John S. Higbee/James W. Bay Company (1852)
Date Unknown
Date Unknown
- Type
- Wagon
- Category
- Church Train
- Direction
- Westbound
- Departure
- 28 May 1852
- Departed From
- Kanesville, Iowa
- Arrival
- 13 August 1852
- Captains
- James Willard Bay
- John Somers Higbee
- Number In Company
- 193
About 190 individuals were in the company when it began its journey from the outfitting post at Kanesville, Iowa (present day Council Bluffs). Members of the company arrived in the Salt Lake Valley from 13-20 August 1852.
- "1st Company," Deseret News [Weekly], 18 Sep. 1852, 2.
- 1st Company of 50 reports, 1852, Brigham Young office emigrating companies reports, 1850-1862.
- Allen, Charles Hopkins, Autobiography [1916], 37-43.
- "Arrivals," Deseret News [Weekly], 21 Aug. 1852, 83.
- Bay, James W., Letter, in Journal History of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 4 Aug. 1852, 1-2.
- Bay, James Willard, Diaries, 1850-1853, vol. 2.
- Bay, James Willard. Journal, 1850 July-1858 Apr., 163-75.
- Buckwalter, Henry Shuler, Autobiography, ca. 1906, 9.
- Cook, Elizabeth Hunter, "History of the Hunter Family," 1-2, in Hunter family histories [n.d.].
- Cook, Janet Hunter, Autobiographical statement in "A Short Sketch of the Life of David Simpson Cook and Wife, Janet Hunter Cook," 2, Upper Snake River Valley Histories, David O. McKay Library, B.Y.U. Idaho, Rexburg, Idaho.
- Deseret News [Weekly], 7 Aug. 1852, 3.
- George Laub reminiscences and journal, 1845 January-1857 April, 29 May 1852– August 1852, 199-266.
- Greenhalgh, William, The History of William Greenhalgh as Written by Himself, 2.
- Hardy, Josiah Guile, Reminiscences [ca. 1860], 3.
- Higbee, John Somers, Reminiscences and diaries, 1845-1866, vol. 3.
- Jones, Thomas Jefferson, Autobiographical sketch 1911, 1-2.
- McNeill, John, Journal 1847-1863, 42.
- McNeill, John, Reminiscences 1901-1902, 42.
| Alexander, Clinton | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
| Allen, | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
| Allen, Andrew Lee | 57 | 27 November 1794 | 14 August 1870 |
| Allen, Andrew Lee | 19 | 16 August 1832 | 8 June 1918 |
| Allen, Charles Hopkins | 21 | 16 October 1830 | 18 February 1922 |
| Allen, James | 18 | 12 October 1833 | 17 January 1890 |
| Allen, Julia | 7 | 8 June 1844 | 23 September 1858 |
| Allen, Levi Knapp | 10 | 1 April 1842 | 18 February 1928 |
| Allen, Lydia Jane | 24 | 5 June 1827 | 13 October 1870 |
| Allen, Sidney David Rigdon | 16 | 12 August 1835 | 1 January 1905 |
| Allen, Susan | 14 | 31 December 1837 | 16 April 1924 |
| Allred, Barton | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
| Anderson, David E. | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
| Armstrong, Albert | 15 | 11 December 1836 | 20 September 1876 |
| Armstrong, Benjamin | 11 | 23 October 1840 | 31 December 1921 |
| Armstrong, David | 18 | 1 September 1833 | 13 January 1919 |
| Armstrong, Eliza Price | 8 | 14 August 1843 | 20 April 1912 |
| Armstrong, George Washington | 41 | 4 July 1810 | 30 August 1881 |
| Armstrong, Hannah Maria | 2 | 8 August 1849 | 8 April 1868 |
| Armstrong, Julia Ann | 41 | 5 August 1810 | 12 December 1897 |
| Armstrong, Susannah Price | 20 | 16 July 1831 | 7 January 1873 |
| Ball, John William | Unknown | About 1845 | Unknown |
| Ball, Jotham Tompkins | 11 | 19 February 1841 | 27 May 1930 |
| Ball, Mary Ann | 12 | 6 July 1839 | 6 May 1909 |
| Ball, Mary Ann | 38 | 12 August 1813 | 10 December 1905 |
| Ball, Rhoda Louisa | 9 | 31 March 1843 | 12 June 1932 |
