James Darling Ross Company (1860)

Date Unknown
- Type
- Wagon
- Category
- Church Train
- Direction
- Westbound
- Departure
- 14 June 1860
- Departed From
- Florence, Nebraska
- Arrival
- 3 September 1860
- Captain
- James Darling Ross
- Number In Company
- 252
249 individuals and 36 wagons were in the company when it began its journey from the outfitting post at Florence, Nebraska (now Omaha).
The company departed 14-17 June 1860.
View Summary- "Arrival of Companies," Deseret News [Weekly], 5 September 1860, 212.
- Baer, Johann Lebrecht, Autobiography [ca. 1908], 17-18.
- Bear, John L., "Autobiography of Elder John L.Bear," in Journal of History (Lamoni, Iowa: Board of Publication of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, January, 1911), 4:80-82.
- Emigration list for Spring, 1860.
- "From the Frontiers," Deseret News [Weekly], 4 July 1860, 141.
- Journal History of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Supplement after 31 December 1860, 19.
- "Latest from the Emigration," Deseret News, 1 August 1860, 172.
- "Latest from the Plains," Deseret News, 8 August 1860, 180.
- "Local News: Arrival," The Mountaineer, 4 August 1860, 198.
- "Local News: Emigrants," The Mountaineer, 8 September 1860, Supplement 2.
- "Local News: Names of Emigrants," The Mountaineer, 18 August 1860, 206.
- "Local News: News From the Plains," The Mountaineer, 11 August 1860, 2.
- Loosli, Ulrich, [Letter], in Carter, Kate B., Our Pioneer Heritage (Salt Lake City: Daughters of Utah Pioneers, 1968), 11:248-250.
- Loosli, Ulrich, History of Ulrich Loosli, 1-4. (Trail excerpt from "Pioneer History Collection" available at Pioneer Memorial Museum [Daughters of Utah Pioneers Museum], Salt Lake City, Utah. Some restrictions apply.)
- Nibley, Charles W., Reminiscences of Charles W. Nibley (1849-1931) (Salt Lake City: 1934), 16-22.
- Ross, J.D., to Brigham Young, 1 Sept. 1860. Brigham Young office files 1832-1878, General Incoming Correspondence, reel 38, box 27, fd. 18.
- "The Companies on the Plains," Deseret News, 15 August 1860, 188.
- "The Immigration," Deseret News, 15 August 1860, 189.
- "The Incoming Emigration," Deseret News, 8 August 1860, 180.
- Tucker, James, [Autobiography], in "Father James Tucker Honored; Family Meets in Big Reunion," Deseret News , 25 June 1921, 4:7.
Allan, Jean | 29 | 29 August 1830 | 21 March 1883 |
Baer, John Lebrecht | 21 | 9 September 1838 | 14 December 1919 |
Barton, Ellen | 25 | 22 March 1835 | 10 August 1918 |
Barton, William Bell | 23 | 21 July 1836 | 1 October 1923 |
Berger, Anna Elizabeth | 9 | 30 September 1850 | 28 February 1917 |
Berger, Christian | 12 | 23 December 1847 | 24 May 1933 |
Berger, Christian | 49 | 25 December 1810 | 18 November 1892 |
Berger, Gottfried | 6 | 22 May 1854 | 25 January 1899 |
Berger, Gottlieb | 6 | 15 February 1857 | 26 December 1940 |
Berger, Johannes | 7 | 27 September 1852 | 13 February 1943 |
Berger, Magdalena | 39 | 30 April 1821 | 5 July 1888 |
Berger, Rosetta | Infant | 27 November 1859 | 25 February 1938 |
Blackett, Priscilla | 16 | 16 June 1843 | 13 August 1913 |
