Jacob Gates Company (1853)
Date Unknown
- Type
- Wagon
- Category
- Church Train
- Direction
- Westbound
- Departure
- 3 June 1853
- Departed From
- Keokuk, Iowa
- Arrival
- 26 September 1853
- Captain
- Jacob Gates
- Number In Company
- 272
262 emigrants and 33 wagons were in the company when it began its journey from the outfitting post at Keokuk, Iowa. The first members of the company arrived in Salt Lake by September 26, but others came in as late as September 30th.
- Blodgett, Sarah Susannah Garrard, Autobiographical sketch, in Sarah Lucy Bronson Boden and Nina Beth Goe Cunningham, Reid Family History [1972], 55.
- Butler, Henry, "Loaned Out," in Our Pioneer Heritage, 20 vols. [1958-77], 12:76.
- Christopher Arthur Emigrating Company journal, 1853 February-October.
- Greaves, Joseph, Diaries, 1832-1904, vol. 1, fd. 2, 4-5.
- Greaves, Joseph, Letters, Logan, Utah, to William Greaves [England] 1897 Sept., 2-4.
- Jacob Gates Company report, 1853 September 11, Brigham Young office emigrating companies reports, 1850-1862.
- James Farmer journal, 1851 April-1856 November.
- Martin, Robert. Personal History, 1890, 8-12.
- Ririe, James, The Autobiography of James Ririe, 34-37. (Trail excerpt transcribed from "Pioneer History Collection" available at Pioneer Memorial Museum [Daughters of Utah Pioneers Museum], Salt Lake City, Utah. Some restrictions apply.)
- Smith, Elizabeth Fovargue, Journal 1884-1891, fd. 1.
- Squires, John Fell, Autobiographical sketch.
- Squires, John Paternoster, Reminiscences and journals, 1848-1900, Book B, 28-29.
- Stephen Forsdick autobiography, circa 1927, 15-26.
| Adamson, Ann Christina | 18 | 26 June 1834 | 20 September 1908 |
| Almond, Elizabeth | 67 | About 1786 | Unknown |
| Almond, James | 63 | 1 February 1790 | 21 March 1870 |
| Berry, Mary Ann | 20 | 25 February 1833 | 2 April 1874 |
| Bignal, Emma | 1 | About 1852 | Unknown |
| Bignal, John | 28 | About 1825 | 20 January 1871 |
| Bignal, Lucy Endel | 28 | About 1825 | About 1865 |
| Blake, Benjamin Frederick | 38 | 12 March 1815 | 9 March 1884 |
| Blake, Caroline Lucy | 7 | 3 July 1845 | 4 April 1893 |
| Blake, Elizabeth | 4 | 28 January 1849 | 21 April 1908 |
| Blake, Emma | Infant | 3 February 1853 | 18 March 1874 |
| Blake, Frederick | 11 | 15 January 1842 | 4 February 1916 |
| Blake, George | 3 | 19 February 1851 | 11 November 1853 |
| Blake, Harriet | 33 | 11 December 1820 | 31 October 1908 |
| Brisland, Janette [or Janet] | 36 | About 1817 | Unknown |
| Bryant, James | 18 | About 1835 | Unknown |
| Butler, Annie Harriet | 5 | 12 April 1848 | 25 August 1936 |
| Butler, Argent | 14 | 24 March 1839 | 26 October 1900 |
| Butler, David | 6 | 25 June 1846 | 15 September 1930 |
| Butler, Elizabeth | 45 | 17 October 1807 | 27 November 1888 |
| Butler, Henry | 8 | 15 June 1844 | 25 December 1916 |
| Butler, John | 40 | 5 September 1812 | 15 February 1892 |
| Butler, John Ockford | 12 | 3 August 1840 | 25 December 1923 |
