John Hindley Company (1855)

Departed

On 1855 June 7

Departed From

Mormon Grove, Kansas

Arrived

On 1855 September 3

Vehicle Type

Wagon

Company Type

Church Train

Company Direction

Westbound

206 individuals and 46 wagons were in the company when it began its journey from the outfitting post at Mormon Grove, Kansas (near Atchison). The company arrived at the Salt Lake Valley on September 3, 1855, according to the Deseret News report.

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Company Departed from Mormon Grove, Kansas

1855 June 7

John Hindley Called as Captain

1855 June 7 – September 3 See Pioneers

Roles

Captain

Date Details

Started On 1855 June 7

Joined Company

Ended On 1855 September 3

Company Arrived

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

1855 September 3

Sources

Pioneer

Autobiography of Jemima E. Stookey

Autobiography of Jemima E. Stookey. Clover Utah, 1971. Page 19-22.
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Biographical information relating to Mormon pioneer overland travel database, 2003-2017

"Henry Shuler Buckwalter", Biographical information relating to Mormon pioneer overland travel database, 2003-2017, (1906), Page 18-19.
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Brigham Young office emigrating companies reports, 1850-1862

"1st Company of 50 report, 1855", Brigham Young office emigrating companies reports, 1850-1862.

"Condensed statistical report of Mormon Emigration from Mormon Grove", Brigham Young office emigrating companies reports, 1850-1862, (1 September 1855).

Cobb, Augusta Adams, to Charlotte Ives Cobb

Cobb, Augusta Adams, to Charlotte Ives Cobb, 28 June 1855.
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Daughters of Utah Pioneers collection, 1828-1963

"Jane Charters Robinson Hindley, reminiscences", Daughters of Utah Pioneers collection, 1828-1963, Page 2-3.
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Deseret News

"Arrivals", Deseret News, (5 September 1855), Page 5.
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"This Years Immigration", Deseret News, (8 August 1855), Page 173.
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Erastus Snow, "Our Correspondence", Deseret News, (5 September 1855).

"Our Immigration", Deseret News, (8 August 1855).
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"Immigration List", Deseret News, (12 September 1855), Page 6.

Genealogical charts and biographical sketches of members of the L.D.S. Church, Ogden Stake

"Marriott, Trezer Southwick", Genealogical charts and biographical sketches of members of the L.D.S. Church, Ogden Stake, 16, Page 64.
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Miles, Edward A., "Letter from the Plains," The Mormon

Miles, Edward A., "Letter from the Plains," The Mormon, 8 September 1855.

Skidmore, William Lobark, [Autobiography], in Amos W. Bair, The History of Richmond, Utah [1976], 243-44

Skidmore, William Lobark, [Autobiography], in Amos W. Bair, The History of Richmond, Utah [1976], 243-44.

St. Louis luminary

John Hindley and John Parson, "Correspondence", St. Louis luminary, (28 July 1855).
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George A. Smith, "To the Editor of the Luminary", St. Louis luminary, (10 November 1855).
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"My Dear President Snow", St. Louis luminary, 1, (28 July 1855), Page 142.
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John Hindley and John Parson, "Letter to Milo Andrus", St. Louis luminary, (8 September 1855).
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John Hindley and John Parson, "Letter to Erastus Snow", St. Louis luminary, (1 September 1855).
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Erastus Snow, "Letter from Prest. E. Snow", St. Louis luminary, (10 November 1855).
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"Correspondence", St. Louis luminary, (6 October 1855).

"Our Emigration on the Plains", St. Louis luminary, (8 September 1855).

"Visit of the Editor to the Camps at Atchison," The Mormon

"Visit of the Editor to the Camps at Atchison," The Mormon, 23 June 1855.
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Walker, Charles Lowell, Diary, in A. Karl Larson and Katharine Miles Larson, eds., Diary of Charles Lowell Walker, 2 vols. (Logan, Utah: Utah State University Press, 1980), 1:1

Walker, Charles Lowell, Diary, in A. Karl Larson and Katharine Miles Larson, eds., Diary of Charles Lowell Walker, 2 vols. (Logan, Utah: Utah State University Press, 1980), 1:1.
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William Knox journals, 1847-1864

William Knox journals, 1847-1864.