Job Pingree Company (1861)

Image taken in 1885
- Type
- Wagon
- Category
- Independent Train
- Direction
- Westbound
- Departure
- 7 June 1861
- Departed From
- Florence, Nebraska
- Arrival
- 24 August 1861
- Captain
- Job Pingree
- Number In Company
- 138
33 wagons were in the company when it began its journey from the outfitting post at Florence, Nebraska (now Omaha). The company arrived in Salt Lake City 24 August 1861 and 5 September 1861.
View Summary- Broadbent, Mary Jane Nuttall, Autobiographical sketch, 16, in Histories and biographies written by members of Camp Sunflower, Daughters of Utah Pioneers of Center Utah County, Provo, Utah, vol. 1.
- Bulkley, Mary Nixon, Autobiographical sketch 1881, 14.
- Henry W. Nichols autobiography, 1921 July, 21-26.
- Kerr, Thomas Archibald, Autobiography 1938-1975, 2.
- Pingree, Job, [Autobiography], in Our Pioneer Heritage, 20 vols. [1958-77], 17:310.
- Pingree, Job, Reminiscences, 6-7. Trail excerpt transcribed from "Pioneer History Collection" available at Pioneer Memorial Museum [Daughters of Utah Pioneers Museum], Salt Lake City, Utah. Some restrictions apply.
- Thomas, Edward P., Autobiography
Bate, Annie | 15 | 21 May 1846 | Unknown |
Bate, Clara Jane | 7 | 26 May 1854 | 18 June 1902 |
Bate, Elizabeth | 17 | 11 January 1844 | January 1877 |
Bate, Joseph | 9 | 23 March 1852 | 27 October 1918 |
Bate, Lorenzo | 3 | 15 February 1858 | 24 August 1913 |
Bate, Mary Langmaid | 19 | 1 September 1841 | 20 November 1898 |
Bate, Mary Langmaid | 41 | 16 November 1819 | 28 May 1890 |
Bate, Richard | 12 | 11 November 1848 | 13 March 1904 |
Botteral, [Mr.] | Unknown | unknown | unknown |
Bowden, Elizabeth | 59 | 9 September 1801 | 9 June 1886 |
Bowden, Joseph | 22 | 25 February 1839 | 25 June 1900 |
Cassity, Edward Panale | 53 | 25 December 1807 | 4 May 1891 |
Cassity, Elizabeth | 25 | 5 July 1837 | 5 February 1892 |
Cassity, Fred Dimsdel | 1 | 19 August 1859 | 6 May 1946 |
Cassity, George Alburn | 2 | 3 July 1858 | 4 April 1937 |
Cassity, Mary Ann Elizabeth | 30 | 9 September 1830 | 13 April 1873 |
Cassity, William Henry | 5 | 14 March 1856 | 18 March 1923 |
Davis, George | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
Dowding, [Mr.] | Unknown | unknown | unknown |
Edwards, Elizabeth Lewis | 52 | 15 April 1809 | 13 April 1879 |
Edwards, Janet | 17 | 20 February 1844 | 23 March 1910 |
Edwards, Reese | 25 | 22 November 1835 | 15 June 1910 |
Edwards, Sarah | 9 | 8 January 1852 | 11 March 1913 |
Edwards, Thomas | 66 | 7 December 1794 | 7 April 1893 |
Edwards, Thomas | 12 | 15 March 1849 | 23 February 1923 |
Gallagher, Amelia | 47 | 25 April 1814 | 1 February 1889 |
Gallagher, John | 51 | 14 December 1809 | 1 October 1875 |
Gallagher, Manasseh | 6 | 7 December 1854 | 4 January 1911 |
Gallagher, Mary Elvira | 9 | 22 February 1852 | 22 October 1891 |
Henshaw, Mary | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
Hooper, Esther | 21 | 22 September 1839 | 9 December 1912 |
Huish, Ann Smith | 31 | 9 August 1829 | 22 April 1880 |
Huish, Edward Alexander | 18 | 21 April 1843 | 12 October 1921 |
Huish, Franklin David | 6 | 27 November 1854 | 4 August 1925 |
Huish, Helen Niblett | 38 | 10 December 1822 | 3 September 1911 |
Huish, James William | 39 | 21 December 1821 | 1 December 1897 |
Huish, James William, Jr. | 1 | 11 May 1860 | 10 June 1941 |
Huish, John Edward | 9 | 7 May 1852 | 28 December 1917 |
Huish, Joseph Walter | 14 | 25 July 1846 | 14 March 1904 |
Huish, Lilie Anetta | 4 | 24 February 1857 | 12 May 1898 |
Huish, Lorenzo Snow | 6 | 27 November 1854 | 21 August 1937 |
Huish, Orson Pratt | 9 | 9 September 1851 | 4 December 1932 |
Huish, Walter Henry | 33 | 31 October 1827 | 27 March 1898 |
Hunt, Elizabeth | 21 | 19 August 1839 | 21 June 1875 |
Hunt, Isaac | 27 | About 1834 | unknown |
Kerr, Agness Archibald | 33 | 14 August 1827 | 24 August 1882 |