| Butler, Martha | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
| Butler, Sarah Elizabeth | 11 | 17 May 1842 | 12 February 1920 |
| Campbell, Ette | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
| Chatfield, Caroline | 33 | 21 February 1819 | 24 June 1883 |
| Chatfield, George | 35 | 17 January 1817 | 3 August 1886 |
| Combs, Emma | 25 | 17 September 1827 | 28 August 1909 |
| Combs, Levi | 22 | 16 February 1831 | 11 February 1919 |
| Constantine, Elizabeth | 70 | About 1783 | 11 January 1854 |
| Constantine, [Brother] | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
| Cook, Ann | 30 | 24 January 1823 | 23 July 1882 |
| Cook, Ann | 53 | 1 January 1800 | 30 December 1900 |
| Cook, David | 6 | 15 March 1847 | 1 January 1920 |
| Cook, Elizabeth | 3 | 24 October 1849 | 17 January 1922 |
| Cook, Mark | 33 | 18 November 1819 | 21 September 1895 |
| Cook, Sarah Ann | 10 | 28 May 1843 | 1 March 1854 |
| Cook, William | 53 | Unknown | Unknown |
| Crossland, Eleanor Amelia | 12 | 24 March 1841 | 20 November 1918 |
| Crossland, Eliza Luff | 1 | 6 June 1851 | 20 February 1940 |
| Crossland, Emma Elizabeth | Infant | 30 May 1853 | 27 May 1949 |
| Crossland, Frances Ann | 29 | 8 February 1824 | 23 January 1903 |
| Crossland, Frances Mary Ann | 6 | 23 November 1846 | 15 January 1923 |
| Crossland, Junius | 32 | 14 October 1820 | 11 September 1853 |
| Crowther, Francis | 27 | About 1826 | 1 January 1853 |
| Cufley, William | 49 | 29 February 1804 | 8 March 1883 |
| Danby, George | 36 | About 1817 | Unknown |
| Darley, William Frederick | 22 | 6 November 1830 | 19 June 1899 |
| Davidson, Ann | 39 | 7 January 1814 | 26 April 1904 |
| Davidson, Ann | 2 | 26 October 1850 | 16 January 1863 |
| Davidson, David | 76 | 1 August 1776 | 28 July 1853 |
| Davidson, David | 12 | 5 March 1841 | 3 December 1865 |
| Davidson, Jessie | 8 | 8 March 1845 | 18 January 1893 |
| Davidson, John | Infant | 1 December 1852 | 22 September 1912 |
| Davidson, Robert | 14 | 31 January 1839 | 23 December 1899 |
| Davidson, Thomas | 4 | 10 March 1849 | 18 February 1939 |
| Davidson, Thomas Bell | 43 | 28 December 1809 | 15 July 1876 |
| Davies, Juliana Elizabeth | 46 | 4 February 1807 | 26 August 1881 |
| Davies, William | 2 | April 1851 | 21 June 1853 |
| Day, Ann | 35 | 8 February 1818 | 21 November 1894 |
| Day, James | 7 | 19 February 1846 | 26 May 1937 |
| Day, Jane | Infant | 22 February 1853 | 4 March 1928 |
| Day, Joseph | 37 | 15 April 1816 | 8 July 1901 |
| Day, Mary Ann | 13 | 14 January 1840 | 30 April 1922 |
| Day, Thomas | 11 | 12 May 1842 | 1 November 1853 |
| Denning, James Henry | 23 | 2 March 1830 | 2 May 1898 |
| Denning, James Henry | Infant | 25 January 1853 | 6 April 1919 |
| Denning, Sarah | 20 | 19 August 1832 | 9 January 1900 |
| Denning, Sarah Jane | 3 | 4 May 1850 | 10 November 1915 |
| Ellis, Maria | 64 | 1 December 1788 | 20 September 1889 |
| Evans, Jane Marshall | 25 | 12 March 1828 | 5 March 1905 |