| Ball, Zeruiah Jane | Unknown | About 1848 | 25 January 1918 |
| Barida, Mariah | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
| Baum, Elizabeth | 18 | 27 January 1834 | 6 May 1916 |
| Baum, Elizabeth | 53 | 14 April 1799 | 14 October 1871 |
| Baum, Jacob Harris | 15 | 29 May 1836 | 21 March 1912 |
| Baum, Jane Harris | 19 | 2 July 1832 | 20 June 1903 |
| Baum, Jennetta Rachel | 14 | 17 July 1837 | 29 September 1910 |
| Baum, John Jacob | 58 | 5 April 1794 | 5 February 1881 |
| Bay, James Willard | 29 | 24 October 1822 | 25 October 1897 |
| Bay, Lucinda | 25 | 31 December 1826 | 1 November 1884 |
| Beal, Laura Adaline | 45 | 3 October 1806 | 22 April 1885 |
| Bell, John | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
| Binnel, John | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
| Boone, Jacob | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
| Buckwalter, Elizabeth Lucretia | 12 | 7 April 1840 | 10 November 1903 |
| Buckwalter, Henry Shuler | 21 | 12 May 1831 | 11 June 1908 |
| Buckwalter, John Edwin | 17 | 30 June 1834 | 14 February 1870 |
| Buckwalter, Sarah | 51 | 15 May 1801 | 25 January 1879 |
| Buckwalter, Sarah | 19 | 3 March 1833 | 2 April 1853 |
| Caldwell, Charles S. | 14 | 14 August 1837 | Unknown |
| Caldwell, Emily Frances | 9 | 25 March 1843 | 3 September 1874 |
| Caldwell, Margery A. | 6 | 19 February 1846 | Unknown |
| Caldwell, Mary E. | Infant | 22 September 1851 | Unknown |
| Caldwell, Mary W. | 34 | 17 April 1818 | 23 March 1901 |
| Caldwell, Robert | 40 | 1 January 1812 | 6 February 1890 |
| Caldwell, Robert Jackson | 13 | 27 October 1838 | 30 November 1864 |
| Call, [Sister] | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
| Carpenter, John Sincere | 31 | 10 March 1821 | 26 November 1894 |
| Carr, Mary Ann | 11 | 20 February 1841 | 24 October 1906 |
| Clark, Isaac Perry | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
| Cotton [or Colton], Joseph | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
| Eaby, John C. | 37 | 6 October 1814 | 17 May 1900 |
| Earl, Jane | 30 | 6 January 1822 | 20 October 1913 |
| Earl, Jonathan | 38 | 29 July 1813 | 11 September 1873 |
| Earl, Joseph Wright | 1 | 22 September 1850 | 29 August 1906 |
| Farnsworth, Albert Stephen | 8 | 22 May 1844 | 28 November 1904 |
| Farnsworth, Alonzo Lafayette | 10 | 22 October 1841 | 16 May 1931 |
| Farnsworth, Austin Martindale | 13 | 16 December 1838 | 8 December 1912 |
| Farnsworth, Caroline Elizabeth | 3 | 21 March 1849 | 23 June 1927 |
| Farnsworth, Julia Ann | 33 | 1 May 1819 | 18 November 1894 |
| Farnsworth, Stephen Martindale | 42 | 8 October 1809 | 19 September 1885 |
| Farnsworth, Stephen Martindale | 5 | 17 February 1847 | 24 July 1928 |
| Farr, Sarah Matilda | 11 | 1 May 1841 | 23 May 1914 |
| Felterman, George | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
| Frampton, William Martindale | 20 | 20 September 1831 | 23 May 1906 |
| Gaddegel, Robert | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
| Grainger, Christopher | 38 | 14 August 1813 | 7 February 1891 |
| Hardy, Charles William | 8 | 28 July 1843 | 6 June 1914 |
| Hardy, Josiah Guile | 39 | 17 March 1813 | 12 January 1894 |
| Hardy, Lucy | 13 | 24 August 1838 | 19 January 1919 |
| Hardy, Milton Henry | 7 | 26 September 1844 | 23 August 1905 |
| Hardy, Sarah Adaline | 5 | 30 March 1847 | 11 November 1920 |
| Hardy, Sarah Clark | 37 | 30 March 1815 | 23 December 1893 |
| Hardy, Warren | 11 | 3 September 1840 | 22 November 1893 |
