Thomas E. Ricks Company (1866)
Date Unknown
- Type
- Wagon
- Category
- Church Train
- Direction
- Westbound
- Departure
- 6-10 July 1866
- Departed From
- Wyoming, Nebraska
- Arrival
- 29 August 1866
- Captain
- Thomas Edwin Ricks
- Number In Company
- 268
251 individuals and 46 wagons were in the company when it began its journey from the outfitting post at Wyoming, Nebraska (the west bank of the Missouri River about 40 miles south of Omaha)
- Beck, Martha, Autobiography, in Joel Edward Ricks, Cache Valley Historical Material [ca. 1955], MS 8237, reel 3, item 25, 3-4.
- "Captain Ricks' Train," Deseret News [Weekly], 30 Aug. 1866, 317.
- “Captain Thomas E Ricks's Co., 1866.” In Perpetual Emigrating Fund Company church trains accounts 1861-1868, Wards' accounts 1861-1868, Account book, 1866, 1868. (CR 376 8; Box 2; Folder 17; File 20-21, 24-39)
- Charles R. Savage, "A Photographic Tour of Nearly 9,000 Miles," Philadelphia Photographer, Volume 4, 1867, 288-9 and 313-16.
- "Emigration," Semi-Weekly Telegraph , 26 July 1866, 3.
- "First Immigration Train," Deseret News, 30 August 1866, 309.
- "Freight Accounts, 1866." In Perpetual Emigrating Fund Company church trains accounts 1861-1868, Freight manifests, 1861-1868.
- Haderlie, Charles Henry, Autobiographical sketch, [ca. 1932], 1.
- "Home Affairs: Emigrants and Trains," Semi-Weekly Telegraph, 5 July 1866, 3.
- "Home Items: Telegrams," Deseret News [Weekly], 23 Aug. 1866, 299.
- "Home Items: Telegrams," Deseret News [Weekly], 26 July 1866, 269.
- "List of Names in Incoming Passenger Trains," Deseret News, 16 August 1866, 1.
- Marriott, Ann Gregory, Diary 1866 Apr.-Sept., 17-32.
- "Passengers in Capt. Ricks' train, arrived Aug 29/66" In Perpetual Emigrating Fund Company, Church Train Accounts. (CR 376 8, Box 2, Fd 17, p.21-24)
- "Returned Missionaries," Deseret News [Weekly] 30 Aug. 1866, 317.
- Smith, Alexander Hale, "'We Thank Thee, O God, for a Prophet': Joseph Smith's Son Tells of First Hearing the Hymn," Vision , no. 45 (Dec. 2003): 14-15.
- Smith, Alexander Hale, "Without Purse or Scrip," Restoration Voice , May-June 1995, 22-24.
- "Telegrams," Deseret News [Weekly], 16 August 1866, 293.
- "Telegrams," Deseret News [Weekly], 9 August 1866, 284.
- "Telegrams [2]," Deseret News [Weekly], 16 August 1866, 293.
- "The Immigration," Deseret News [Weekly], 12 July 1866, 253.
- "The Immigration [2]," Semi-Weekly Telegraph , 9 Aug. 1866, 3.
- Vida E. Smith, Biography of Alexander H. Smith (Independence: Price Publishing, 2007), 34-48, 49-50.
- Zollinger, Jacob, Reminiscences, 19, in Ruth Zollinger, comp., Jacob Zollinger family genealogy.
