Benjamin Gardner Company (1852)
Date Unknown
- Type
- Wagon
- Category
- Church Train
- Direction
- Westbound
- Departure
- 2-10 June 1852
- Departed From
- Kanesville, Iowa
- Arrival
- 24, 27 September 1852
- Captain
- Benjamin Gardner
- Number In Company
- 173
241 individuals and 45 wagons were in the company when it began its journey from the outfitting post at Kanesville, Iowa (present day Council Bluffs).
- Benjamin Gardner notebook, 1851-1862.
- Bigler, Jacob G, Autobiography, 1907.
- Layne, Jonathan Ellis, Autobiography, 1897, 10-18.
- Layne, Jonathan Ellis, Reminiscences, in Journal History of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 27 Sept. 1852, 1B-7.
- Owens, Abigail Burr, [Autobiographical sketch], in Irene Adell Webb Merrell, comp., Edward Milo Webb, His Ancestors and Descendants [1948], 129.
- Owens, Horace Burr, "History of Horace Burr Owens," by Medora O. Trueblood, in Horace B. Owens, Papers, n.d.*, MSS SC 574.
- Owens, Sally Ann Layne, A short sketch of Sally Ann Layne Owens, vol. 1, 68-69, in Biographical sketches of John W. McLaws, Ellen Elsie Bradshaw McLaws, Mary Ellen Owens Bradshaw, Horace Burr Owens, Sally Ann Layne Owens..., BX 8670 .M82 vol.1.
- Russell, Allen, Reminiscences.
- Stowell, Jane Bybee, [Reminiscences], in Our Pioneer Heritage , 20 vols. [1958-77], 11:184-85.
- "William R. Boren," in Biographical Information Relating to Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel Database.
- Wilson, Bushrod W., Journal, In Daughters of Utah Pioneers, Collection, 1828-1963, reel 17, item 14, 5.
- Winegar, Alvin, [Record book], in Papers 1841-1906.
| Adair, George Washington | 14 | 27 June 1837 | 9 September 1909 |
| Adair, Jemima Catherine | 6 | 6 April 1846 | 15 April 1926 |
| Adair, John Milton | 19 | 8 January 1833 | June 1899 |
| Adair, Pamelia Jane | 14 | 27 June 1837 | 16 December 1883 |
| Adair, Rufus Columbus Burlison | 8 | 9 February 1844 | 2 August 1858 |
| Adair, Samuel Jefferson | 46 | 28 March 1806 | 6 July 1889 |
| Adair, Samuel Newton | 12 | 11 December 1839 | 16 May 1924 |
| Alexander, Jane | 37 | 6 November 1814 | About 1869 |
| Allen, Andrew | 2 | 16 November 1849 | 17 January 1904 |
| Allen, Emily | 6 | 16 June 1845 | 10 January 1936 |
| Allen, Eunice | 67 | 17 July 1784 | 15 April 1866 |
| Allen, Harriet | 5 | 17 April 1847 | 13 June 1858 |
| Allen, Jane | 11 | 8 March 1841 | 5 August 1877 |
| Allen, Joseph | 5 | 10 April 1843 | 25 July 1921 |
| Allen, Jude | 40 | 12 October 1811 | 13 February 1900 |
| Allen, Jude | Infant | 27 June 1851 | 29 July 1852 |
| Allen, Martha | 12 | 26 September 1839 | 17 November 1923 |
| Allen, Mary | 14 | 18 April 1838 | 23 August 1911 |
| Allen, Mary Ann | 32 | 25 February 1820 | 10 January 1860 |
| Bassett, Lucinda Mathena | 24 | 30 August 1829 | 27 September 1911 |
| Bigler, Amy Lorette | 29 | 7 November 1822 | 8 June 1907 |
| Bigler, Amy Lorette | Infant | 17 July 1852 | 29 November 1891 |
| Bigler, Armelia Caroline | 18 | 21 March 1834 | 15 December 1916 |
| Bigler, David George | 6 | 8 February 1846 | 16 August 1882 |
