Appleton M. Harmon Company (1853)

Date Unknown
- Type
- Wagon
- Category
- Church Train
- Direction
- Westbound
- Departure
- 15 June 1853
- Departed From
- Kanesville, Iowa
- Arrival
- 16 October 1853
- Captain
- Appleton Milo Harmon
- Number In Company
- 294
About 200 individuals and about 22 wagons were in the company when it began its journey from the outfitting post at either Keokuk, Iowa or Kanesville, Iowa (present day Council Bluffs). This company crossed the Missouri River on 14 July 1853.
The company departed 15-16 June 1853.
- “Appleton M. Harmon Company report, 1853.” In Brigham Young office emigrating companies reports 1850-1862, Reports 1853-1855. (CR 1234 5, Box 1, Folder 29)
- Barrus, B. F., "Biography of Barrus Family," Tooele Transcript Bulletin , 26 Jan. 1923.
- Boren, Lucina Mecham, History of Lucina Mecham Boren. Trail excerpt transcribed from "Pioneer History Collection" available at Pioneer Memorial Museum [Daughters of Utah Pioneers Museum], Salt Lake City, Utah. Some restrictions apply.
- Brown, John, and A. M. Harmon to Brigham Young, 12 Oct. 1853, in Brigham Young, Office Files 1832-1878, reel 32, box 22, fd. 21.
- Brown, John, and A. M. Harmon to Brigham Young, 17 Sept. 1853, in Brigham Young, Office Files 1832-1878, reel 32, box 22, fd. 21.
- Chamberlain, John Marvin, Reminiscences [c. 1925], [2-5].
- Cornelius Bagnall Emigrating Company journal, 1853 March-October.
- Livingston, James Campbell, Autobiographical sketch, 1.
- McNaughton, James, Journal, 1851-1858.
- Roskelley, Samuel, "Grandpa Roskelley Looks at Life," Roskelley Organ 1, no. 1 (1 June 1951): 10-13.
Able, Elijah | 44 | 25 July 1808 | 25 December 1884 |
Able, Enoch | Infant | 6 September 1852 | 22 February 1901 |
Able, Mary Ann | 23 | 24 December 1829 | 27 November 1877 |
Able, Moroni | 5 | 4 April 1848 | 20 October 1871 |
Able, Rebecca Ann | Infant | 8 January 1853 | 6 March 1907 |
Aird, Elizabeth | 31 | 6 May 1822 | 4 September 1877 |
Aird, William | 32 | 3 March 1821 | 4 July 1889 |
Alexander, John | 18 | 23 October 1834 | 26 January 1908 |
Attwood, Esther | 21 | 14 July 1831 | About 1877 |
Attwood, Richard Harrison | 27 | 2 August 1825 | 25 March 1893 |
Bagnall, Cornelius John | 11 | 20 November 1841 | Unknown |
Bagnall, Cornelius John | 50 | February 1803 | March 1877 |
Bagnall, Elizabeth | 12 | 2 January 1841 | Unknown |
Bagnall, Elizabeth Sarah | 40 | 29 January 1813 | October 1886 |
Bagnall, James Ebenezer | 10 | 21 May 1843 | Unknown |
Bagnall, John | 23 | About 1830 | Unknown |
Bagnall, Joseph | 3 | 3 November 1849 | Unknown |
Bagnall, Samuel | Infant | 1853 | Unknown |
Bagnall, Stephen | 8 | 7 April 1845 | Unknown |
Bagnall, Susannah | Infant | 23 December 1852 | 1 June 1929 |
Bailey, Elizabeth | 20 | 30 April 1833 | 18 October 1918 |
Bailey, George Brown | 20 | 15 February 1833 | 4 November 1895 |
Barlow, Catherine | 26 | 17 March 1827 | 22 May 1904 |
Barlow, James | 3 | 22 October 1849 | 16 July 1926 |
Barnes, Ann | 10 | 13 July 1842 | 23 December 1918 |
Barnes, Charles | 5 | 4 March 1848 | 30 December 1926 |