| Affleck, John | 17 | 21 April 1849 | 30 May 1934 |
| Alvey, William | 18 | 1 November 1847 | 1 February 1920 |
| Anderson, Ann | 62 | About 1804 | Unknown |
| Anderson, William | 30 | 4 October 1835 | 9 January 1888 |
| Barnes, Mary | 22 | About 1844 | Unknown |
| Beck, Jonas Nuttall | 28 | 20 June 1838 | 22 June 1907 |
| Bolton, Thomas | 19 | 1 January 1847 | 25 August 1867 |
| Bowler, Jabez | 23 | About 1843 | Unknown |
| Buck, Charles | 27 | 6 February 1839 | 10 July 1889 |
| Buck, Hannah | 25 | 25 February 1841 | 9 January 1905 |
| Buck, Joseph | 2 | 15 January 1864 | 13 January 1944 |
| Buck, Mary Ann | Infant | 19 December 1865 | 1 October 1875 |
| Buck, William Henry | 5 | 12 January 1861 | 15 May 1943 |
| Bullen, Emma Boston | 14 | 14 August 1851 | 1 October 1873 |
| Burgess, Charles | 34 | 8 May 1832 | 29 July 1898 |
| Burgess, Edith Amelia | 3 | 6 May 1863 | 6 November 1937 |
| Burgess, Elizabeth | 34 | 11 March 1832 | 6 March 1900 |
| Burgess, Harriett Emma | 10 | 2 July 1855 | 22 September 1912 |
| Callan, Martha | 22 | 30 September 1843 | 8 March 1906 |
| Cook, George | 30 | 6 June 1836 | 2 February 1899 |
| Cook, Maria Elizabeth Robbins | 28 | 5 July 1838 | 15 October 1906 |
| Cook, Susannah | 2 | 1865 | 22 July 1866 |
| Cook, William | 3 | 26 August 1862 | 11 May 1929 |
| Cooper, Ann | 26 | 4 June 1840 | 26 July 1915 |
| Cooper, Emma | 24 | 17 March 1842 | 10 March 1888 |
| Cooper, William | 25 | 18 August 1840 | 4 February 1920 |
| Cooper, William Albert | 1 | 4 February 1865 | 5 September 1882 |
| Cracroft, Sarah | 19 | 18 April 1847 | 7 October 1928 |
| Cunnington, Mary J. | 24 | About 1842 | 1866 |
| Dalton, John Luther | 22 | 18 October 1843 | 29 December 1908 |
| Davis [or Griffiths], Mary Ann | 11 | 7 September 1854 | 15 October 1934 |
| Davis [or Griffiths], Rachael | 14 | About 1852 | Unknown |
| Davis, Ann Williams | 37 | 25 December 1828 | November 1889 |
| Davis, John Griffiths | 27 | 21 October 1838 | 3 April 1926 |
| Davis, John William | 19 | About 1847 | Unknown |
| Davis, Mary | 36 | 1 January 1830 | 24 April 1904 |
| Davis, Riley | 14 | 26 November 1851 | 23 October 1930 |
| Davis, Ruth | 9 | 31 July 1856 | 2 July 1945 |
| Davis, William Phillips | 5 | 14 October 1860 | 31 January 1920 |
| Day, Emma | 26 | 31 December 1839 | 4 December 1893 |
| Day, Naomi Killingley | 50 | 19 July 1815 | 22 November 1893 |
| Densley, Ann | 11 | 19 November 1854 | 15 October 1919 |
| Densley, Daniel | 39 | 29 July 1826 | 19 February 1910 |
| Densley, Daniel | 8 | 28 February 1858 | 13 December 1930 |
| Densley, Mary | 1 | 7 November 1864 | 29 August 1921 |
| Densley, Samuel | 13 | 23 March 1853 | July 1894 |
| Densley, Sarah | 33 | 28 February 1833 | 8 October 1923 |
| Dobson, Mary | Unknown | About 1796 | 26 August 1866 |
| Drage, Mary Ann | Infant | 22 January 1866 | 8 January 1950 |
| Drage, Mary Elizabeth | 25 | 23 August 1840 | 23 December 1925 |
| Drage, William | 24 | 6 April 1842 | 21 March 1896 |
| Edwards, Edward | 19 | About 1847 | Unknown |
| Edwards, Elizabeth | 59 | About 1807 | Unknown |
| Ellyer, Lucy Elizabeth | 27 | 7 September 1838 | 2 November 1916 |
| Embling, Maria | 30 | About 1836 | Unknown |