Bonelli, Daniel | 24 | 25 February 1836 | 20 December 1903 |
Boulton, Martha | 9 | About 1851 | Unknown |
Boulton, Sarah Harris | 42 | 17 October 1817 | 20 December 1872 |
Boulton, Thomas | 35 | 21 January 1825 | 29 April 1881 |
Boulton, Thomas | Infant | 3 December 1860 | 19 June 1861 |
Bradshaw, Andrew Hampson | Infant | 15 July 1859 | 1861 |
Bradshaw, Ann Hampson | 1 | 1859 | After 1859 |
Bradshaw, Elizabeth Edwards | 22 | 30 October 1837 | 24 May 1898 |
Bradshaw, Elizabeth Nuttal | 16 | 15 July 1843 | 12 May 1913 |
Bradshaw, Frederick Thomas | 1 | 25 November 1858 | 18 December 1956 |
Bradshaw, George Hampson | 3 | 21 January 1857 | 4 June 1938 |
Bradshaw, George Heald | 26 | 11 September 1833 | 2 January 1910 |
Bradshaw, Ruth Nuttall | 13 | 25 October 1846 | 3 November 1916 |
Bradshaw, Salina Edwards | Infant | 26 March 1860 | 28 January 1867 |
Bradshaw, Sarah Ann | 6 | 17 February 1854 | 14 September 1910 |
Bradshaw, Sarah Ann | 42 | 22 December 1817 | 17 August 1882 |
Bradshaw, Thomas Heald | 38 | 25 August 1821 | 23 November 1885 |
Bradshaw, Thomas Nuttall | 10 | 16 April 1850 | 19 September 1880 |
Bradshaw, William Henry Hampson | 5 | 20 January 1855 | 22 December 1879 |
Budd, Charles | 60 | 9 June 1800 | 22 October 1877 |
Clark, Sarah Ann | 23 | 8 December 1836 | 1 December 1929 |
Cooper, Elizabeth | 24 | 13 March 1836 | 20 December 1917 |
Cooper, William | 25 | 28 March 1835 | 22 December 1902 |
Croft, Amelia | 20 | 4 May 1840 | 5 October 1926 |
Croft, John | 24 | 14 July 1836 | 9 October 1909 |
Dee, Annie | 20 | 13 August 1839 | 6 June 1895 |
Dee, Elizabeth | 8 | 14 August 1851 | 10 November 1866 |
Dee, Elizabeth | 47 | 25 November 1812 | 25 May 1892 |
Dee, James Leech | 18 | 25 February 1842 | 6 June 1897 |
Dee, Thomas Duncomb | 15 | 10 November 1844 | 9 July 1905 |
Dee, Thomas Hill | 48 | 11 May 1812 | 21 August 1877 |
Diem, Anna Elizabeth | 36 | 23 September 1823 | 17 April 1910 |
Diem, Johannes | 53 | 6 July 1806 | 2 October 1895 |
Donald, Agnes | 24 | 26 November 1835 | 26 December 1878 |
Donald, Malcolm | 56 | 9 May 1804 | 9 September 1862 |
Druce, Charles Frederick | 2 | 13 June 1858 | 7 January 1927 |
Druce, Harriet | 34 | 18 May 1826 | 18 March 1896 |
Druce, Harriet Florence | 8 | 29 May 1853 | 20 October 1892 |
Druce, Henry | 40 | 5 June 1820 | 12 March 1896 |
Druce, Louisa Alzada | 12 | 26 February 1848 | 29 July 1927 |
Druce, Mary | 24 | About 1836 | unknown |
Druce, Mary Woodfield | 10 | 16 January 1850 | 23 May 1923 |
Druce, Thomas Henry | 14 | 11 February 1846 | 26 June 1932 |
Druce, William David | 3 | 11 July 1857 | 5 July 1917 |
Duke, Hannah | 19 | 30 April 1842 | 26 November 1908 |
Duke, John James | 19 | 20 December 1840 | 15 October 1927 |
Edwards, Mary Ann | 25 | 28 October 1834 | 8 December 1911 |
Edwards, Phillip | 26 | 24 December 1833 | 14 January 1908 |
Farnes, George Isacke | 22 | 29 April 1838 | 21 February 1923 |
Ferguson, William Watson | 21 | 28 August 1838 | 19 February 1897 |
Frei, Gottlieb | 23 | 31 March 1837 | 7 November 1902 |
Frei, Johann Rudolph | 24 | 7 October 1835 | 7 July 1902 |
