Philemon C. Merrill Company (1856)
- Type
- Wagon
- Category
- Church Train
- Direction
- Westbound
- Departure
- 5 June 1856
- Departed From
- Florence, Nebraska
- Arrival
- 13 August 1856
- Captain
- Philemon Christopher Merrill
- Number In Company
- 188
200 individuals and 50 wagons were in the company when it began its journey from the outfitting post at Florence, Nebraska (now Omaha).
The company departed 5-6 June 1856 and arrived in the Salt Lake Valley from 13-18 August 1856.
- “1st Company of 50 report, 1856 June 5.” In Brigham Young office emigrating companies reports 1850-1862, Reports 1856-1862. (CR 1234 5, Box 1, Folder 45)
- “1st Company of 50 report, 1856 May 27.” In Brigham Young office emigrating companies reports 1850-1862, Reports 1856-1862. (CR 1234 5, Box 1, Folder 44)
- "Arrivals," Deseret News [Weekly], 20 Aug. 1856, 189.
- Crook, John, [Autobiography], in "Utah Pioneer Biographies," 44 vols., 7:252-56.
- Crook, John, Autobiography, in Daughters of Utah Pioneers, Collection, 1828-1963, reel 12, item 6, 8-10.
- "Emigrants for Utah," Deseret News, 6 August 1856, 8.
- Giles, Thomas Huskinson, Autobiographical sketch, 36, in Histories and biographies written by members of Camp Sunflower, Daughters of Utah Pioneers of Center Utah County, Provo, Utah, vol. 4.
- Giles, Thomas Huskinson, Autobiography, 1854-1903.
- Higbee, Emma Isabelle Carroll Seegmiller, Biographical Sketch of Kazia Giles Carroll, in Family histories [n.d.].
- Latey, J. H., "Correspondence from the Camp at Florence," The Mormon, 30 Aug. 1856, 2.
- Tripp, Enoch B, Autobiography, in Daughters of Utah Pioneers, Collection, 1828-1963, reel 17, item 13, 19.
- Woodruff, W., "Correspondence from Utah," The Mormon, 11 Oct. 1856, 3.
- Woolley, Samuel Amos, Diaries, 1846-1899, box 1, fd. 2, vol. 6, 213-44 and box 1, fd. 3, vol. 7, 1-15.
| Ames, Meredith Fisk Brown | 12 | 26 January 1844 | 17 March 1931 |
| Ashcroft, John | Unknown | unknown | unknown |
| Avery, Acey | 13 | 20 September 1842 | 23 May 1914 |
| Avery, Albert | Infant | 14 April 1856 | Unknown |
| Avery, Betsy | 31 | 11 February 1825 | 2 July 1856 |
| Avery, Gilbert Russell | 46 | 2 May 1810 | 2 June 1873 |
| Avery, Russell H. | 7 | 2 May 1849 | Unknown |
| Avery, Samuel L. C. | 3 | 20 September 1853 | Unknown |
| Avery, William Lafayette | 4 | About 1852 | 1880 |
| Bailey, Barbara | 40 | 12 February 1816 | 3 February 1896 |
| Bailey, Barbara McKenzie | 15 | 9 April 1841 | 27 June 1908 |
| Bailey, Elisha Edward | Infant | 5 August 1856 | 27 April 1919 |
| Bailey, George Sloan | 36 | 15 September 1819 | 30 December 1886 |
| Bailey, George Washington | 5 | 11 September 1850 | 27 September 1886 |
| Bailey, Matthew Urie | 1 | 11 October 1854 | 17 February 1921 |
| Ballard, | Unknown | unknown | unknown |
| Bascom, Joel Almon | 24 | 27 March 1832 | 20 May 1912 |
| Black, William Morley | 30 | 11 February 1826 | 21 June 1915 |
| Bronson, Charles Edwin | 2 | 7 October 1853 | 23 September 1929 |
| Bronson, Edwin Ruthven | 38 | 14 October 1817 | 19 March 1889 |
| Bronson, Everice Ruthven | 4 | 8 September 1851 | 19 November 1928 |
| Bronson, Mary | 32 | 25 October 1823 | 9 February 1886 |
| Brown, B. P. | 24 | ca. 1832 | unknown |
| Brown, Catherine | 50 | 26 May 1806 | 21 November 1895 |
