Philemon C. Merrill Company (1856)

    Date Unknown

    Date Unknown

    Type
    Wagon
    Category
    Church Train
    Direction
    Westbound
    Departure
    5 June 1856
    Departed From
    Florence, Nebraska
    Arrival
    13 August 1856
    Captain
    Philemon Christopher Merrill Sr.
    Number In Company
    187

    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. 
    Ames, Meredith Fisk 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
    Bascom, Lucinda Alzina Unknown 26 October 1815 18 October 1885
    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
    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 13 26 March 1843 11 November 1895
    Giles, William 59 31 December 1796 15 December 1874
    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, 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
    Woodward, Benjamin Franklin 27 About 1828 29 August 1876
    Woodward, William Infant 22 August 1855 5 March 1925
    Woolley, Samuel Amos 30 11 September 1825 23 March 1900