Fry, Ann Blackmore | 29 | 3 September 1830 | 3 May 1924 |
Fry, Richard | 30 | 15 April 1831 | 15 April 1900 |
Fuhriman, Anna Barbara | 26 | 11 September 1833 | 20 March 1895 |
Fuhriman, Gottfried | Infant | 15 June 1859 | 8 December 1920 |
Fuhriman, Jacob | 29 | 16 January 1831 | 11 May 1914 |
Fulson, Nell | 62 | About 1798 | Unknown |
Galli, Magdalena | 22 | 4 August 1833 | 5 December 1896 |
Graham, Hyrum | 4 | About 1856 | unknown |
Graham, Joseph | 34 | About 1826 | unknown |
Green, John | 57 | 17 October 1802 | 20 March 1890 |
Hafen, Anna Margaretha | 34 | 9 June 1826 | 7 January 1901 |
Hafen, Eliza | 4 | 19 February 1856 | 27 September 1936 |
Hafen, Johann Conrad | 35 | 15 September 1824 | 28 October 1910 |
Hafen, Ludwig Louis | 7 | 18 September 1852 | 13 December 1926 |
Haight, Ann | 26 | 14 February 1834 | 19 March 1911 |
Hailstone, Emily | 19 | 8 November 1840 | 26 November 1911 |
Hastings, George | 2 | 20 January 1858 | 5 July 1862 |
Hastings, Kezia | 1 | 1859 | Unknown |
Hastings, Mary A. | 34 | 1826 | Before 1915 |
Hastings, Mary Ann | 4 | 1856 | Unknown |
Hastings, Winter | 6 | About 1854 | unknown |
Hastings, Winter | 28 | 12 November 1831 | 20 November 1915 |
Hegetschweiler, Anna | 33 | 17 March 1827 | 13 June 1861 |
Hegetschweiler, Annie | 12 | 29 September 1847 | 1 February 1921 |
Hirschi, Daniel | 5 | 24 January 1855 | 28 June 1933 |
Hirschi, Magdalena | 12 | 15 April 1848 | 27 December 1919 |
Hirschi, Magdalena | 45 | 12 February 1815 | 4 November 1896 |
Hodgkiss, Ann | 7 | 1853 | Unknown |
Hodgkiss, Frances Ann | 9 | 7 February 1851 | 13 April 1926 |
Hodgkiss, George | 5 | 1855 | Unknown |
Hodgkiss, Phoebe | 31 | 1829 | Unknown |
Hodgkiss, Thomas | 32 | 1828 | Unknown |
Hodgkiss, William | 1 | 1859 | Unknown |
Hoffman, Anna Ursula | 50 | 21 February 1810 | Unknown |
Hoffman, Samuel | 51 | 8 November 1808 | 27 August 1860 |
Holland, Ann King | 54 | 4 August 1805 | 13 October 1883 |
Holland, Caroline | 26 | 10 February 1834 | 18 March 1915 |
Holland, Charlotte | 20 | 16 November 1839 | 31 July 1916 |
Holland, Emily | 13 | 2 September 1846 | 7 December 1928 |
Holland, John | 51 | 12 March 1808 | 10 February 1894 |
Husbands, Harriet | 28 | 13 February 1832 | 28 August 1899 |
Husbands, Susan | 57 | About 1803 | Unknown |
Jones, Owen | 61 | About 1801 | Unknown |
Kuhn, Heinrich | 33 | 8 October 1826 | 23 April 1891 |
Lloyd, Edward | 28 | About 1832 | Unknown |
Loosli, Anna Elisabetha | 24 | 18 August 1835 | 15 January 1923 |
Loosli, George Andrew | 1 | 11 July 1858 | 19 January 1937 |
Loosli, Jabez | Infant | 8 August 1859 | 2 August 1899 |
Loosli, Johannes | 6 | 23 January 1854 | 1 January 1862 |
Loosli, John Kaspar | 28 | 21 October 1831 | 16 April 1901 |
Loosli, Magdalena | 47 | 13 November 1812 | 12 November 1880 |
Loosli, Rosetta | 9 | 16 June 1851 | 7 February 1919 |
Loosli, Ulrich | 30 | 22 April 1830 | 30 March 1918 |
Lundgreen, Anna | 27 | About 1833 | unknown |
Lundgreen, Laura | 2 | About 1858 | unknown |
Lundgreen, Ola N. | 37 | About 1823 | Unknown |
Marston, John | 80 | About 1780 | 27 September 1867 |
Marston, Sarah | 75 | About 1785 | 23 November 1860 |