| Brown, Charles Canfield | 2 | 15 February 1854 | 1 March 1913 |
| Brown, Francis Almon | 7 | 25 February 1849 | 19 April 1872 |
| Brown, Francis Almon | 33 | 14 November 1822 | 19 June 1894 |
| Brown, Hannah H. | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
| Brown, Harriet Annis | 22 | 9 March 1834 | 27 December 1907 |
| Brown, Isadora Adeline | 13 | 13 August 1842 | 17 June 1930 |
| Burlston, John | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
| Burton, Lucina A. | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
| Canfield, Augustus P. | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
| Carlile, Emily Ann | 18 | 6 June 1837 | 8 March 1891 |
| Carlile, Laura Ann | 19 | 19 April 1837 | 26 May 1907 |
| Carroll, Keziah | 16 | 20 May 1840 | 13 June 1927 |
| Clark, Joseph | Unknown | unknown | unknown |
| Clinton, Jeter | 43 | 17 February 1813 | 10 May 1892 |
| Cooper, James | Unknown | unknown | unknown |
| Craghead, George Washington | 6 | 7 May 1850 | 27 September 1922 |
| Craghead, John Henry | 48 | 26 January 1808 | 16 June 1864 |
| Craghead, Martha Jane | 45 | 10 August 1810 | 8 November 1901 |
| Craghead, Mary Ann | 15 | 17 December 1840 | 16 February 1878 |
| Craghead, Nancy Adaline | 3 | 12 July 1852 | 19 July 1930 |
| Craghead, Thomas Ladway | 14 | 3 May 1842 | 19 February 1917 |
| Craghead, William Henry | 16 | 15 July 1839 | 16 July 1911 |
| Crain, Joseph Smith | 13 | 28 December 1842 | 24 September 1913 |
| Crain, Marion | 6 | 1850 | Unknown |
| Crain, Samuel James | 11 | 15 October 1844 | 7 March 1905 |
| Crain, Samuel L. | 42 | 4 October 1813 | 5 May 1906 |
| Crain, Sarah | 9 | 1 January 1847 | Unknown |
| Crain, Sarah Ann Clark | 43 | 18 August 1812 | 21 July 1899 |
| Crain, William | 15 | About 1841 | Unknown |
| Crook, John | 24 | 11 October 1831 | 31 March 1921 |
| Crook, Mary | 23 | 13 April 1833 | 13 September 1888 |
| Cursley [or Kearsley], Samuel | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
| Dimick, Alma | 9 | 1 February 1847 | 1 June 1862 |
| Dimick, Cynthia | 26 | 5 June 1830 | 25 March 1891 |
| Dimick, Eliza | 12 | 12 April 1844 | 25 November 1870 |
| Dimick, Ephriam | 22 | 30 September 1833 | 29 June 1917 |
| Dimick, Mary Ann | 45 | 2 October 1810 | 14 February 1898 |
| Dimick, Moroni | 9 | 1 February 1847 | 10 April 1893 |
| Dimick, Rachel Scott | 6 | 11 April 1850 | 18 July 1927 |
| Dimick, Thomas Jefferson | 50 | 2 December 1805 | 11 May 1882 |
| Eccles, Elizabeth | 35 | 25 March 1821 | 11 July 1881 |
| Eccles, Ellen | 6 | 1 March 1850 | 24 October 1902 |
| Eccles, Henry | 31 | 19 September 1824 | 24 June 1874 |
| Eccles, William | 8 | 25 December 1847 | 11 April 1922 |
| Edwards, Elisha | 49 | 13 December 1806 | 6 March 1878 |
| Field, Henry | 22 | 9 February 1834 | 19 January 1907 |
| Field, Joseph | 25 | 15 March 1831 | 22 March 1911 |
| Frame, William F. | 14 | 1842 | 4 October 1926 |
| Frost, McCaslin | 69 | 11 December 1786 | 12 May 1874 |
| Frost, Peninna Jane | 62 | 1 February 1794 | 8 September 1869 |
| Fry, Lawrence | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
| Giles, Elizabeth Susanna | 44 | 21 January 1812 | 2 January 1888 |
| Giles, Franklin Moore | 4 | 10 September 1851 | 8 August 1912 |