Barnes, Elizabeth | 57 | 13 October 1795 | 25 November 1869 |
Barnes, Elizabeth | 28 | 4 December 1824 | 2 May 1899 |
Barnes, Emily | 18 | 6 February 1835 | 30 August 1875 |
Barnes, Frances Fitzjohn | 34 | 5 September 1818 | 5 September 1876 |
Barnes, John James | Infant | 12 September 1852 | 3 February 1923 |
Barnes, John Richard | 19 | 28 July 1833 | 21 January 1919 |
Barnes, Lorenzo W. | 2 | 19 August 1850 | 21 April 1923 |
Barnes, William | 60 | 17 October 1792 | 9 September 1880 |
Barnes, William | 9 | 31 January 1844 | 11 February 1904 |
Barnes, William Jeffries | 32 | 20 August 1820 | 14 November 1893 |
Barrus, Benjamin Franklin | 15 | 31 May 1838 | 29 August 1921 |
Barrus, Emery | 44 | 8 April 1809 | 6 October 1899 |
Barrus, Emery Alexander | 5 | 28 March 1848 | 16 November 1858 |
Barrus, Huldah Abigail | 37 | 16 April 1816 | 22 August 1872 |
Barrus, Mary Hulda | 10 | 8 April 1843 | 5 July 1926 |
Barrus, Orrin Eleazar | 7 | 14 September 1845 | 1 August 1906 |
Barrus, Ruel Michael | 2 | 14 November 1850 | 23 May 1916 |
Bessey, Lenard | 33 | 1 May 1820 | Unknown |
Birch, Ellen | 31 | 13 September 1821 | 9 June 1909 |
Birch, Mary Ellen | 1 | 26 May 1852 | 31 January 1936 |
Birch, Richard | 29 | 25 May 1824 | 24 March 1909 |
Bishop, James | 21 | 24 June 1831 | 4 January 1908 |
Boaz, Elizabeth Hicks | 21 | 28 June 1830 | 12 June 1906 |
Bollen, William Ross | 45 | 13 June 1808 | 21 December 1869 |
Bowler, Elizabeth Betty | 27 | 13 January 1827 | 21 August 1896 |
Boyack, James | 24 | 14 September 1828 | 19 December 1893 |
Bray, Francis Jeffrey | 60 | 15 November 1792 | October 1853 |
Bray, Selina Rayson | 51 | 11 May 1802 | 13 August 1853 |
Brownell, Jeremiah | 26 | About 1827 | Unknown |
Brownell, Mary | 25 | About 1828 | Unknown |
Brownell, Mary Jane | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
Burdick, Sarah Elvira | 23 | 11 August 1829 | 26 January 1898 |
Burton, Elizabeth | 21 | About 1832 | Unknown |
Burton, William | 21 | About 1832 | Unknown |
Cardy, Margaret | 46 | 23 October 1806 | About 1876 |
Carmichael, John | 29 | 24 August 1823 | 27 March 1885 |
Caton, Helen | 38 | About 1815 | Unknown |
Chamberlain, Elizabeth | 45 | 31 August 1807 | 10 May 1891 |
Chamberlain, John Marvin | 9 | 27 May 1844 | 5 May 1930 |
Chamberlain, Richard Thomas | 13 | 31 October 1839 | 7 February 1928 |
Chamberlain, Thomas Taylor | 43 | 21 February 1810 | 9 December 1891 |
Chamberlain, William Henry | 15 | 21 February 1838 | 23 November 1859 |
Clark, Mary Ann | 18 | 28 April 1835 | 19 April 1913 |
Condey, Elizabeth | 25 | About 1828 | Unknown |
Condey, James | 25 | 1 January 1828 | Unknown... |
Cowdey, Agnes E. | Infant | About 1853 | Unknown |
Curtis, Jane Maria | 19 | 14 November 1833 | 31 October 1918 |
Curtis, Sarah | 41 | 7 February 1812 | 6 February 1882 |
Davis, Jane | 33 | 19 January 1820 | 9 March 1908 |
Davis, William D. | 33 | 29 April 1820 | 30 July 1898 |
DeHart, John | 24 | About 1829 | Unknown |
DeHart, Lydia Nickerson | 18 | 22 October 1834 | 4 September 1862 |