| Evans, Benjamin D. | 23 | 15 March 1843 | 15 May 1928 |
| Evans, Jane Edward Davis | 55 | 17 February 1811 | 24 January 1890 |
| Evans, Jemima | 17 | 1 April 1849 | 18 February 1937 |
| Evans, Johanna | 21 | 23 September 1844 | 5 January 1931 |
| Evans, William Llewellyn | 30 | 25 November 1835 | 14 February 1923 |
| Eyley, Thomas | 54 | About 1812 | Unknown |
| Eynon, Margaret | 35 | 12 November 1830 | 27 March 1899 |
| Ferguson, Christiana | 50 | About 1816 | Unknown |
| Ferguson, Elizabeth H. | 29 | About 1837 | Unknown |
| Flinders, Alma | 7 | 25 April 1851 | 7 June 1927 |
| Flinders, Elizabeth Bexson | 37 | 19 May 1829 | 13 September 1902 |
| Flinders, John | 39 | 14 February 1827 | 17 July 1887 |
| Flinders, Willard | 13 | 11 March 1853 | 7 June 1927 |
| Ford, George | 20 | About 1846 | Unknown |
| Fullmer, Junius Sextus | 31 | 14 January 1835 | 30 September 1888 |
| Gee, Robert W. | 11 | About 1855 | Unknown |
| Gee, Sarah E. | 13 | About 1853 | Unknown |
| Gibbs, Elizabeth Ann | 14 | 27 October 1851 | 23 June 1910 |
| Gibbs, Ellen | 52 | 19 July 1813 | 16 November 1881 |
| Gibbs, Fannie | 9 | 14 January 1857 | 8 December 1934 |
| Gibbs, George Duggan | 46 | 11 April 1820 | 14 October 1894 |
| Gibbs, John Henry | 13 | 28 July 1853 | 10 August 1884 |
| Gillen, James W. | 30 | 18 March 1836 | Unknown |
| Graham, Annie | 7 | 10 April 1858 | 15 March 1931 |
| Graham, Christina Burns | 1 | 30 September 1865 | 24 November 1957 |
| Graham, James Burns | 3 | 26 April 1863 | 10 November 1944 |
| Graham, Jane Gordon | 15 | 8 March 1851 | 28 March 1932 |
| Graham, Janet Dixon | 18 | 13 October 1848 | 30 January 1908 |
| Graham, Margaret Burns | 19 | 13 December 1846 | 22 November 1921 |
| Graham, Margaret McNaughton Burns | 39 | 15 April 1827 | 22 July 1915 |
| Graham, Mary | 6 | 6 August 1860 | 14 June 1936 |
| Graham, Robert Dundas | 41 | 13 July 1827 | 11 December 1866 |
| Graham, Robert Dundas | 11 | 5 October 1855 | 1 January 1924 |
| Gregg, Hannah "Annie" Maltea Coe | 35 | 6 January 1831 | 30 May 1894 |
| Gregg, William Conhope | 33 | 14 March 1833 | 23 January 1898 |
| Grier, James | 52 | About 1814 | Unknown |
| Griffin, Caroline | 21 | 1 January 1845 | 17 February 1916 |
| Griffin, Thomas | 10 | 1 March 1856 | 4 December 1939 |
| Griffin, Walter | 17 | 4 August 1848 | 16 October 1870 |
| Griffin, William | 49 | 15 September 1816 | 2 February 1880 |
| Griffiths [or Davis], Elizabeth | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
| Griffiths [or Davis], Fanny | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
| Griffiths [or Davis], Thomas | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
| Grover, Jane | 21 | 11 May 1845 | 17 July 1912 |
| Haderlie, Anna | 5 | October 1860 | 25 August 1866 |
| Haderlie, Anna Elizabeth | 34 | 4 November 1831 | 28 October 1901 |
| Haderlie, Caroline | Infant | 23 May 1866 | 20 August 1866 |
| Haderlie, Charles Henry | 7 | 29 March 1859 | 19 November 1943 |
| Haderlie, John Ulrich | 32 | 31 December 1833 | 17 August 1922 |
| Haderlie, Louisa | 8 | 10 January 1858 | 7 October 1920 |
| Hagell, Eliza Mary | 13 | 28 April 1853 | 11 February 1933 |