| Bigler, Jacob George | 39 | 4 April 1813 | 23 February 1907 |
| Bigler, Jacob George | 3 | 11 November 1848 | 20 January 1914 |
| Bigler, Mary Ann | 1 | 24 July 1850 | 30 May 1943 |
| Boren, Beverly Collins | 32 | 30 October 1819 | 9 December 1898 |
| Boren, Hosea Berian | 12 | 25 December 1839 | 16 July 1852 |
| Boren, Lucretia Jane | 1 | 11 October 1850 | 12 July 1852 |
| Boren, Mary Frances | 32 | About 1820 | 9 December 1898 |
| Boren, William R. | 7 | 11 March 1845 | 8 January 1914 |
| Bybee, Absalom Atkinson | 44 | 10 February 1808 | 19 May 1894 |
| Bybee, Alfred Alma | 7 | 18 October 1844 | 14 April 1925 |
| Bybee, John Jefferson | 12 | 30 March 1840 | 5 April 1926 |
| Bybee, Mary Deseret | Infant | 12 October 1851 | 10 January 1917 |
| Bybee, Nancy | 36 | 15 November 1815 | 9 September 1898 |
| Bybee, Nancy Jane | 2 | 1 August 1849 | 21 May 1939 |
| Bybee, William Jethro | 5 | 17 December 1846 | 3 June 1919 |
| Coltrin, Harriet Ellen | 8 | 16 July 1843 | 5 November 1930 |
| Coltrin, Heman | 57 | 27 March 1795 | August 1874 |
| Coltrin, Sarah | 30 | 25 April 1822 | 17 April 1897 |
| Cooper, Vinson Jones Wrotten | 17 | 27 December 1834 | 5 September 1889 |
| Gardner, Benjamin | 51 | 19 August 1800 | 3 July 1875 |
| Gardner, Electa | 52 | 5 March 1800 | 8 August 1890 |
| Gardner, Electa Ann | 10 | 8 March 1842 | 22 October 1930 |
| Gardner, Joseph Smith | 5 | 15 March 1847 | 19 March 1935 |
| Gardner, Lucinda Sevella | 15 | 30 May 1837 | 16 April 1917 |
| Gardner, Mahala | 19 | 5 February 1833 | 10 April 1915 |
| Gardner, Martha Belinda | 12 | 12 October 1839 | 18 May 1907 |
| Gardner, Milo VanDuzen | 16 | 4 June 1835 | 26 March 1908 |
| Gollaher, Eliza Angeline | 11 | 20 February 1841 | 15 January 1921 |
| Gollaher, Elizabeth | 20 | 30 December 1831 | 4 May 1904 |
| Gollaher, Elizabeth | 42 | 23 October 1809 | 7 August 1854 |
| Gollaher, Harriet Frances | 13 | 20 January 1839 | 20 February 1929 |
| Gollaher, James Monroe | 19 | 25 March 1833 | 13 February 1900 |
| Gollaher, Samantha | 5 | 7 January 1847 | 3 February 1925 |
| Gollaher, William Culbertson | 45 | 16 January 1807 | 6 December 1867 |
| Gollaher, William Culbertson | 2 | 14 March 1850 | 17 January 1921 |
| Gould, Abigail | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
| Hall, Absalom Atkinson | 11 | 13 August 1840 | 24 September 1867 |
| Hall, Eliza Melissa | Infant | 30 June 1852 | 21 July 1852 |
| Hall, Eliza Melissa | 22 | 23 July 1829 | 31 January 1913 |
| Hall, Iowa Alfred | 4 | 13 September 1847 | 9 April 1905 |
| Hall, Joseph Lee | 15 | 16 March 1837 | November 1896 |
| Hall, Joshua Challis | 3 | 17 March 1849 | 13 December 1933 |
| Hall, Joshua Challis | 37 | 11 June 1814 | 29 November 1880 |
| Hall, Julia Ann | 2 | 21 August 1849 | 18 September 1909 |
| Hall, Mark | 27 | 25 October 1824 | 15 July 1909 |
| Hall, Mark Moroni | Infant | 2 August 1851 | 30 May 1887 |
| Hall, Marvin | 16 | 17 December 1835 | 9 March 1913 |
| Hall, Mary Maria | 10 | 4 December 1841 | 17 September 1883 |