Derby, Mary | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
Doltin [or Dalton], John | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
Doxey, Ann Elizabeth | 22 | 20 December 1830 | 14 May 1873 |
Doxey, Thomas | 24 | 27 March 1829 | 25 March 1903 |
Evans, Henry William Joseph | 17 | 14 March 1836 | 29 July 1853 |
Gardner, Alfred | 10 | 25 September 1842 | 8 June 1914 |
Gardner, Emma | 5 | 5 April 1848 | 7 July 1932 |
Gardner, Henry | 13 | 14 May 1840 | 22 December 1881 |
Gardner, John | 47 | 31 May 1806 | 19 January 1880 |
Gardner, Mary Ann | 47 | 2 January 1806 | 10 April 1880 |
Gillespie, Jannet | 37 | About 1816 | Unknown |
Golightly, Elisabeth | 12 | 6 May 1841 | 18 September 1930 |
Golightly, Isabella | 45 | 3 March 1808 | 14 May 1854 |
Golightly, Jane | 14 | 22 November 1838 | 9 July 1884 |
Golightly, John | 5 | 19 August 1847 | 12 March 1870 |
Golightly, Thomas | 8 | 14 December 1844 | 22 January 1928 |
Goodwin, Jesse | 47 | 30 June 1805 | 20 July 1864 |
Gough, Harriet | 31 | 15 May 1822 | 20 October 1900 |
Gough, John | 6 | 12 August 1846 | Unknown |
Gough, Josiah | 4 | 24 July 1848 | 11 May 1915 |
Gough, William | 31 | 25 March 1822 | Unknown |
Gray, Franklin Thomas | 1 | 8 December 1851 | 13 April 1920 |
Gray, Joseph Edney | Infant | 1 September 1853 | 19 January 1872 |
Gray, Joseph Reeves | 29 | 16 May 1824 | 2 February 1877 |
Gray, Mary | 23 | 12 June 1830 | 4 September 1863 |
Harmon, Appleton Milo | 33 | 29 May 1820 | 26 February 1877 |
Haws, Emily | 19 | 9 June 1834 | 5 November 1861 |
Hayward, Hannah | 14 | 23 February 1839 | 14 March 1918 |
Hayward, Ruth | 39 | 1 May 1814 | 13 October 1904 |
Hayward, William | 36 | 25 February 1817 | 27 September 1891 |
Hodgetts, Joseph | 30 | 13 February 1823 | Unknown |
Hodgetts, Mary | 26 | 28 May 1820 | Unknown |
Holden, Abigail | 35 | 25 February 1818 | 26 July 1891 |
Holden, Caroline | 4 | 27 August 1848 | 10 August 1922 |
Holden, Catherine Irene | 4 | 27 August 1848 | 30 April 1898 |
Holden, John | Infant | December 1852 | 27 February 1900 |
Holden, Martha Elizabeth | 6 | 25 February 1847 | 10 January 1920 |
Hughes, Ann | 34 | 10 January 1819 | 3 July 1909 |
Hughes, Henry | 1 | 14 June 1852 | 16 June 1919 |
Hughes, Henry | 27 | 25 December 1825 | 28 May 1904 |
Hunt, Mary | 56 | 14 June 1797 | 21 August 1853 |
Hunting, Benjamin | 18 | 21 February 1835 | 30 May 1855 |
Hunting, Elizabeth | 50 | 24 April 1803 | 1 May 1891 |
Hunting, James | 61 | 16 December 1791 | 11 November 1871 |
Hunting, Nathan Charles | 13 | 24 June 1839 | 11 October 1911 |
Hunting, William James | 15 | 19 June 1838 | 14 August 1916 |
Jack, James | 23 | 20 November 1829 | 27 March 1911 |
Jack, Jemima Elizabeth | 23 | 20 June 1829 | 20 January 1920 |
Jackson, William | 20 | 3 August 1832 | 25 January 1895 |
John, Archibald Meigh | 38 | About 1815 | Unknown |
Kimball, Hulda Barnes | 46 | 1 October 1806 | 20 September 1898 |
Layton, Isabella | 16 | 6 August 1836 | 15 December 1877 |
Leatham, James | 22 | 15 December 1830 | 21 December 1921 |