| Evans, William | 30 | ca. 1823 | Unknown |
| Farmer, James Bellamy | 27 | 12 June 1825 | 27 March 1908 |
| Forbes, Davinia Smith | 3 | 11 February 1850 | 4 May 1925 |
| Forbes, Janet | 30 | 26 July 1822 | 1853 |
| Forbes, John | 26 | 10 February 1827 | 29 October 1879 |
| Ford, Miriam | 35 | 15 November 1817 | About 1906 |
| Ford, Thomas | 34 | About 1819 | Unknown |
| Forsdick, Stephen | 17 | 8 October 1835 | 29 January 1927 |
| Forsyth, James | 26 | About 1827 | Unknown |
| France, Margaret | 37 | 25 March 1816 | Unknown |
| France, William | 22 | About 1831 | Unknown |
| France, William | 38 | 14 June 1814 | 20 March 1860 |
| Garrard, John Benjamin | 19 | 14 January 1834 | 30 October 1911 |
| Garrard, Susannah Evered | 53 | 31 July 1799 | 5 March 1887 |
| Garrard, Timothy Barzilla | 23 | 13 December 1829 | 11 April 1889 |
| Garrard, Walter | Infant | ca. 1853 | Unknown |
| Garrard, William | 16 | 22 August 1836 | 26 October 1918 |
| Gates, Emma | 22 | 27 July 1830 | 12 October 1907 |
| Gates, Jacob | 42 | 9 March 1811 | 14 April 1892 |
| Gibbs, William S. | 52 | 22 July 1800 | 23 November 1881 |
| Glenn, James Ainsley | 70 | 18 May 1783 | 10 November 1853 |
| Gover, Emily | 3 | 18 June 1849 | 26 November 1881 |
| Gover, Morris | 24 | 6 November 1828 | 7 June 1908 |
| Gover, Sarah | 25 | 24 July 1827 | 15 February 1917 |
| Greaves, Joseph | 21 | 22 February 1832 | 19 June 1904 |
| Greaves, Sarah Priscilla | 22 | 13 February 1831 | 13 April 1865 |
| Hale, Elizabeth A. | 14 | About 1839 | Unknown |
| Hale, Richard | 42 | About 1811 | Unknown |
| Hawkins, Ann | 47 | 25 March 1806 | 16 May 1890 |
| Hawkins, Charles | 7 | 26 June 1845 | 21 August 1912 |
| Hawkins, Eli Brazee | Infant | 4 August 1853 | 27 April 1931 |
| Hawkins, James Richard | 19 | 19 September 1833 | 14 January 1908 |
| Hawkins, James Richard Aucock | 38 | 25 October 1814 | 31 July 1863 |
| Hawkins, John | 17 | 6 August 1835 | 24 January 1906 |
| Hawkins, Joseph | 3 | 28 October 1849 | 20 January 1933 |
| Hawkins, Susannah | 6 | 8 March 1847 | 8 July 1936 |
| Hawkins, William Edward Aucock | 9 | 31 January 1844 | 27 April 1911 |
| Hayward, Gammon | 25 | 7 January 1828 | 27 February 1883 |
| Hayward, Henry John | Infant | 2 September 1852 | 7 January 1927 |
| Hayward, Sarah Ann | 22 | 1 August 1830 | 15 February 1932 |
| Hayward, Sarah Elizabeth | 2 | 17 February 1851 | 31 July 1928 |
| Heggie, John Duncan | 54 | 9 February 1799 | 23 October 1880 |
| Heggie, John Grant | 23 | 29 March 1830 | 8 October 1905 |
| Heggie, Marjory Ritchie | 53 | 15 January 1800 | 11 September 1867 |
| Hillier, Thomas | 25 | About 1828 | Unknown |
| Hilton, Annie | 21 | 12 July 1831 | 30 August 1892 |
| Holst, Charles Fredrick Christian | 21 | 19 August 1831 | 2 August 1879 |
| Horsfall, George | 51 | 26 May 1802 | 26 July 1853 |
| Horton, Caroline | 28 | 25 December 1824 | 21 February 1857 |
| Hoyle, John | 50 | 10 June 1803 | Unknown |