| Hagell, Ellen | 3 | 24 February 1863 | 29 August 1919 |
| Hagell, Fanny | 10 | 11 October 1855 | 12 November 1912 |
| Hagell, John | 49 | 14 January 1817 | 5 March 1883 |
| Hagell, Martha Chamberlane | 7 | 28 July 1858 | 28 December 1935 |
| Haigh, William H. | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
| Hammer, John | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
| Hansen, Alfred | 16 | 26 February 1850 | 28 February 1934 |
| Hansen, Caissa | 43 | 29 December 1822 | 24 January 1889 |
| Hansen, Edward | 10 | 30 October 1855 | 18 March 1918 |
| Hansen, Lars | 42 | 13 October 1823 | 22 July 1914 |
| Hansen, Louise | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
| Hodson, Annie [or Ann] | 20 | 26 June 1846 | 28 September 1928 |
| Hodson, Jane Green | 46 | 28 November 1819 | 6 October 1901 |
| Holmes, Caroline | 20 | 18 June 1846 | 28 April 1871 |
| Holmes, Charles | 17 | 3 June 1849 | 26 December 1912 |
| Holmes, John | 22 | 23 June 1844 | 28 June 1917 |
| Holmes, John | 48 | 2 October 1817 | 11 February 1901 |
| Holmes, Mary Rayson | 53 | 10 June 1813 | 30 November 1887 |
| Holmes, Sarah Selina | 15 | 29 May 1851 | 5 April 1923 |
| Housman, Ann | 27 | 18 April 1839 | 5 December 1901 |
| Hughes, Walter Thomas | 24 | 1 May 1842 | 1 April 1923 |
| James, Christiana | 36 | 10 December 1829 | 22 November 1894 |
| Jenkins, Ann | 19 | About 1847 | Unknown |
| Jenkins, David | 22 | About 1844 | Unknown |
| Jones, David M. | 51 | About 1815 | Unknown |
| Jones, Elenor | 22 | 19 March 1844 | 26 March 1909 |
| Jones, Emmeline | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
| Jones, Hyrum | 12 | 28 October 1853 | 1929 |
| Jones, James | 13 | About 1853 | Unknown |
| Jones, Jane | 11 | ca. 1855 | Unknown |
| Jones, Joseph | 9 | 26 July 1856 | 3 August 1931 |
| Jones, Lewis | 61 | 26 July 1804 | 5 January 1899 |
| Jones, Lewis | 4 | About 1862 | Unknown |
| Jones, Margaret | 16 | 10 September 1849 | 27 January 1926 |
| Jones, Mary | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
| Jones, Mary J. | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
| Jones, Ruth | 15 | About 1851 | Unknown |
| Jones, Sarah | 14 | 8 August 1851 | 31 October 1910 |
| Jones, Sophia | 38 | About 1828 | Unknown |
| Jones, Susannah | 20 | 10 February 1846 | 25 February 1935 |
| Jones, Susannah Davis | 56 | 6 May 1810 | 2 December 1881 |
| Jones, William R. | 6 | About 1860 | Unknown |
| Lallis, Jane | 39 | 10 December 1826 | 5 July 1895 |
| Llewelyn, Ann | 59 | About 1807 | Unknown |
| Lyons, Anna | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
| Lyons, Christian | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
| Lyons, Neils | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
| Marriott, Ann Gregory | 42 | 11 February 1824 | 6 October 1898 |
| Marriott, George | 37 | 16 February 1829 | 27 April 1907 |
| Marriott, Mary Ann | 16 | 15 March 1850 | 19 February 1915 |
| Marshall, John | 18 | 20 August 1847 | 11 January 1891 |
| Meek, Ann | 5 | 12 June 1862 | 28 September 1913 |
| Meek, Ann | 58 | 19 May 1808 | 13 October 1885 |
| Meek, Benjamin Ennis | 28 | 6 December 1837 | 21 July 1866 |