Leigh, Joseph | 18 | 14 March 1836 | 7 February 1904 |
Leigh, Mary | 12 | 25 May 1840 | 13 April 1923 |
Littlewood, Ann | 32 | 2 June 1821 | June 1889 |
Littlewood, Martin | 35 | 28 January 1818 | 20 February 1898 |
Livingston, James Campbell | 19 | 1 December 1833 | 17 October 1909 |
Luke, Ann | 26 | 25 December 1826 | 14 September 1888 |
Luke, Charles Oliver | 24 | 25 January 1829 | 20 June 1900 |
Luke, Henry | 17 | 17 March 1836 | 26 June 1867 |
Luke, William | 18 | 2 September 1834 | 28 September 1904 |
Martin, George | 19 | 19 November 1833 | 28 August 1853 |
Masher, James | 26 | About 1827 | Unknown |
Mason, Alfred | 7 | About 1846 | Unknown |
Mason, Emma | 33 | About 1820 | Unknown |
Mason, Ephraim | 10 | ca. 1843 | Unknown |
Mason, John | 35 | About 1819 | Unknown |
Mason, Phoebe Louisa | Infant | 16 September 1853 | 20 September 1853 |
McIntyre, Agnes | 1 | About 1852 | Unknown |
McIntyre, Catherine Inez | 11 | 31 August 1841 | 28 October 1898 |
McIntyre, Donald | 8 | About 1845 | Unknown |
McIntyre, Henry | 6 | About 1847 | Unknown |
McIntyre, John | 8 | About 1845 | Unknown |
McIntyre, John | 32 | About 1821 | Unknown |
McIntyre, Mary | 31 | 16 August 1821 | Unknown |
McIntyre, Mary | 32 | About 1821 | Unknown |
McIsaac, Elizabeth | 22 | 17 December 1828 | 22 April 1870 |
McNaughton, Elizabeth Shaw | 5 | 1 October 1847 | 4 August 1918 |
McNaughton, James | 33 | 27 December 1819 | 22 May 1876 |
McNaughton, Lorenzo | Infant | 3 February 1853 | 1 April 1926 |
McNaughton, Thompson Virgles Kirkwood | 1 | 13 August 1851 | 23 August 1923 |
Mecham, Celestia Ann | 4 | 12 September 1848 | 11 March 1909 |
Mecham, Donna Maria | 1 | 15 April 1852 | 13 May 1935 |
Mecham, Elvira | 41 | 6 November 1811 | 28 April 1886 |
Mecham, Elvira Jane | 11 | 4 March 1842 | 4 January 1920 |
Mecham, John Derby | 3 | 30 April 1850 | 14 January 1932 |
Mecham, Leonidas Moses Worthen | 49 | 19 February 1804 | 22 July 1878 |
Mecham, Lucina | 12 | 11 March 1841 | 21 June 1925 |
Mecham, Martha | 14 | 23 February 1839 | 23 December 1924 |
Mecham, Moses Moroni | 7 | 8 July 1845 | 16 March 1928 |
Mecham, Samuel | 22 | 9 February 1831 | 25 January 1877 |
Meredith, Grace | 21 | 25 October 1831 | 15 December 1883 |
Meredith, John Bullard | 19 | 25 October 1833 | 25 July 1897 |
Meredith, Richard | 61 | 9 August 1791 | Unknown |
Meredith, Samuel | 18 | 16 November 1834 | 18 February 1857 |
Meredith, Sarah | 56 | About 1797 | Unknown |
Molyneaux, John | 26 | 17 September 1826 | March 1911 |
Molyneaux, Louisa | 27 | About 1826 | 15 August 1866 |
Molyneaux, Martha | Infant | 12 July 1853 | 26 December 1895 |
Molyneaux, William | 4 | 25 December 1848 | 15 January 1890 |
Morris, Gomer | 1 | 15 March 1852 | Unknown |
Morris, Hyrum | 5 | 9 February 1848 | Unknown |
Morris, Joseph Smith | 7 | 11 May 1846 | 14 April 1910 |
Morris, Margaret | 13 | 11 September 1839 | 16 November 1916 |
Morris, Mary Margaret | 31 | 11 July 1821 | 27 March 1888 |
Muir, Isabella | 15 | 15 August 1837 | 7 December 1903 |
Muir, James | 60 | 22 January 1793 | 27 October 1872 |