| Giles, Frederick | 21 | 3 March 1835 | 2 April 1902 |
| Giles, George Francis | 33 | 19 May 1823 | 22 February 1898 |
| Giles, George Thomas | 10 | 16 April 1846 | 17 May 1910 |
| Giles, John | 24 | 26 June 1831 | 22 February 1921 |
| Giles, Lorenzo Charles | 1 | 16 September 1854 | 28 November 1895 |
| Giles, Mary | 33 | 24 March 1823 | 25 March 1913 |
| Giles, Mary Elizabeth | 3 | 30 July 1852 | 21 May 1932 |
| Giles, Sarah | 56 | 13 April 1800 | 5 September 1857 |
| Giles, Thomas Huskinson | 34 | 6 August 1821 | 4 June 1903 |
| Giles, William | 59 | 31 December 1796 | 15 December 1874 |
| Giles, William | 13 | 26 March 1843 | 11 November 1895 |
| Golding, Jerusha | 63 | October 1792 | 5 November 1875 |
| Golding, Jonathan Emerson | 24 | 1832 | 18 May 1875 |
| Golding, Peter | 28 | 1828 | 5 June 1901 |
| Golding, Robert Jackson | 31 | 1 December 1824 | 23 October 1883 |
| Golding, Stephen | 68 | 6 March 1788 | 20 December 1858 |
| Green, Harriet | 44 | 1 September 1811 | March 1858 |
| Green, John Hullett | 21 | 12 May 1835 | 10 September 1917 |
| Hammer, Charles Monteville | 21 | 13 February 1835 | 2 June 1902 |
| Hammer, John Wesley | 18 | 7 July 1837 | 1868 |
| Hayes, Abraham | 59 | 5 February 1797 | 14 December 1876 |
| Hayes, Sarah | 49 | About 1807 | 2 May 1888 |
| Hoggard, Elizabeth | 10 | 18 July 1845 | 15 September 1922 |
| Hoggard, Emily | 31 | 14 February 1825 | 15 September 1896 |
| Hoggard, George | 8 | 30 January 1848 | 11 January 1919 |
| Hoggard, Hyrum | Infant | 22 March 1856 | 23 December 1939 |
| Hoggard, James | 4 | 5 March 1852 | August 1856 |
| Hoggard, James | 32 | 17 August 1823 | 26 August 1883 |
| Hoggard, Mary | 12 | 22 November 1843 | 20 November 1922 |
| Johnston, Caroline Patience | 24 | 20 February 1832 | 1 January 1901 |
| Johnston, Franklin Charles | 4 | 4 September 1851 | 29 December 1871 |
| Joplin, Ann Elizabeth | 38 | 29 August 1817 | 14 April 1897 |
| Joplin, Coleman Freeman | 33 | 25 December 1822 | 10 November 1874 |
| Kerr, Archibald | 43 | 2 February 1813 | 30 August 1891 |
| Kerr, Delilah Melissa | 11 | 13 November 1844 | 7 June 1920 |
| Kerr, Isabelle Van Dyke | 8 | 20 September 1847 | 22 November 1928 |
| Kerr, Nancy Illinwood | 43 | 11 August 1812 | 16 March 1901 |
| Kilbreth, Nancy | 43 | 12 July 1812 | 4 October 1898 |
| Kilbreth, Nancy Roanna Matilda | 9 | 18 January 1847 | 22 April 1912 |
| Kinsman, M. C. | Unknown | unknown | unknown |
| Laycock, John Alma | 10 | 27 August 1845 | 11 May 1932 |
| Laycock, Martha | 13 | 22 August 1842 | 21 May 1886 |
| Laycock, Mary | 16 | 20 September 1839 | 2 February 1910 |
| Laycock, Susannah | 37 | 18 October 1818 | 11 February 1877 |
| Maltha, A. | Unknown | unknown | unknown |
| Maylett, Elizabeth | 27 | 24 December 1828 | 15 April 1902 |
| Maylett, William Francis | 30 | 10 April 1826 | 23 October 1908 |
| McCloud, James | 23 | About 1833 | unknown |
| Mead, John | 34 | About 1822 | Unknown |
| Merrill, Philemon Christopher | 35 | 12 November 1820 | 15 September 1904 |
| Miller, Francis | Unknown | unknown | unknown |
| Moore, Matthew | 31 | About 1825 | Unknown |
| Mousley, Lewis Henry | 23 | 9 February 1833 | 23 June 1913 |
| Munns, Arthur | 1 | 6 September 1854 | 6 October 1864 |
| Munns, Daniel | 33 | 26 March 1823 | 31 July 1896 |