| Meek, Louisa | 26 | 14 August 1839 | 11 October 1904 |
| Meek, Thomas | 58 | 27 September 1807 | 6 July 1891 |
| Michael, Ann | 27 | 21 October 1838 | 10 April 1888 |
| Michael, Henry | 27 | 15 May 1839 | 28 March 1924 |
| Michael, Mary Ann | 27 | 21 October 1838 | 10 April 1888 |
| Michael, Mary Ann | 4 | 1 January 1862 | 8 March 1945 |
| Middleton, Edward | 22 | About 1844 | Unknown |
| Miller, Alice Ophelia | 19 | 19 July 1846 | 1 January 1900 |
| Miller, Ann Shepherd | 41 | 8 May 1825 | 27 March 1910 |
| Miller, John Hawkins | 47 | 5 July 1819 | 16 December 1905 |
| Miller, John Shepherd | 18 | 12 March 1848 | 17 July 1907 |
| Morgan, Ann | 53 | 6 September 1812 | 30 April 1884 |
| Morgan, David C. | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
| Morgan, Emma Leigh | 18 | 16 June 1848 | 17 October 1912 |
| Morgan, James | 12 | 8 October 1853 | 29 February 1880 |
| Morgan, Jane | 19 | About 1847 | Unknown |
| Morgan, John | 21 | 9 May 1845 | Unknown |
| Morgan, Sarah Ann | 10 | 6 October 1855 | 9 December 1891 |
| Morgan, Watkin | 58 | 7 October 1807 | 3 June 1891 |
| Morse, Alice | 28 | 22 July 1836 | 7 May 1912 |
| Morse, Hyrum | 3 | 23 July 1862 | 20 September 1937 |
| Morse, John | 44 | 9 January 1821 | 1 January 1901 |
| Morse, Joseph Bennet | 15 | 22 October 1850 | 13 July 1916 |
| Morse, Margaret Bennet | 14 | 11 February 1852 | 18 August 1934 |
| Morse, Sarah Ann | 10 | 13 May 1856 | 20 January 1926 |
| Morse, William Bennett | 18 | 4 March 1848 | 20 March 1913 |
| Myers, Elizabeth | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
| Neilson, J. P. | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
| Nichol, Susan | 19 | About 1847 | Unknown |
| Nicholas, John | 26 | About 1840 | Unknown |
| Nicholas, William George | 6 | ca. 1860 | Unknown |
| Ottinger, George Martin | 33 | 8 February 1833 | 29 October 1917 |
| Parkhurst [or Pankhurst], Ellen | 24 | About 1842 | Unknown |
| Pitts, Mary | 55 | 1 August 1810 | 23 February 1891 |
| Poulter, Esther | 22 | 5 April 1844 | 29 May 1880 |
| Poulter, Wilson | 23 | 5 April 1843 | 2 October 1924 |
| Powell, Mary | 23 | About 1843 | Unknown |
| Priday, Thomas Samuel | 21 | 11 November 1844 | 12 April 1915 |
| Pusey, Henry | 37 | 7 August 1828 | 7 May 1896 |
| Ralph, Margaret | 38 | About 1828 | Unknown |
| Raymond, William Wallace | 42 | 26 March 1824 | 9 August 1881 |
| Ricks, Thomas Edwin | 37 | 21 July 1828 | 28 September 1901 |
| Robbins, William | 53 | About 1813 | Unknown |
| Robins, Lavinia | 22 | 5 October 1843 | 28 November 1931 |
| Robinson, Eli | 59 | 1 April 1807 | 25 March 1886 |
| Robinson, Eli | 8 | 18 June 1858 | 19 January 1919 |
| Robinson, Mary Fielder | 47 | 5 February 1819 | 5 April 1890 |
| Robinson, Mary Jane | 10 | 29 July 1855 | 1897 |
| Roderick, Margaret | 20 | About 1846 | Unknown |
| Salmon, Margaret | 21 | 31 July 1844 | 24 December 1917 |
| Salmon, William Weir | 26 | 11 November 1839 | 1 July 1928 |
| Savage, Charles Roscoe | 33 | 16 August 1832 | 4 February 1909 |
| Skelton, Martha | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
| Smith, Agnes | 8 | 7 May 1858 | 8 May 1943 |
| Smith, Agnes | 47 | 17 March 1819 | 31 March 1878 |