| Hall, Sally Ann | 36 | 22 December 1815 | 31 October 1894 |
| Hardy, Caroline Alvira | 12 | 9 March 1840 | 7 October 1930 |
| Hardy, Elisha Philbrook | 14 | 26 July 1837 | 13 October 1920 |
| Hardy, Eliza Ann | 44 | 25 July 1807 | 3 January 1881 |
| Hardy, Mary Ann | 6 | 8 February 1846 | 26 December 1937 |
| Hardy, Nephi Preston | 8 | 20 February 1844 | 29 March 1920 |
| Hardy, William Reed | 18 | 16 December 1833 | 10 February 1916 |
| Hawkins, Aurelia | 15 | 15 September 1836 | 24 March 1907 |
| Hawkins, Charlotte | 47 | 10 March 1805 | 17 April 1887 |
| Hawkins, Creighton | 12 | 3 April 1840 | 20 May 1932 |
| Hawkins, Lavinia | 19 | 13 July 1832 | 28 April 1910 |
| Hawkins, Leo | 17 | 19 July 1834 | 29 May 1859 |
| Hawkins, Riego | 4 | 1 January 1848 | 2 July 1928 |
| Hobson, Alma Utillis | 10 | 10 July 1841 | 25 June 1894 |
| Hobson, Catherine | 39 | 4 May 1813 | 14 December 1855 |
| Hobson, Henry Platt | 5 | 14 July 1846 | 10 November 1900 |
| Hobson, Jesse | 40 | 26 January 1812 | 18 June 1883 |
| Hobson, Jesse Daugherty | 1 | 14 September 1850 | 2 February 1922 |
| Hobson, Lydia Ann | 14 | 1 January 1838 | 24 October 1920 |
| Hobson, Miriam Elizabeth | 8 | 31 August 1843 | 22 June 1869 |
| Hobson, Nathan | 2 | 9 June 1849 | 25 May 1902 |
| Hunt, Alfred | 5 | 21 March 1847 | 11 July 1852 |
| Hunt, Amos | 33 | 28 February 1819 | 6 September 1904 |
| Hunt, Emaline | 2 | 12 August 1849 | 4 January 1929 |
| Hunt, James Wilson | 8 | 27 July 1843 | 11 August 1885 |
| Hunt, Jonathan | 6 | 25 September 1845 | 30 August 1922 |
| Hunt, Nancy Garrett | 27 | 7 August 1824 | 17 December 1895 |
| Lasley, Elizabeth | 38 | 5 November 1813 | 3 May 1884 |
| Lasley, Elizabeth Louisa | Infant | 10 August 1852 | 12 July 1890 |
| Lasley, John Welton | 40 | 1 February 1812 | 7 May 1858 |
| Lasley, John Wesley | 5 | 28 November 1846 | 9 October 1883 |
| Lasley, Lucinda Drucilla | 1 | 18 November 1850 | 31 May 1937 |
| Lasley, Martha | 11 | 29 July 1840 | 15 November 1852 |
| Lasley, Martin Wight | 4 | 7 January 1848 | 14 September 1928 |
| Lasley, Susannah | 11 | 26 February 1841 | 3 May 1879 |
| Layne, Elihu Preston | 14 | 18 October 1837 | 6 February 1913 |
| Layne, Jerusha Emeline | 11 | 18 March 1841 | 9 November 1920 |
| Layne, Jonathan Ellis | 17 | 13 January 1835 | 12 February 1899 |
| Layne, Nancy Mariah | 15 | 14 February 1838 | 9 November 1920 |
| Mansor, Barnet Absalom | 72 | 18 May 1780 | unknown |
| Mansor, Lucinda | 46 | 20 July 1805 | 10 July 1895 |
| Mansor, Stephen M. | 2 | 13 June 1849 | 22 October 1923 |
| Manzer, Charles | 4 | 1848 | Unknown |
| Manzer, Elfine | 1 | 1851 | Unknown |
| Manzer, Harriet Ann | 37 | 15 January 1815 | 24 August 1892 |
| Manzer, John Wesley | 10 | September 1841 | Unknown |
| Manzer, Mary | 13 | 18 October 1838 | Unknown |
| Manzer, Peter Earl | 37 | 2 October 1814 | 17 May 1869 |
| Manzer, Walter | 5 | 8 August 1846 | 12 September 1930 |
| Mason, Hanna | 27 | 19 December 1824 | 10 April 1861 |
| Nicholas, Joseph | 30 | 31 March 1822 | 15 October 1888 |