| Munns, Elizabeth | 11 | 6 June 1846 | 16 April 1889 |
| Munns, Frederick | 8 | 12 February 1848 | 23 May 1919 |
| Munns, Sarah Pack | 30 | 25 August 1825 | 19 January 1896 |
| Nash, Frances | 19 | 4 October 1836 | 16 May 1908 |
| Nowell, William | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
| Palmer, David Moroni | 9 | 25 April 1847 | 4 October 1930 |
| Palmer, George Alma | 5 | 10 August 1850 | 22 June 1925 |
| Palmer, Hannah Saloma Jane | 5 | June 1851 | Unknown |
| Palmer, Mary Ellen | 26 | 1 July 1829 | 24 August 1902 |
| Palmer, William George | 34 | 25 August 1821 | 14 April 1891 |
| Phillips, Samuel | 48 | 10 May 1808 | 13 September 1874 |
| Rainey, David Pinkney | 38 | 1 February 1818 | 6 November 1888 |
| Rainey, Margaret Minerva | 39 | 21 October 1816 | 21 February 1857 |
| Rasband, Elizabeth | 30 | 11 April 1826 | 15 October 1900 |
| Rasband, Emily Katheryn | 6 | 30 June 1849 | 3 December 1928 |
| Rasband, Thomas | 37 | 21 December 1818 | 24 July 1884 |
| Rasband, William Giles | 3 | 24 December 1852 | 4 June 1938 |
| Raymond, F. | Unknown | unknown | unknown |
| Roe, Ann | 26 | About 1830 | Unknown |
| Roe, Joseph | 31 | About 1825 | Unknown |
| Rudd, Edward | 12 | 10 August 1843 | 10 January 1913 |
| Rudd, Samuel | 16 | 29 February 1840 | 4 November 1898 |
| Runnels, Henry I. | Unknown | unknown | unknown |
| Russell, George | Unknown | unknown | unknown |
| Rust, Eliza Sophia | 18 | 17 February 1838 | 6 June 1930 |
| Rust, George Smith | 22 | 23 January 1834 | 18 June 1922 |
| Sanders, Charles Cotham | 33 | 25 May 1823 | 22 February 1891 |
| Sanders, David Albert | 7 | 14 July 1848 | 23 May 1941 |
| Sanders, Elizabeth | 41 | 18 December 1814 | 23 July 1906 |
| Sanders, William | 43 | 17 December 1812 | 7 December 1885 |
| Singleton, Charles | 17 | 18 September 1838 | 21 December 1907 |
| Singleton, Christiana | 32 | 12 January 1824 | 5 April 1914 |
| Singleton, Eliza | 5 | 30 October 1850 | 15 September 1933 |
| Singleton, Sarah Ann | 1 | 24 December 1854 | 18 March 1923 |
| Singleton, Thomas | 31 | 17 February 1825 | 1 January 1885 |
| Smith, William | Unknown | unknown | unknown |
| Spat, Frederick | Unknown | unknown | unknown |
| Spratley, George | 46 | 15 April 1810 | 31 August 1897 |
| Steed, Emily Jane | 16 | 27 October 1839 | 7 October 1868 |
| Steele, E. | Unknown | unknown | unknown |
| Steele, James | Unknown | unknown | unknown |
| Timperley, George | 8 | 3 June 1848 | 8 April 1864 |
| Timperley, John | 35 | 22 March 1821 | 23 January 1891 |
| Timperley, John Poole | 10 | 12 September 1845 | 14 August 1926 |
| Timperley, Mary | 2 | 22 June 1853 | 28 February 1955 |
| Timperley, Mary Ann | 28 | 31 August 1827 | 3 July 1912 |
| Timperley, Sarah | 4 | 16 July 1851 | 3 June 1940 |
| Tripp, Enoch Bartlett | 33 | 29 May 1823 | 25 January 1909 |
| Turner, A. J. | Unknown | unknown | unknown |
| Turner, H. M. | Unknown | unknown | unknown |
| Tye, Jesse Askew | 24 | 29 April 1832 | 18 October 1910 |
| Vowels [or Voules], Samuel | 34 | March 1822 | 1 December 1898 |
| Weltan, Phebe | Unknown | unknown | unknown |
| Whiting, Edwin | 46 | 9 September 1809 | 8 December 1890 |
| Woodard, F. | Unknown | unknown | unknown |
| Woolley, Samuel Amos | 30 | 11 September 1825 | 23 March 1900 |