Muir, John | 23 | 8 January 1830 | 25 August 1908 |
Oldroyd, Archibald Todd | 9 | 4 January 1844 | 6 May 1917 |
Orr, Annie | 9 | 14 August 1843 | 26 January 1863 |
Orr, Elizabeth | 13 | 27 November 1839 | 16 March 1922 |
Orr, Elizabeth Ann | 47 | 15 June 1806 | 27 July 1880 |
Orr, James Copeland | 23 | 6 June 1831 | 6 June 1890 |
Orr, John | 7 | 26 July 1845 | 19 March 1901 |
Orr, Matthew | 16 | 15 May 1837 | 1 March 1891 |
Orr, Robert Ustain | 50 | 2 August 1802 | 7 November 1887 |
Orr, Robert Ustain | 18 | 10 May 1835 | 27 July 1889 |
Orser, America | 15 | 11 October 1837 | 20 August 1917 |
Packer, Polly | 20 | 15 March 1833 | 17 November 1920 |
Park, Mary S. | 21 | 22 March 1832 | 27 June 1895 |
Perks, Jane | 53 | 25 September 1799 | 20 November 1859 |
Perks, Nancy | 8 | 12 February 1845 | 18 December 1912 |
Perks, William | 20 | 19 March 1833 | 20 December 1907 |
Reed, John | 22 | 27 December 1830 | 23 July 1860 |
Reed, Sarah | 17 | 1 December 1835 | 18 December 1853 |
Reid, Euphemia | 55 | 23 September 1797 | 21 March 1875 |
Reid, George | 57 | 20 October 1795 | 16 December 1869 |
Reid, James Grieg | 13 | 17 May 1840 | 27 December 1901 |
Reid, John Grieg | 16 | 29 October 1836 | 17 September 1915 |
Reid, Mary | 60 | 26 December 1792 | 27 June 1872 |
Riste, James | 53 | 27 April 1800 | 28 December 1882 |
Robinson, George | 53 | 25 September 1799 | 13 February 1876 |
Robinson, Mercy | 21 | 15 October 1831 | 9 December 1878 |
Robinson, Thomas | 51 | 22 May 1802 | 6 May 1883 |
Robinson, William Henry | 21 | 11 April 1832 | 24 November 1888 |
Rockhill, Isabella | 32 | 29 June 1820 | 6 June 1895 |
Rockhill, John Wood | 5 | 24 April 1848 | 30 March 1898 |
Rockhill, William Wood | 32 | 20 March 1821 | 31 January 1879 |
Rockhill, William Wood | 7 | 2 March 1846 | 16 April 1854 |
Rose, Robert | 14 | About 1839 | Unknown |
Roskelley, Samuel | 16 | 1 January 1837 | 10 February 1914 |
Ross, Eliza | 45 | 8 May 1807 | Unknown |
Ross, Louisa | 9 | 31 May 1844 | Unknown |
Saunders, Elizabeth | 31 | 3 May 1822 | 17 October 1869 |
Savin, [Mr.] | Unknown | Unknown | 1853 |
Shields, George | Infant | 27 July 1852 | 1861 |
Shields, George | 24 | 15 August 1828 | 19 April 1908 |
Shields, James Craig | 5 | 11 October 1847 | 3 March 1884 |
Shields, Jane | 25 | 17 May 1828 | 21 July 1911 |
Smith, Adam Browning | 21 | 30 January 1832 | 26 August 1916 |
Smith, Adam Wylie | 55 | 11 January 1798 | 21 January 1863 |
Smith, George Browning | 9 | 3 November 1843 | 24 September 1912 |
Smith, Lucy Gurney | 1 | 5 January 1852 | 20 August 1952 |
Smith, Margaret | 22 | 29 September 1830 | 3 December 1880 |
Smith, Marion | 16 | 15 April 1837 | 31 August 1879 |
Smith, Martha | 52 | 11 November 1800 | 2 February 1865 |
Smith, Martha Browning | 11 | 16 July 1841 | 8 January 1917 |
Smith, Orson Gurney | Infant | 4 July 1853 | 5 August 1935 |
Smith, Thomas X. | 24 | 25 December 1828 | 1 January 1907 |
Stayner, Arthur | 18 | 29 March 1835 | 4 September 1899 |
Stayner, Thomas John | 25 | 12 June 1828 | 11 February 1909 |