| Hawkins, John Bennett | 26 | 16 November 1825 | 12 April 1898 |
| Higbee, Ann Grainger | 35 | 7 March 1817 | 27 September 1878 |
| Higbee, John Somers | 48 | 7 March 1804 | 27 October 1877 |
| Holden, Dorothy | 42 | 26 May 1810 | After 1860 |
| Holden, John Riley | 23 | 1 July 1828 | After 1880 |
| Holden, Joshua | 52 | 7 January 1800 | 7 April 1862 |
| Holden, Mary Ann | 13 | 26 July 1838 | 8 March 1906 |
| House, Hiram | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
| Hunter, Adam Patterson | 34 | 16 April 1818 | 25 January 1879 |
| Hunter, David Patterson | 6 | 15 October 1845 | 17 October 1917 |
| Hunter, Elizabeth | 13 | 17 April 1839 | 11 June 1935 |
| Hunter, Elizabeth | 29 | 6 October 1822 | 26 February 1914 |
| Hunter, Elizabeth Patterson | 8 | 2 July 1843 | 18 March 1923 |
| Hunter, James | 6 | 11 October 1845 | 27 January 1914 |
| Hunter, Janet | 14 | 4 October 1837 | 31 October 1921 |
| Hunter, Margaret | 4 | 28 September 1847 | 14 March 1926 |
| Hunter, Mary Patterson | 2 | 18 November 1849 | 14 August 1926 |
| Hyde, John P. | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
| Jennings, Jane | 16 | 5 September 1835 | 10 May 1871 |
| Jennings, William | 28 | 13 September 1823 | 4 January 1886 |
| Jones, Parthena | 32 | 30 October 1819 | 13 February 1869 |
| Jones, Thomas Jefferson | 13 | 6 September 1838 | 18 July 1914 |
| Keeler, Abner Eldredge | 8 | 29 April 1844 | 17 March 1929 |
| Keeler, Daniel Hutchinson | 3 | 1 January 1849 | 1904 |
| Keeler, Daniel Hutchinson | 40 | 25 July 1811 | 27 February 1888 |
| Kelting, Joseph Andrew | 40 | 13 October 1811 | 25 February 1904 |
| Kelting, Minerva Orilla | Unknown | 18 October 1829 | 12 July 1896 |
| Knapp, Clarinda | 49 | 10 August 1802 | 8 December 1862 |
| Langford, Fielding | 47 | 24 October 1804 | 8 August 1882 |
| Langford, Frances | 9 | 27 January 1843 | November 1868 |
| Langford, James Harvey | 21 | 30 April 1831 | 29 May 1908 |
| Langford, Mary Margaret | 14 | 25 February 1838 | 19 July 1928 |
| Langford, Matilda Emeline | 11 | 15 July 1840 | 18 August 1884 |
| Langford, Sarah | 42 | 24 October 1809 | 12 November 1863 |
| Laub, George | 37 | 5 October 1814 | 14 November 1880 |
| Laub, Luemma Elizabeth | 3 | 27 December 1848 | 28 August 1932 |
| Laub, Mary Jane | 21 | 31 January 1831 | 28 November 1872 |
| Laub, Sarah | 1 | 10 November 1850 | 9 October 1938 |
| Liston, Commodore Perry | 31 | 31 March 1821 | 27 January 1879 |
| Liston, Elizabeth | 29 | 16 June 1822 | 22 June 1892 |
| Liston, Perry Martindale | 1 | 6 June 1850 | 5 August 1926 |
| Liston, Rufus Benson | 4 | 18 April 1848 | 26 December 1923 |
| Liston, William Albert | 6 | 18 December 1845 | 21 November 1922 |
| Love, David | 30 | 1 January 1822 | 10 February 1888 |
| Love, Isabella | 6 | 13 November 1845 | 5 March 1921 |
| Love, Margaret | 17 | 21 March 1835 | 17 February 1884 |
| Maxham, Charles | 39 | 26 April 1813 | 12 May 1885 |
| Maxham, Cynthia Seldonia | 8 | 29 August 1843 | 13 September 1921 |
| Maxham, Heber Kimball | 3 | 20 February 1849 | 24 October 1927 |
| Maxham, Matilda | 32 | 17 January 1820 | 19 October 1904 |
| McGinnes, Johnston | 15 | 10 December 1836 | 4 January 1907 |
| McNeill, John | 25 | 1 March 1827 | 19 March 1903 |
| Moore, George W. | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
| Moreton, Alley Brown | 67 | December 1784 | 5 October 1855 |
| Moreton, Job | 55 | 11 July 1796 | 4 October 1858 |
| Moreton, Jonathan | 51 | 10 October 1800 | 1 May 1873 |
| Moss, Benjamin | 12 | About 1840 | Unknown |