| Jardine, Elizabeth | 34 | About 1819 | 10 January 1899 |
| Johnson, Thomas | 21 | 15 January 1832 | 7 February 1912 |
| Jones, Catherine | 35 | 1 January 1818 | After 1860 |
| Jones, George | 38 | 13 January 1815 | After 1860 |
| Kerrison, Carolina Eliza | 25 | 5 October 1827 | 7 September 1908 |
| Kerrison, George | 28 | 10 June 1825 | 2 January 1916 |
| Killpack, William Joseph | 21 | 6 February 1832 | 13 February 1911 |
| Kilpack, James | 22 | 6 September 1830 | 9 January 1908 |
| Kinnison, Robert Luke | 22 | 4 April 1831 | Unknown |
| Lawrence, Charlotte | 44 | 1809 | Unknown |
| Lilly, Joseph | 56 | About 1797 | Unknown |
| Lilly, Sarah | 46 | ca. 1807 | Unknown |
| Lloyd, Anne | 23 | 21 May 1830 | 12 March 1871 |
| Lloyd, Martha | 53 | 27 May 1800 | 20 November 1881 |
| Lloyd, William John | 29 | 9 August 1823 | 29 May 1903 |
| Logan, Robert | 47 | 22 December 1805 | 31 January 1892 |
| Lowe, Janet Grant | 20 | 8 December 1832 | 17 November 1854 |
| Lowe, Janet Grant | 20 | 8 December 1832 | Unknown |
| Lowe, Peter | 30 | 1 November 1822 | 1 June 1907 |
| Loyd, Martha | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
| Lyon, Janet | 44 | 15 March 1809 | 16 January 1896 |
| Lyon, John | 50 | 4 March 1803 | 28 November 1889 |
| Lyon, John J. | 18 | 18 January 1835 | 6 January 1915 |
| Lyon, Mary | 9 | 27 March 1844 | 18 March 1863 |
| Lyon, Mathew Thomson | 11 | 22 March 1842 | 31 October 1916 |
| Maiben, Alice Penn | 5 | 16 October 1847 | 6 May 1920 |
| Maiben, Caroline | 36 | 14 March 1817 | 14 October 1864 |
| Maiben, Henry | 33 | 6 July 1819 | 8 October 1883 |
| Maiben, Marian | Infant | 8 June 1853 | 4 October 1933 |
| Martin, Robert | 22 | 3 September 1830 | 5 August 1891 |
| McAuslan, Christina | 14 | 17 July 1838 | 25 August 1869 |
| McAuslan, David | 10 | 28 January 1843 | After 11 December 1853 |
| McAuslan, Elizabeth | 52 | 22 December 1800 | 13 November 1871 |
| McAuslan, Francis | 16 | 5 July 1836 | 10 March 1916 |
| McAuslan, Janet | 12 | 11 December 1840 | 3 August 1890 |
| McAuslan, Mary | 18 | 3 June 1835 | 5 December 1924 |
| McAuslan, Peter | 52 | 1 March 1801 | 5 May 1869 |
| McAuslan, William | 21 | 15 April 1832 | 12 November 1896 |
| McCord, Elizabeth Wallace | 8 | 14 November 1844 | 11 April 1884 |
| McEwan, Henry | 22 | 3 July 1830 | 16 April 1894 |
| McLean, Martha | 21 | 2 February 1832 | 11 July 1908 |
| Miller, John | 30 | 25 November 1822 | 28 November 1905 |
| Molyneaux, John | 56 | 21 August 1796 | 27 December 1866 |
| Moyes, Alfred | 18 | 12 May 1835 | 20 June 1924 |
| Moyes, Dinah | 41 | 2 October 1811 | 27 October 1870 |
| Moyes, Emma Ann | 19 | 24 April 1834 | 28 December 1922 |
| Moyes, John | 14 | 18 October 1838 | 14 February 1919 |
| Moyes, Jonathan | 35 | 9 May 1810 | 14 July 1876 |
| Newton, Clara | 38 | 25 February 1815 | Unknown |
| Newton, William | 39 | 19 February 1813 | 1891 |
| Noyce, Adelaide Louise | 19 | 25 December 1833 | 18 September 1896 |