Stewart, William Cameron | 24 | 16 January 1829 | 23 January 1895 |
Stockton, Elias B. | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
Summers, George | 22 | 8 May 1831 | 30 September 1883 |
Summers, Mary Ann | 19 | 15 August 1833 | 6 February 1888 |
Taylor, George | 23 | 16 March 1830 | 11 December 1915 |
Teasdale, Elizabeth | 18 | 2 July 1834 | 13 October 1898 |
Thompson, William | 22 | About 1831 | Unknown |
Thornton, Alexander Kennedy | 6 | 6 April 1847 | 4 September 1924 |
Thornton, Arthur | 15 | 19 May 1838 | 31 March 1914 |
Thornton, Hugh | 16 | 16 August 1836 | 5 July 1926 |
Thornton, Margaret Eccles | 9 | 4 January 1844 | 17 July 1908 |
Thornton, Mary | 45 | 17 March 1808 | 12 April 1885 |
Thornton, Samuel | 18 | 10 August 1834 | 17 August 1908 |
Thornton, Thomas Gilbert | 12 | 22 January 1841 | 13 January 1915 |
Thornton, William Collins | 47 | 1 June 1806 | 9 June 1865 |
Till, Charlotte Green | 20 | 14 October 1832 | 10 April 1913 |
Till, Robert | 26 | 20 May 1827 | 25 August 1898 |
Todd, Catherine Mary | 30 | 4 August 1822 | 1 April 1897 |
Tyrrell, Joseph | 22 | 29 January 1831 | 19 May 1906 |
Tyrrell, Priscilla | 27 | 26 September 1825 | 9 August 1896 |
Vest, Hannah | 14 | 7 January 1839 | 13 June 1889 |
Vest, John | 54 | 13 July 1798 | 3 March 1877 |
Vest, Mary Ann | 53 | 21 July 1799 | 2 November 1882 |
Wallace, Andrew | 19 | About 1834 | 10 November 1880 |
Wallace, Hannah | 17 | 14 January 1836 | 19 January 1917 |
Wallace, James | 9 | About 1844 | Unknown |
Wallace, Mary | 55 | About 1798 | 24 January 1885 |
Wallace, Thomas Loggan | 48 | 13 January 1805 | 22 December 1879 |
Walsh, Ellen | 24 | 10 March 1829 | 12 February 1911 |
Walsh, Henry | 25 | 8 June 1828 | 14 November 1892 |
Walsh, Mary Ann | 1 | 1 May 1852 | 25 April 1926 |
Watson, Ann | 48 | 24 June 1798 | 20 May 1881 |
Weed, Joshua | 11 | 24 March 1842 | May 1870 |
Widdison, Agnes | 21 | 28 December 1831 | 19 May 1920 |
Widdison, Hannah | 15 | 15 January 1838 | 10 December 1871 |
Widdison, James Gourley | Infant | 12 January 1853 | 16 November 1923 |
Widdison, Janet | 41 | 20 February 1812 | 14 November 1889 |
Widdison, Robert Russell | 9 | 21 March 1844 | 21 March 1921 |
Widdison, Thomas | 49 | 5 May 1804 | 15 May 1876 |
Widdison, William Livingston | 6 | 21 September 1846 | 26 February 1928 |
Willes, Ann | 47 | 25 March 1806 | 21 December 1877 |
Willes, Ann Sarah | 10 | 22 January 1843 | 20 May 1924 |
Willes, Frederick George | 13 | 15 November 1839 | 31 August 1903 |
Willes, Harriet Ann | 11 | 18 July 1841 | 14 March 1925 |
Willes, John Kibbey | 5 | 1 January 1848 | Unknown |
Wilson, Isaac | 29 | 3 February 1829 | 12 July 1900 |
Woolley, Ann | 22 | 14 February 1830 | 2 August 1910 |
Woolley, Jane Eason | 60 | 1798 | 27 January 1869 |
Woolley, William | 62 | About 1795 | 3 May 1873 |
Wright, William | 22 | About 1831 | Unknown |
Young, Aaron | 8 | 3 August 1844 | 22 August 1924 |
Young, Ann | 17 | 5 July 1836 | 28 July 1894 |
Young, Caroline | 8 | 3 August 1844 | 5 April 1927 |
Young, Hannah | 43 | 7 April 1810 | 25 January 1893 |