Kerr, David Hamilton | 31 | 9 July 1829 | 3 November 1899 |
Kerr, Margery Archibald | 1 | 27 July 1859 | 15 March 1948 |
Kerr, Mary | 4 | 22 April 1857 | 26 October 1931 |
Kerr, Thomas Archibald | 11 | 18 November 1849 | 28 March 1942 |
Marks, Maria | 39 | 10 June 1822 | 20 September 1890 |
Moore, Helen | 25 | 29 August 1835 | 4 December 1928 |
Moore, Wright Anderson | 30 | 26 June 1830 | 4 December 1913 |
Morrison, [Mrs.] | Unknown | unknown | unknown |
Murray, David Archibald | 12 | 23 February 1849 | 21 March 1913 |
Murray, James Archibald | 17 | 25 February 1844 | 4 June 1925 |
Murray, Jessie | 36 | 12 April 1825 | 19 January 1873 |
Murray, John Archibald | 3 | 15 August 1857 | 5 May 1926 |
Murray, Robert James Wood | 41 | 14 August 1819 | 8 November 1884 |
Murray, Thomas Archibald | Infant | 12 July 1861 | 30 November 1922 |
Murray, William Archibald | 8 | 28 May 1853 | 21 November 1926 |
Newland, Martha | 30 | 26 December 1830 | 8 September 1868 |
Nichols, Emily Ann | 19 | 23 June 1841 | 19 October 1918 |
Nichols, Henry William | 25 | 4 May 1836 | 9 February 1933 |
Nuttall, Mary Jane | 17 | 21 June 1843 | 26 May 1919 |
Pingree, Job | 23 | 21 November 1837 | 21 May 1928 |
Powell, John | 45 | 9 November 1815 | 14 July 1899 |
Powell, Margaret Sarah | 2 | 29 May 1859 | 2 July 1944 |
Powell, Margaret Thomas | 40 | 19 July 1820 | 3 July 1901 |
Powell, Martha | 15 | 16 January 1846 | 20 April 1879 |
Powell, Mary Jane | 6 | 21 October 1854 | 30 May 1900 |
Ravel, [Mr.] | Unknown | unknown | unknown |
Richards, Elkena [or Elkana] | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
Rogers, S. E. | Unknown | unknown | unknown |
Rowberry, Harriet Barbara Hall | 22 | 23 July 1838 | 10 October 1924 |
Rowberry, Martha Zerilda | 1 | 31 January 1860 | 12 April 1919 |
Rowberry, Thomas | 30 | 2 December 1830 | 12 September 1896 |
Rowberry, Thomas Joseph | 3 | 9 March 1858 | 20 October 1924 |
Salisbury, Eliza Knowles | 43 | 14 February 1818 | 31 July 1863 |
Salisbury, Heber John | 10 | 8 June 1850 | 14 December 1903 |
Salisbury, Mary Ellen | 8 | 31 December 1852 | 15 July 1936 |
Salisbury, Sarah | 5 | 8 September 1855 | 19 May 1888 |
Salisbury, Thomas | 1 | 12 October 1859 | 22 September 1914 |
Salisbury, Thomas | 38 | 10 January 1823 | 11 July 1884 |
Sant, Eliza Jane | 6 | 15 January 1855 | 13 January 1873 |
Sant, Jane | 15 | 8 March 1846 | 6 February 1918 |
Sant, John | 50 | 11 January 1811 | 15 October 1887 |
Sant, Margaret | 17 | 20 February 1844 | 13 June 1880 |
Sant, Mary | 47 | 2 January 1814 | 21 August 1877 |
Sant, Thomas | 1 | 3 January 1860 | 28 June 1943 |
Sant, William | 10 | 11 December 1850 | 12 May 1913 |
Sewell, Edward | 4 | 27 January 1857 | 22 September 1922 |
Sewell, Emily | 45 | 18 May 1816 | 1 April 1889 |
Sewell, George Barnard | 14 | 23 November 1846 | 30 November 1861 |
Sewell, Joseph Barnard | 41 | 13 November 1819 | 10 September 1894 |
Sewell, Joseph Barney | 18 | 5 October 1842 | 27 November 1891 |
Sewell, Sarah Ann | 3 | 4 February 1858 | 3 November 1937 |
Sewell, William | 11 | 1 February 1850 | 23 October 1921 |
Styles, Benjamin | Unknown | unknown | unknown |
Sumers, Henry | 22 | About 1839 | unknown |
Thayne, Ebenezer | 41 | 5 January 1820 | 20 December 1880 |
Thayne, Eliza Catherine | 2 | 28 July 1858 | 26 December 1941 |
Thayne, Ellen Jane | 7 | 23 March 1854 | 2 April 1920 |
Thayne, Emma | 5 | 10 September 1855 | 5 December 1916 |
Thayne, Fanny Elizabeth | 4 | 25 April 1857 | 16 July 1922 |
Thayne, Henry | 3 | 12 November 1857 | 1 July 1939 |
Thayne, Janet | Infant | 8 December 1860 | 8 May 1863 |
Thayne, Janet Gevitt | 68 | 21 May 1793 | 6 June 1870 |
Thayne, Jeanette | 10 | 14 May 1851 | 15 September 1913 |
Thayne, John Johnson | 35 | 11 November 1825 | 21 May 1910 |
Thayne, John Lehi | 8 | 8 July 1852 | 12 August 1930 |
