby, Thomas Bargat [Barratt] 3, Elizabeth Boory, George Bill [Bell] 3, Anna Bander, Timothy Adams, Sarah A Bane, James Bush 8, Robert Baxter 6, Esther Birch, Barry [Mary] Beeby, William Beard 7, George Butcher, Am [Ann] Bird 5, Casper Bruner [Bryner], William Bishop 3, George Bourne, Joseph Birch 5, Charles Crawford 3, Anna Crouther [Crowther], Daniel Caveen 5, John Clark, Henry Clegg 2, George Cushing 3, Francis H Congriffe 2, John Chance, Mary Clemens, Ann Cole, Jane Clayton 4, Elizabeth Daviess, Emma Dewey, James Davis 2, Elizabeth Dimant, Griffith Davis, Emma Davis, Ann Finch, Sarah Franks 2, Trena [Verena] Fisher, Charles Ford, Thomas Floyd, Mark Fletcher 3, James Gardener 2, Arnold Goodliffe, John Grimatt [Grimmett] 8, Mary Greene, William Hapley 5, Mary Harper 4, William Horrinkson [Hawkinson]3, Anna Hurst, Elias Hunt 2, David Hilton 3, Charles Hogg[e] 3, James Hadley 2, Emma Hodges, Charles Hartley 5, Harriet Hindford 2, Phillip Hewett 2, William Hunt 4, David Hutchinson 6, James Hardman 5, Jacob Hindermann, Jacob Hook 8, Ann Jenkins, William Julian 3, Thomas Joice [Joyce] 4, Phillip Jones, James Inshaw, Margaret Johnson 3, Jane Johnson, Isaac Knowles 5, Thomas Knowlden 2, Josiah Knowlden, Charles Kidgel 2, William Kent, Mary A. Loveless, Mary Lockhead, Samuel Langfield, Amelia Longford 2, Charles Livingston 8, Samuel Mullmer [Mulliner] 3, Charles Monkcom 2, Mary Morris, Bertha Mallinax 2, Hector McQuarry, William McFarlane [McFarland] 9, James Moore 2, Angus McDonald 2, Sarah Matthews 3, George Mayer, John Mottese, Samuel Martin 6, Mary Murs, James McCracken, Elizabeth Nish 3, Samuel Ostler 2, Thomas Orr 4, Andrew Odnutt [Ordnatt], Robert Nish 2, Caroline Opterholda, George Neasham, Thomas Palmer 3, Mary Pearce, Susanna Preston, George Pickering, Mary Porter, William Pitt, Josiah Feat [Peat] 2, Mary Prosser, Shaderick Peters 2, Elizabeth Pinder 2, Jane Pilkington, John Pickett 2, Frederick Rushton 6, Mary Reid, Charles Ramsden 4, James Robson 5, Joseph Race 2, William Race 5, Jane Saunders 2, Thomas Sutherland, Ellen Stevens, Thomas Stanger 4, John Story 3, Thomas Stevenson 3, John E Sheldon 3, Daniel Skelding 4, James Stevenson 2, William H Sterrock 6, Michael Saunders, George Simonds [Simmons] 5, Elizabeth Saunders, Mary A Spencer 3, John Thom[p]son, William Thom[p]son 6, Robert Thom[p]son 2, Bonford Thimbeby, Otho Teasdale, George Thom[p]son, Thomas Taysom 4, Sarah Williamson, Thomas Wilson, Harriet Wendford, John Warwood 5, Jane Walker, William West 7, Samuel Ware 6, Thomas B. Wadman, Elizabeth White, James Warlton [Worlton], Sarah A Wickle 2, James Wall 2, James Westwood 6, John Vest 6, Catharine Vealey [Vraley], Marion Young 3 
402 persons; 45 wagons; 220 oxen; 48 cows; 3 horses.



FIFTH COMPANY—Moses Thurston, Captain. 
Williams Brown 2, Clark Baker, John Arnold, Thomas Brooks Bell, Annie Allsworth, William Burnett, Eliza Ann Bunting 2, Sarah Br[o]adbridge, James Aikin, Charles Butterfield, John Brownlow, Charles Bohnford, Richard E Davies 3, John Evans, Hudrew [Andrew] Ferguson 7, Philip Gems 10, Duncan Ferguson, Elizabeth Galgalland, John Giles 4, Aaron Garlick 3, Abraham Helm 13, Annie Hampton, Williams Horsley, Samuel Howard, Francis Hawkes 2, John W Jenkins 2, Joseph Inchin [Inchan] 2, George Knowlden, Thomas Lee 2, Annie Liversidge, Richard Morgan 4, John B Maiben 2, Thomas Margetts, John Moore 5, Thomas Norn [Horn] 7, Thomas Peake, James Pailing 3, John Robinson 4, James Robson, John Rigby, Charlotte Riley, Eliza Richards, John Sheffield 2, Joseph Seale 2, John Stout 3, Joseph Shaw 1, Charles Tuckett 7, John Tedd [Todd], Robert Wright 8, Ruth Wickens, John Wood 8, George Williams 3, Isaac White 2, Francis White 7, William Wilkstonholme [Woostenholme], Jesse Youngblood 
33 wagons, 234 oxen, 28 cows and 12 horses.