| Moss, Thomas | 36 | About 1816 | Unknown |
| Moss, Thomas William S. | 15 | About 1837 | Unknown |
| Myrick, George Levi | 18 | 27 May 1834 | 4 July 1875 |
| Myrick, Philinda Clark | 42 | 2 August 1809 | 24 July 1852 |
| Nelson, Catherine | 36 | 13 May 1816 | 21 July 1902 |
| Nelson, Catherine | Infant | 4 June 1851 | 26 September 1925 |
| Nelson, Edward Williamson | 10 | 25 June 1841 | 7 July 1916 |
| Nelson, Elizabeth | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
| Nelson, Isabelle Burt | 14 | 31 May 1838 | 27 November 1878 |
| Nelson, John | 32 | 6 June 1819 | 19 September 1894 |
| Nelson, John Williamson | 6 | 22 January 1846 | 17 March 1921 |
| Nelson, William Williamson | 8 | 28 November 1843 | 21 July 1900 |
| Owen, Laura | 46 | 11 January 1806 | 24 June 1881 |
| Pack, John | 43 | 20 May 1809 | 4 April 1885 |
| Perry, Isaac | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
| Pickett, Horatio | 4 | 10 May 1848 | 21 December 1918 |
| Pickett, Susannah Mehitable | 38 | 5 July 1813 | 9 January 1905 |
| Sanders, Walter | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
| Sangiovanni, Guglielmo Giosu Rossetti | 17 | 27 April 1835 | 23 December 1916 |
| Sharp, Robert | 20 | 20 August 1831 | Unknown |
| Sharp, William | 58 | 4 July 1793 | About 1862 |
| Sightholder, Mary Jane | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
| Smith, Alice | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
| Smith, James | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
| Smith, Mary | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
| Sperry, William Oscar | 20 | 27 November 1831 | 28 April 1911 |
| Sprague, Festus | 20 | 18 December 1831 | 3 May 1870 |
| Stewart, Thomas | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
| Swadley, William Wesley | 25 | About 1826 | Unknown |
| Terry, John | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
| Townsend, James Foss | 44 | 20 February 1808 | 4 April 1886 |
| Townsend, Martha Ann | 20 | 2 March 1832 | 10 January 1912 |
| Townsend, Mary Jane | 23 | 23 August 1828 | 25 September 1910 |
| Townsend, Susan | 57 | 10 April 1795 | 31 October 1870 |
| Townsend, Susan Maria | 17 | 10 June 1834 | 25 April 1879 |
| Turnbaugh, Isaac Newton | 36 | 6 December 1815 | 21 October 1898 |
| Turnbaugh, Isaac Newton | 3 | 13 April 1849 | 15 October 1904 |
| Turnbaugh, Mary Caroline | 10 | 25 April 1842 | 18 August 1914 |
| Walker, Ann | 24 | 21 December 1827 | 13 April 1895 |
| Walker, Ann | 12 | 28 January 1840 | 14 January 1875 |
| Walker, Charles | 20 | 25 July 1831 | 30 May 1904 |
| Walker, Fred | 8 | 8 September 1843 | 31 July 1906 |
| Walker, George | 5 | 10 May 1847 | 30 September 1905 |
| Walker, George Gorrill | 35 | 15 January 1817 | 8 November 1890 |
| Walker, Mary | 57 | 1 June 1794 | 1 July 1852 |
| Walker, Mary | 36 | 14 September 1815 | 20 June 1905 |
| Walker, Mary | 5 | 10 December 1846 | 6 January 1916 |
| Walker, Mary Jane | 17 | 3 April 1835 | 5 April 1908 |
| Walker, Thomas | 25 | 15 November 1826 | 28 May 1896 |
| Whitehouse, Charles | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
| Whitehouse, Lavinia | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
| Whitesides, Alexander | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
| Whitesides, S. | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
| Wickel, Henry Lemon | 3 | 21 August 1848 | 1 February 1925 |
| Wickel, Margaret Buckwalter | 23 | 12 November 1828 | 10 October 1918 |
| Yates, Jane | 28 | About 1824 | Unknown |