Thayne, Joseph Edgar | 5 | 28 August 1855 | 31 December 1901 |
Thayne, Martha Jane | 12 | 6 September 1848 | 22 November 1927 |
Thayne, Mary Ann | 11 | 27 August 1849 | 18 October 1927 |
Thayne, Miriam Catherine | Infant | 14 July 1860 | 9 March 1929 |
Thayne, Nancy | 34 | 28 July 1826 | 15 September 1879 |
Thayne, Nephi | 10 | 22 November 1850 | 8 December 1922 |
Thayne, Sidney | 36 | 16 July 1824 | 23 May 1901 |
Thomas, Ann | 19 | 16 January 1842 | 8 September 1924 |
Thomas, Edward Phillip | 17 | 22 June 1843 | 13 December 1922 |
Thomas, John Smith | 7 | 8 May 1854 | 13 October 1905 |
Thomas, Lewellyn | 8 | 23 December 1852 | 18 October 1912 |
Thomas, Margaret | 12 | 16 March 1849 | 13 August 1879 |
Thomas, Margaret Phillips | 48 | 28 February 1813 | 9 June 1889 |
Thomas, William Jones | 14 | 28 November 1846 | 4 July 1909 |
Thomas, William Jones | 49 | 11 November 1811 | 26 October 1866 |
Watson, Robert | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
Wilson, Edward | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
Winnitte, Joseph | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
Wintle, Elizabeth | 13 | 9 March 1848 | 25 September 1909 |
Wintle, Elizabeth Sewell | 46 | 13 June 1814 | 15 April 1882 |
Wintle, George | 48 | 17 April 1813 | 11 February 1897 |
Wintle, Hannah | 15 | 29 January 1846 | 5 July 1917 |
Wintle, Joseph Barney | 21 | 29 February 1840 | 1 January 1916 |
Wood, Ann | 7 | About 1854 | Unknown |
Wood, Ann | 27 | 13 March 1834 | 12 July 1912 |
Wood, Charlotte | 10 | ca. 1851 | unknown |
Wood, Jane | 50 | About 1811 | unknown |
Job Pingree immigrated to Utah in 1857. In the autumn of 1859, he returned to his native England to dispose of family property. While there he served as a part-time missionary. In the spring of 1861, he returned to America, escorting some of his recent converts.
At Florence, Nebraska Territory, 24-year-old Pingree was appointed captain over a company of 33 wagons and 3 or 4 carriages. This was an independent company, the emigrants being able to purchase their supplies and outfits without Church assistance. Most in the company came from St. Louis, but a few came directly from England. There were about 150 people in the company. Pingree did not submit a roster of his company, drawn from his memory, to the Church Historian's Office until 1916. It is probably incomplete. Oxen pulled most of the wagons except for four or five outfits drawn by horses. There was also at least one span of mules pulling a wagon, and a few cows tagged along. The company left Florence on June 7.
A few in the company suffered accidents even before leaving the outfitting place. One man had to ride in a wagon all the way because his foot was crushed when a horse threw him. Before leaving, a woman with a painful inflammation in the joint of a finger had the sore opened and the bone scraped. The wound was slow to mend so someone in the company suggested she wrap her finger in a gunpowder poultice to speed healing. One evening as she was lighting a campfire, her poultice caught fire and the gunpowder exploded. She lost the fleshy tip of her finger.
In his book Roughing It, Mark Twain wrote that just east of Independence Rock, his westward-bound stagecoach passed a Mormon train consisting of 33 wagons. Almost certainly this would have been Pingree's company. Twain observed that the emigrants had no head coverings, were covered with dust and looked very tired.
Most of the company arrived in Salt Lake on September 2 except for some left behind who straggled in at intervals during the next few days. Pingree reported that there were no accidents "to speak of," no deaths, and little loss of cattle. Pingree was asked by Brigham Young how his company had fared. "After I told him," Pingree recorded, "he said I had done just right."