| Noyce, Charles | 20 | 29 May 1833 | 2 January 1904 |
| Orrell, Nancy Miriam | 19 | 2 April 1834 | 16 May 1909 |
| Orrell, Rosa Ann | 22 | 2 April 1831 | 1 November 1857 |
| Payne, Edward | 17 | About 1836 | Unknown |
| Payne, Lynn | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
| Payne, Thomas | 57 | About 1796 | Unknown |
| Payne, William | 16 | About 1837 | Unknown |
| Penn, Mary | 31 | 29 October 1821 | Unknown |
| Peterson, John Eric | 21 | 14 March 1829 | 12 July 1888 |
| Platt, Eliza | 21 | 6 May 1832 | 12 June 1914 |
| Priestly, Hugh | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
| Pugsley, Joseph Edwin Franklin | 1 | 15 April 1852 | 10 April 1916 |
| Pugsley, Martha | 23 | 14 December 1829 | 23 June 1906 |
| Pugsley, Phillip | 31 | 18 December 1822 | 7 August 1903 |
| Ririe, James | 26 | 24 January 1827 | 17 June 1905 |
| Ritchie, James | 20 | 12 May 1833 | 27 February 1902 |
| Rose, Sarah | 21 | 4 February 1832 | 19 December 1914 |
| Roswell, Mary | 46 | About 1807 | Unknown |
| Sauze, Amy | 41 | 9 February 1812 | 10 June 1877 |
| Sauze, Charles Edward | 4 | 29 April 1849 | 12 July 1916 |
| Sauze, Clara Adelaide | 1 | 16 August 1851 | 7 October 1896 |
| Sauze, Eliza Sarah | 15 | 6 July 1837 | 13 November 1918 |
| Sauze, Emma | 8 | 7 December 1844 | 19 November 1927 |
| Sauze, Frederick William | 7 | 21 October 1846 | 19 February 1926 |
| Sauze, Harriet Ann | 17 | 27 January 1836 | 11 January 1912 |
| Sauze, James | 10 | 15 April 1843 | 10 October 1922 |
| Sauze, William | 45 | 4 March 1808 | 12 December 1890 |
| Shanks, James Dock | 19 | 29 November 1833 | 21 November 1921 |
| Sims, Caroline | 32 | 3 July 1820 | 13 March 1858 |
| Sims, Emma Maria Hilliker | 6 | 27 June 1846 | 31 March 1908 |
| Sims, George | 31 | 4 March 1822 | 23 October 1865 |
| Sims, Julia Hester | 5 | 18 May 1848 | 7 April 1936 |
| Smith, Elizabeth | 25 | 23 February 1828 | 1 October 1902 |
| Smith, James | 29 | 27 December 1823 | 19 April 1874 |
| Smith, Lillias | 21 | 19 July 1831 | 10 August 1922 |
| Smith, Mary | 58 | 22 August 1794 | 10 February 1868 |
| Smith, Samuel | 17 | About 1836 | Unknown |
| Smith, Samuel Paskell | 60 | 18 January 1793 | 25 October 1862 |
| Squires, Catherine Harriet | 28 | 20 March 1825 | 19 May 1865 |
| Squires, Henry Fell | 2 | 9 October 1850 | 25 November 1928 |
| Squires, John Fell | 7 | 5 April 1846 | 10 February 1933 |
| Squires, John Paternoster | 32 | 22 December 1820 | 20 November 1901 |
| Squires, Mary Ann | 8 | 4 June 1844 | 20 December 1907 |
| Squires, Richard Fell | 5 | 27 May 1848 | 12 September 1853 |
| Staines, Lillias Thompson | 16 | 22 August 1836 | 6 December 1918 |
| Stewart, Agnes Marshall | 4 | 14 May 1849 | 15 April 1932 |
| Stewart, Catherine | 25 | 16 March 1829 | 18 February 1874 |
| Stewart, Christina | 12 | About 1841 | Unknown |
| Stewart, Daniel McIntosh | 24 | 25 July 1828 | 11 January 1905 |
| Stewart, James | 59 | 12 April 1794 | 30 November 1877 |
