Edward Bunker Company (1856)

Departed

On 1856 June 23

Departed From

Florence, Nebraska

Arrived

On 1856 October 2

Vehicle Type

Handcart

Company Type

Church Train

Company Direction

Westbound

3rd handcart company. About 320 individuals were in the company when it began its journey from the outfitting post at Iowa City, Iowa. This company left Florence, Nebraska on July 30.

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Company Departed from Florence, Nebraska

1856 June 23

Edward Bunker Called as Captain

1856 June 23 – October 2 See Pioneers

Roles

Captain

Date Details

On 1856 June 23

Joined Company

On 1856 October 2

Company Arrived

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

1856 October 2

Sources

Pioneer

"Arrival," The Mormon

"Arrival," The Mormon, 5 July 1856. Transcript for "Arrival," The Mormon, 5 July 1856, 2

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

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

Biographical information relating to Mormon pioneer overland travel database, 2003-2017

Biographical information relating to Mormon pioneer overland travel database, 2003-2017, Ellen Jane Perks. Transcript for Ellen Jane Perks, Biographical information relating to Mormon pioneer overland travel database, 2003-2017

Daughters of Utah Pioneers collection, 1828-1963

"Thomas D. Evans, and his wife, Priscilla", Daughters of Utah Pioneers collection, 1828-1963, Page 7-8. Transcript for "Thomas D. Evans, and his wife, Priscilla," 7-8.

Reese, Lotwick, [History], in Joyce Doerfler Hunter, comp., The Life Story of Lavina Reese Hunter Doerfler [1979]

Reese, Lotwick, [History], in Joyce Doerfler Hunter, comp., The Life Story of Lavina Reese Hunter Doerfler [1979]. Transcript for Reese, Lotwick, [History], in Joyce Doerfler Hunter, comp., The Life Story of Lavina Reese Hunter Doerfler [1979]

Roberts Family Association papers, 1918-1929

"Roberts, Robert David, Autobiographical sketch", Roberts Family Association papers, 1918-1929. Transcript for Roberts, Robert David, Autobiographical sketch, Papers of the Roberts Family Association, Robert D. Roberts

Roberts, Robert D., [Reminiscences], 80, in Joel Ricks, "Memories of Early Days in Cache County," in Daughters of Utah Pioneers, Salt Lake City, Utah, Scrapbooks

Roberts, Robert D., [Reminiscences], 80, in Joel Ricks, "Memories of Early Days in Cache County," in Daughters of Utah Pioneers, Salt Lake City, Utah, Scrapbooks. Transcript for Roberts, Robert D., [Reminiscences], 80, in Joel Ricks, "Memories of Early Days in Cache County," in Daughters of Utah Pioneers, Salt Lake City, Utah, Scrapbooks

Roberts, Robert David, Family record, 1854-1921, fd. 2, 7

Roberts, Robert David, Family record, 1854-1921, fd. 2, 7. Transcript for Roberts, Robert David, Family record, 1854-1921, fd. 2, 7

SALT Lake Herald-Republican

John Jaques, "Some Reminiscences", SALT Lake Herald-Republican, (29 December 1878), Page 1.

"The Mormon Delusion," Adams Sentinel

"The Mormon Delusion," Adams Sentinel, 28 July 1856. Transcript for "The Mormon Delusion," Adams Sentinel, 28 July 1856

The Mormon [newspaper]

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

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J.H. Latey, "Correspondence from the Camp at Florence", The Mormon [newspaper], (30 August 1856). Transcript for Latey, J. H., "Correspondence from the Camp at Florence," The Mormon, 30 Aug. 1856, 2

Vest, Louisa Rosser Evans, Autobiographical sketch

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[Springfield] Daily Illinois State Register

[Springfield] Daily Illinois State Register, 28 January 1857. Transcript for [Springfield] Daily Illinois State Register, 28 Jan. 1857, 2