McCloy, Robert | 23 | 26 February 1837 | 21 September 1894 |
McCoy, Henry | 23 | About 1837 | Unknown |
McEwan, Eliza | 21 | 24 February 1839 | 27 January 1899 |
McEwan, Henry | 58 | 14 February 1802 | 28 September 1882 |
McEwan, Jane | 58 | 25 December 1801 | 1 March 1886 |
McEwan, Joseph Thompson | 19 | 1 September 1840 | 1 January 1913 |
Mitchell, Jessie Sophia | 23 | 9 July 1836 | 4 April 1907 |
Moser, Johann | 55 | May 1805 | 17 May 1890 |
Murray, Rebecca | 62 | About 1798 | 18 September 1890 |
Murray, Rebecca Jane | 18 | 17 August 1841 | 8 September 1878 |
Naef, Elsbeth | 55 | 22 July 1804 | 11 February 1884 |
Naef, Johann Jacob | 23 | 1 November 1836 | 12 February 1921 |
Naef, Mary Aerney | 20 | 9 April 1840 | 1 January 1903 |
Nibley, Charles Wilson | 11 | 5 February 1849 | 11 December 1931 |
Nibley, Euphemia | 5 | 6 February 1855 | 5 February 1930 |
Nibley, Henry Wilson | 8 | 9 August 1851 | 21 December 1923 |
Nibley, James | 50 | 12 June 1810 | 18 December 1876 |
Nibley, James Wilson | 19 | 16 November 1840 | 2 August 1896 |
Nibley, Jean | 45 | 12 June 1815 | 20 March 1889 |
Nibley, Margaret Wilson | 17 | 8 April 1843 | 6 June 1930 |
Nibley, Mary | 22 | 4 May 1838 | 12 May 1877 |
Parry, Ann | 56 | 15 July 1803 | 28 January 1882 |
Parry, David Roberts | 13 | 8 November 1846 | 24 June 1931 |
Parry, Emma | 10 | 27 March 1850 | 4 November 1918 |
Parry, Joseph Roberts | 18 | 27 February 1842 | 10 May 1915 |
Parry, Leah | 15 | 30 June 1844 | 1 September 1924 |
Parry, Thomas Robert | 58 | 2 November 1802 | 19 October 1886 |
Perenaud, Louisa | 15 | About 1845 | Unknown |
Perenaud, Maria | 36 | About 1824 | Unknown |
Rankin, Catherine | 33 | 27 June 1826 | 30 April 1912 |
Rankin, Robert Richard | 65 | 12 May 1795 | 12 July 1869 |
Reber, Barbara | 31 | 1 February 1829 | 9 March 1895 |
Reber, Johannes | 12 | 31 March 1848 | 17 February 1933 |
Reber, Johannes | 32 | 20 April 1828 | 16 August 1873 |
Reber, Rosina | 8 | 4 August 1851 | 24 April 1900 |
Reber, Samuel | 20 | 10 September 1839 | 4 March 1926 |
Reber, Verena | 59 | About 1801 | Unknown |
Rigby, Aaron | 60 | 3 April 1800 | 11 April 1867 |
Rigby, Elizabeth | 57 | 21 May 1803 | 12 May 1886 |
Rigby, Ellen | 20 | 15 August 1839 | 7 February 1908 |
Rigby, Margaret | 31 | 7 April 1829 | 27 September 1901 |
Rigby, Samuel | 24 | 27 October 1835 | 27 September 1906 |
Robson, Eliza | 26 | About 1834 | Unknown |
Robson, Eliza M. | 5 | About 1855 | Unknown |
Robson, Sarah E. | 2 | About 1858 | Unknown |
Robson, William | 31 | About 1829 | Unknown |
Robson, William James | 3 | About 1857 | Unknown |
Rock, Elizabeth | Infant | 15 July 1859 | 4 November 1925 |
Rock, Harriet | 31 | 11 September 1828 | 26 October 1911 |
Rock, Henry | 25 | 14 November 1834 | 6 March 1908 |
Rock, Jacob Nephi | 5 | 8 October 1854 | 10 April 1941 |
Rock, Jenny Elmetta | 2 | 20 November 1857 | 4 March 1924 |
Rock, Leannah | 20 | 9 August 1839 | 21 October 1909 |
Rock, Mary Cordelia | 8 | 8 April 1852 | 6 October 1921 |
Rock, Reuben | 10 | 23 July 1849 | 11 November 1870 |
Rock, Valentine | 34 | 14 November 1825 | 5 April 1863 |