| Stewart, James Glenn | Infant | 27 March 1853 | 17 January 1930 |
| Stewart, Marion | 60 | 15 March 1793 | 27 September 1871 |
| Stewart, Marion McIntosh | 2 | 3 March 1851 | 26 October 1941 |
| Stewart, Thomas McIntosh | 16 | 25 April 1837 | 24 October 1858 |
| Tall, Adelaide | 23 | About 1830 | Unknown |
| Tall, George | 26 | 15 July 1826 | 23 January 1917 |
| Thirkell, Caroline | 9 | 17 February 1844 | 30 January 1937 |
| Thirkell, Jemima Brown | 11 | 11 November 1841 | 9 July 1916 |
| Thirkell, John Pinnock | 38 | 17 July 1814 | 10 April 1884 |
| Thirkell, Mary Agnes | 6 | 28 April 1847 | 11 August 1853 |
| Thirkell, Mary Baynes | 38 | 31 March 1815 | 7 December 1881 |
| Thirkell, Rebecca | Infant | 28 August 1852 | 4 August 1853 |
| Thirkell, Sarah Ann | 15 | 18 September 1837 | 3 November 1917 |
| Thompson, Hugh | 61 | 26 September 1782 | 27 November 1866 |
| Tremayne, Elizabeth Dennis | 31 | 1 April 1821 | 12 January 1904 |
| Tremayne, Hyrum | 2 | 16 February 1851 | 4 March 1934 |
| Tremayne, Joseph | Infant | 22 March 1853 | 25 August 1926 |
| Tremayne, William Henry | 28 | 20 May 1825 | 18 May 1889 |
| Urie, John Main | 18 | 28 April 1835 | 11 February 1921 |
| Waddington, Richard E. | 33 | About 1820 | Unknown |
| Walker, William Gibson | 55 | 7 July 1797 | 11 March 1875 |
| Watson, | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
| Watson, Mary | 24 | 1829 | Unknown |
| Waugh, Elizabeth | 38 | 9 July 1814 | 25 March 1890 |
| Waugh, George Peden | 64 | 11 February 1789 | 29 November 1856 |
| Welch, Charles | 25 | 18 May 1828 | 13 January 1903 |
| Whitby, Wynyard | 23 | 23 March 1830 | 4 May 1880 |
| Williams, Elvira Ann | Infant | 28 February 1853 | 26 December 1944 |
| Williams, Jane Emma | 19 | 4 November 1833 | 27 May 1900 |
| Williams, John Jones | 29 | 12 August 1823 | 10 January 1899 |
| Wilson, Athera | 1 | 7 February 1852 | 18 February 1879 |
| Wilson, James Alford | 1 | 2 March 1852 | 10 November 1920 |
| Wilson, Jane | 40 | 6 August 1812 | 17 March 1856 |
| Wilson, John George | 26 | 29 October 1826 | 3 August 1908 |
| Wilson, John Simpkins | 34 | 31 January 1819 | 2 February 1889 |
| Wilson, Lucy | 29 | 30 April 1824 | 25 August 1897 |
| Wilson, Walter | 3 | 24 March 1850 | 5 January 1918 |
| Wood, Emma Maria | 28 | 12 July 1824 | 23 September 1888 |
| Wright, Edgar | 11 | 15 March 1842 | 20 April 1922 |
| Wright, Ellen | 16 | 30 June 1836 | 11 December 1904 |
| Wright, Frederick | 14 | 14 April 1839 | 18 January 1908 |
| Wright, Jane | 56 | About 1797 | Unknown |
| Wright, John | 60 | About 1793 | Unknown |
| Wright, Mary | 55 | 13 February 1798 | 28 March 1863 |
| Wright, Sarah | 21 | 30 May 1832 | 22 December 1876 |
| Wyatt, Charles Horsecroft | Infant | 2 September 1853 | 18 December 1854 |
| Wyatt, John Horsecroft | 3 | 2 December 1849 | 10 May 1939 |
| Wyatt, John Moses | 24 | 22 May 1829 | 10 March 1905 |
| Wyatt, Sarah Caroline | 24 | 25 January 1829 | 31 December 1914 |