| Nicholas, Nancy | 24 | 8 August 1827 | 25 January 1905 |
| Nicholas, Sarah Anetta | 2 | 28 April 1850 | 7 October 1886 |
| Osterhout, John | 14 | 1 May 1838 | 3 February 1918 |
| Owens, Abigail Cordelia | 52 | 22 November 1799 | 27 November 1861 |
| Owens, Horace Burr | 4 | 18 February 1848 | May 1923 |
| Owens, Horace Burr | 33 | 23 June 1819 | 20 June 1897 |
| Owens, James Clark | 19 | 7 July 1832 | 1 February 1901 |
| Owens, Sarah Ann | 23 | 21 February 1829 | 12 January 1909 |
| Owens, Silas Ardene | 2 | 11 August 1850 | 3 February 1930 |
| Parker, Martha Alice | 1 | 23 October 1850 | 30 October 1932 |
| Parker, Mary Ann | 30 | 5 July 1821 | 28 January 1892 |
| Parker, William | 31 | 30 May 1821 | 27 November 1905 |
| Parker, William Henry | 3 | 12 November 1848 | 28 April 1895 |
| Prisbrey, Miner Grant | 47 | 24 April 1805 | 23 December 1895 |
| Russell, Allen | 4 | 10 March 1848 | 24 October 1902 |
| Russell, Allen | 27 | 1 November 1824 | 11 July 1919 |
| Russell, Alonzo Haventon | 30 | 31 July 1821 | 7 August 1910 |
| Russell, Fanny Royce | 7 | 11 June 1845 | 23 February 1883 |
| Russell, Harriet Massina | 33 | 14 September 1818 | 10 September 1878 |
| Russell, Horace | 21 | 10 March 1831 | 6 June 1901 |
| Russell, Jonathan | 69 | 11 May 1783 | 27 July 1855 |
| Russell, Loretta Augusta | Infant | 29 September 1851 | 15 February 1866 |
| Russell, Mary | 60 | About 1792 | Unknown |
| Russell, Nancy Briggs | 27 | 28 March 1825 | 11 March 1903 |
| Russell, Sophia Isadora | 3 | 21 April 1849 | 6 January 1928 |
| Russell, Viola Maria | 3 | 27 October 1846 | 1 September 1924 |
| Thomas, Edward | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
| Thompson, Edward | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
| Tobias, Mary Ann | 22 | 23 July 1829 | 13 February 1900 |
| Tobias, Mary Ann | 6 | 24 June 1845 | 24 April 1932 |
| Tobias, Olive Jane | 4 | 1848 | 14 April 1873 |
| Wilding, George | Infant | 5 June 1851 | 8 November 1898 |
| Wilding, George | 22 | 9 November 1829 | 26 July 1913 |
| Wilding, Mary Elizabeth | 19 | 24 December 1832 | 17 December 1909 |
| Wilson, Bushrod Washington | 44 | 22 May 1808 | 18 November 1877 |
| Wilson, Catherine | 2 | 3 December 1849 | 19 July 1852 |
| Wilson, Catherine Iona | 37 | 18 January 1815 | 5 November 1877 |
| Wilson, Charles | 5 | 21 January 1847 | 23 July 1919 |
| Wilson, Cyrus | 7 | 15 November 1844 | 25 May 1908 |
| Wilson, Joseph Bushrod | 15 | 18 March 1837 | 26 October 1899 |
| Wilson, Nancy | 13 | 6 February 1839 | 7 January 1910 |
| Winegar, Alvin | 6 | 15 October 1845 | 18 March 1893 |
| Winegar, Alvin | 36 | 13 May 1816 | 12 June 1874 |
| Winegar, John | 13 | 28 September 1838 | 18 April 1914 |
| Winegar, Margaret Ann | Infant | 10 September 1851 | 24 May 1906 |
| Winegar, Mary | 34 | 26 July 1817 | 21 April 1886 |
| Winegar, Samuel Thomas | 11 | 15 December 1840 | 17 March 1921 |
| Winegar, William | 2 | 14 June 1849 | 30 March 1903 |
| Winmill, Richard | 12 | 23 March 1840 | 30 May 1926 |
| Winn, Elizabeth Caroline | 25 | 26 March 1827 | 26 August 1905 |