| Smith, Alexander Hale | 28 | 2 June 1838 | 12 August 1909 |
| Smith, Annie Lorimer | 4 | 2 June 1862 | 21 October 1949 |
| Smith, Arthur | 4 | 8 August 1861 | 22 March 1924 |
| Smith, Eleanor | 4 | 9 January 1862 | 1 July 1867 |
| Smith, Emma | 28 | 2 March 1838 | 19 April 1907 |
| Smith, Henry | 5 | 9 July 1860 | 10 October 1943 |
| Smith, Isaac | 9 | 19 July 1856 | 10 October 1931 |
| Smith, James | 11 | 1 September 1854 | 28 October 1929 |
| Smith, James | 28 | 30 May 1838 | 3 January 1922 |
| Smith, Jane | 30 | 24 October 1833 | 30 March 1877 |
| Smith, Jane | 3 | 22 June 1863 | 18 July 1936 |
| Smith, Martha | 1 | 8 April 1864 | 7 May 1883 |
| Smith, Mary Elizabeth | 13 | 6 September 1852 | 10 March 1891 |
| Smith, Thomas | 18 | 24 September 1847 | 26 June 1908 |
| Smith, Thomas Merrill | 20 | 12 January 1846 | 17 April 1932 |
| Smith, William John | 23 | 28 September 1842 | 30 April 1908 |
| Stayner, Charles William | 26 | 21 June 1840 | 26 December 1899 |
| Stredder, Elizabeth | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
| Street, William | 22 | 11 June 1843 | 27 June 1881 |
| Sugden, Elizabeth | 32 | 25 April 1834 | 10 February 1913 |
| Sugden, Martha Spencer | 22 | 1 December 1843 | 18 June 1936 |
| Sugden, Mary Spencer | 58 | 1 March 1808 | 27 January 1892 |
| Sugden, Sarah | 30 | 27 December 1835 | 11 January 1904 |
| Summer [or Sumner], Margery | 33 | About 1833 | Unknown |
| Swendsen, Ellen Marie | 18 | 9 November 1847 | 1 October 1933 |
| Taylor, Abraham | 20 | 4 April 1846 | 8 December 1875 |
| Taylor, George | 15 | 23 September 1850 | 29 December 1880 |
| Taylor, Martha Thompson | 61 | 20 August 1804 | 10 November 1885 |
| Thomas, David | 59 | About 1807 | Unknown |
| Thornley, Ellen Langton | 63 | 30 October 1802 | 1867 |
| Thornley, John | 65 | 4 March 1801 | 25 May 1893 |
| Tite, Ann | 26 | 31 March 1840 | 20 February 1885 |
| Tite, Joseph | 2 | 8 November 1863 | 21 March 1939 |
| Tyson, Sarah Caldwell | 25 | 5 April 1841 | 6 August 1920 |
| Tyson, William | 32 | 1 November 1833 | 27 March 1881 |
| Wade, William | 59 | ca. 1807 | Unknown |
| Waldron [or Waldrome, Waldram], Ann | 48 | About 1818 | Unknown |
| Walters, Daniel William | 8 | 28 May 1858 | 16 June 1931 |
| Walters, Edward Williams | 6 | 12 June 1860 | 5 August 1892 |
| Walters, Hannah | 9 | 24 April 1857 | 13 January 1938 |
| Walters, Jane Sarah | 2 | 21 May 1864 | 4 August 1866 |
| Walters, John Bright | Infant | 20 May 1866 | 12 June 1867 |
| Walters, Margaret | 30 | 26 December 1835 | 24 October 1870 |
| Walters, William Leigh | 31 | 22 March 1835 | 5 January 1901 |
| Walters, William Williams | 4 | 23 April 1862 | 11 February 1926 |
| Wheeler, William | 50 | 2 February 1816 | 27 January 1893 |
| Williams, Catherine | 18 | About 1848 | Unknown |
| Williams, Letitia Cousine | 19 | about 1847 | 3 May 1901 |
| Williams, Mary A. | 17 | About 1849 | Ubknown |
| Williams, William David | 27 | 29 September 1838 | 30 November 1910 |
| Wolfe, [Brother] | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
| Yallop, Ellen Maria | 18 | 8 April 1848 | 19 July 1924 |
| Zollinger, Jacob | 21 | 3 July 1845 | 11 July 1942 |