Edmund Ellsworth Company

Departed

On 1856 June 9

Departed From

Iowa City, Iowa

Arrived

On 1856 September 26

Vehicle Type

Handcart

Company Type

Church Train

Company Direction

Westbound

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1st handcart company had about 280 individuals, 56 handcarts, and 3 wagons when it began its journey from the outfitting post at Iowa City, Iowa.

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Company Departed from Iowa City, Iowa

1856 June 9

Edmund Lovell Ellsworth Called as Captain

1856 June 9 – September 26 See Pioneers

Roles

Captain

Date Details

On 1856 June 9

Joined Company

On 1856 September 26

Company Arrived

Company Arrived at Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States

1856 September 26

Sources

Archer Walters diary, 1856 March-September

Archer Walters diary, 1856 March-September, Item 15, Page 9-16. Transcript for Walters, Archer, Diary 1856 Mar.-Sept., 9-16

Armstrong, Thomas Columbus, Autobiographical sketch, in 85th Quorum, Biographies, 1844-1894, reel 36, 14, in Seventies Quorum Records, 1844-1975

Armstrong, Thomas Columbus, Autobiographical sketch, in 85th Quorum, Biographies, 1844-1894, reel 36, 14, in Seventies Quorum Records, 1844-1975. Transcript for Armstrong, Thomas Columbus, Autobiographical sketch, in 85th Quorum, Biographies, 1844-1894, reel 36, 14, in Seventies Quorum Records, 1844-1975

Attley, Henry William, Reminiscences, in Papers, 1858-1910

Attley, Henry William, Reminiscences, in Papers, 1858-1910.

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Barker, Margaret Stalle, Reminiscences, 8, in Rebecca Cardin Hickman, "History of Susanna Goudin Cardon," item 2, in [Biographical sketches of the Cardon family, 1934-1960]. Transcript for Barker, Margaret Stalle, Reminiscences, 8, in Rebecca Cardin Hickman, "History of Susanna Goudin Cardon," item 2, in [Biographical sketches of the Cardon family, 1934-1960]

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Bowen, David, [Autobiographical sketch], in Raymond R. Martin and Esther Jenkins Carpenter, comp., The Samaritans [1968], 74.

Diary of Ann Ham Hickenlooper, wife of William Hanney Hickenlooper, crossed the plains with the first handcart co., arrived in Salt Lake City 26. Sept., 1856 and record of work done for the dead

Diary of Ann Ham Hickenlooper, wife of William Hanney Hickenlooper, crossed the plains with the first handcart co., arrived in Salt Lake City 26. Sept., 1856 and record of work done for the dead, September.

Edmund Ellsworth Emigrating Company papers, 1856

Edmund Ellsworth Emigrating Company papers, 1856, June, Vol. 1.

Ellsworth, Edmund, [Reminiscences], in "Utah Pioneer Biographies," 44 vols., 9:62

Ellsworth, Edmund, [Reminiscences], in "Utah Pioneer Biographies," 44 vols., 9:62. Transcript for Ellsworth, Edmund, [Reminiscences], in "Utah Pioneer Biographies," 44 vols., 9:62

Ellsworth, Mary Ann Jones, Diary of Mary Ann Jones (Age 19) on Her Trip Across the Plains

Ellsworth, Mary Ann Jones, Diary of Mary Ann Jones (Age 19) on Her Trip Across the Plains.

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Frances B. Hanson autobiography, 1909.

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Galloway, Andrew, Autobiographical sketch, in 22nd Quorum, Biographies, 1845-1859, Vol. 1. Transcript for Galloway, Andrew, Autobiographical sketch, in 22nd Quorum, Biographies, 1845-1859, vol. 1, 31, in Seventies Quorum, Records, 1844-1975

Handcart Veterans Association scrapbook, 1906-1914

"Scrapbook Part 7", Handcart Veterans Association scrapbook, 1906-1914, (1907), Page 2-4.

John Kettle journal, 1856

John Kettle journal, 1856. BYU Library - Special Collections.

John Oakley journal excerpt, 1856 June-August

John Oakley journal excerpt, 1856 June-August, June.

Joseph Argyle reminiscences and journal, 1870 May-1894 October

Joseph Argyle reminiscences and journal, 1870 May-1894 October, May. Transcript for Argyle, Joseph, Reminiscences and journal, 1870 May-1894 Oct., 63

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Kettle, John, [Diary], in Jesse Lenard Warner, The Protecting Warrior, Book 1 [1974], 20-22. Transcript for Kettle, John, [Diary], in Jesse Lenard Warner, The Protecting Warrior, Book 1 [1974], 20-22

Logan Journal

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Millennial Star

Daniel Spencer letter to Franklin D. Richards, "Foreign Correspondence", Millennial Star, 18, (2 August 1856), No. 31. Page 489.

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Moyle, John Rowe, Journal [1856-1858]. Transcript for Moyle, John Rowe, Journal [1856-1858]

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Oliver B. Huntington diary and reminiscences, June.

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Phillips, Jonah. Historical Journal of Jonah Phillips.

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Salt Lake Herald-Republican

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Salt Lake Tribune

Josiah Rogerson, "Tells Story of Trials of the Handcart Pioneers", Salt Lake Tribune, (30 November 1913), Page 11. Transcript for Josiah Rogerson, "Tells Story of Trials of the Handcart Pioneers," Salt Lake Tribune, 30 November 1913, 11

The Mormon [newspaper]

"Interesting from our Missionaries on the Plains", The Mormon [newspaper], 2, (15 November 1856), 39.

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