SIXTH COMPANY-P. E. F. Co.—C. A. Harper, Captain. 
John Allen 2, A S Burton, Dominie Budrer, Jeanette Bland, Alfred J Atkinson 7, George Burton, Thomas Burton 3, Ann Bradley, Emma Burdsley, Rachel Brown, Samuel Burt 2, Jane Couthanche, Daniel Cadorett, Dominico Bordrane, Alexander Contderwood [Calderwood], Samuel Crawford 4, Hamel Chapman, Agustus Dunin [or Danin], Joseph Dunkley 2, -------- [James Phillip] Dufresne, William Davies 4, Rees Davies 7, John Edwards 3, Abraham Enou[f], James Endriel, William Ferne 4, Susan Dolbel 2, John Lee Gresley, Daniel Graves 9, Henry Goddard 2, William Gorriunge [Gorringe] 4, Cornelius Green 2, George George 3, William Harden 3, Elizabeth Howard, Sarah Howler [Howlet], Louisa Hulse, Ann Hughes 6, Mary Hiles [Hites], Samuel Handrum [Handron], Elizabeth Jenn [Jean], Henry Jones 4, Rosser Jenkins 2, Henry J Jones, William Jones 3, William T Kilburn 4, Samuel Langlois 7, Henry Lucas [Clucas] 5, Mary Ann Lapworth, John D Malan 9, D Meiklejohn, John Memnott [Memmott] 5, John N Morriss 3, Sinah Pugh, Francis Romreal, Mary Robertson, Emma Roe 4, Andrew Robertson, Ann Reese, John Reese 3, William Richards 3, Ephraim Rollins [Rowland] 4, Francis D L George [De St. Joer] 4, John La Sener [Lesueur] 7, James Shanks 5, Robert Sneder, James Squires 2, Mary Ann Williams, Rhoda White 4, Edwin Watts 2, Ann Taylor 3, Mary Parker, Joseph Perkins 3, Jane Price 2, Jeremiah Price 7, Thomas Painter 5, W Thomas 4, Henry Powell, Jenkin Williams, Salina Williams, Thomas Williams, William Vest 3, Josiah Young 8, Robert Toring 4, Catharine White 2



INDEPENDENTS (so called) 
Charles A Harper, Lucy L Brown, Jane Brown, Ann Brewerton, Kitty Bumpton [Brampton], G W Bramwell 3, Martha Barton, Margaret Griffiths, William Hanson [Harden] 2, Morgan Jones, Mary Harris, Jane Jackson, William James 4, Thomas Jeremy 3, Elizabeth Jones, Henry Liversidge 4, Jane C Martin, Dwight Martin 2, John Marrel 2, John Parkin 5, Caroline Pill 2, Joseph Perry, William Rust, William Rowan 3, Joseph D Reynolds, David Reese 2, Williams Reese 6, Edward Sutherland, Daniel Thomas, Harriet Taylor, Thomas Turner, David Williams, Sariah Williams, Thomas Williams 8 
39 wagons, 220 oxen, 30 cows, 1 horse and 1 mule.



SEVENTH COMPANY—Isaac Allred, Captain.Henry Ashcroft 2, U Anderson, E[dmund] C Brand 2, J Bond, G Brown, Thomas Brian, Fred Branson, R[obert] Drummond, J M Coombs, Thomas Colborn, G Gurstang, J[ames] Galland, Mary A Griffin, Samuel Hardy, James Harper, Nephi Hampton 4, L Hambley 3, Samuel Hambley, Edley F Hampton, Caleb Hartley, S[ylvester] Low, Amos Lower, Elizabeth Hardy, Thomas Morgan 2, N Morris, F[rancis] Mainwaring, W V Morris, James Monroe 4, J Nelson 2, Isaac Richards, James Pace, G Robinson, J[oseph] Redfurn, T Stolworthy 2, William Stewart, James C[alvin] Sly, J Timmins, Enoch Trenter, Enoch Richew [Richens], William Warner 2, L Woolman 2, J Walker, Ann Webb, James Wright 
42 men, 13 women, 7 children, 38 wagons, 234 oxen, 1 horse and 1 mule.

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