Rodgers, Ann | 42 | About 1818 | Unknown |
Rodgers, Fred | 14 | About 1846 | Unknown |
Rodgers, John | 21 | About 1839 | Unknown |
Rodgers, William | 45 | About 1815 | Unknown |
Ross, James Darling | 36 | 5 March 1824 | 1 October 1878 |
Ross, Sarah Darling | 1 | 20 June 1858 | 25 January 1919 |
Ross, Sarah Elizabeth | 23 | 22 April 1837 | 4 December 1920 |
Ross, William George | Infant | 28 February 1860 | Unknown |
Rumreal, Mary | 30 | About 1830 | Unknown |
Rumreal, Sarah A. | 3 | About 1857 | Unknown |
Scelpin, Eliza | 29 | About 1831 | Unknown |
Schaerrer, Anna | 42 | 21 December 1817 | 16 September 1888 |
Schaerrer, Anna Elizabeth Louisa | 8 | 21 October 1851 | 20 June 1932 |
Schaerrer, Hans Heinrich | 47 | 13 May 1813 | 15 December 1889 |
Schaerrer, John Jacob | 14 | 28 December 1845 | 2 December 1931 |
Schlappi, Clorinda | 2 | 2 May 1858 | 27 September 1938 |
Schlappi, Elizabeth | 1 | About 1860 | 8 October 1860 |
Schlappi, Heinrich | 33 | 8 October 1826 | 16 June 1905 |
Schlappi, Margaretha | 24 | 18 September 1835 | 13 January 1919 |
Schnebeli, Caroline | 21 | 9 September 1838 | 8 January 1911 |
Schneider, Magdalena | 23 | 6 December 1838 | 16 June 1896 |
Schvaneveldt, Eduard Conrad Emil | 46 | 2 September 1813 | 6 July 1890 |
Schvaneveldt, Joseph Hyrum | Infant | 28 June 1859 | 16 July 1943 |
Schvaneveldt, Karna | 26 | 29 August 1833 | 3 December 1898 |
Sidler, Susannah | 27 | 3 December 1832 | 13 June 1862 |
Smith, Ann Leona | 13 | 28 October 1846 | 14 April 1920 |
Smith, Benjamin Franklin | 14 | 22 February 1846 | 5 November 1930 |
Smith, Emily | 11 | 15 April 1849 | 24 May 1890 |
Smith, George | 58 | 28 February 1802 | 10 November 1869 |
Smith, George | 16 | 13 April 1844 | 27 July 1874 |
Smith, Sarah | 54 | 25 November 1805 | 26 September 1892 |
Smith, Sophia | 20 | 9 July 1839 | 13 January 1917 |
Smith, Thomas Goldman | 19 | 15 August 1840 | 22 September 1911 |
Staeheli, Anna Elizabetha | 29 | 11 February 1831 | 14 September 1915 |
Staeheli, Elizabetha | 57 | 3 January 1803 | 4 December 1870 |
Staeheli, Johannes | 68 | 29 December 1791 | 12 December 1862 |
Staeheli, John Bianchi | 5 | 28 February 1855 | 29 September 1939 |
Staeheli, Susanna Elizabeth | 31 | 27 January 1829 | 27 March 1871 |
Staeheli, Wilhelmina | 10 | 2 December 1849 | 2 December 1915 |
Stauffer, Friedrich | 13 | 13 July 1846 | 6 July 1922 |
Stauffer, Johannes | 29 | 20 May 1831 | 3 January 1874 |
Strasser, Sebastian | 6 | 2 December 1853 | 27 May 1911 |
Stuber, Nicholas | 45 | About 1815 | Unknown |
Teagues, Fanny | 46 | 20 February 1814 | 19 November 1891 |
Thornton, Eliza | 13 | 8 January 1842 | 28 February 1873 |
Thornton, Hyrum | 12 | 8 May 1848 | 8 May 1870 |
Thornton, Mary | 8 | 1 February 1852 | 20 February 1910 |
Thornton, Mary | 48 | 25 September 1811 | 6 March 1867 |
Thornton, Phoebe | 14 | 19 February 1846 | 29 February 1908 |
Thornton, William | 48 | 24 June 1811 | 30 September 1897 |
Thornton, William H. | 9 | 21 July 1850 | 4 December 1895 |
Thuesen, Engelika Kirstine | 51 | 24 June 1808 | 17 November 1863 |
Thuesen, Johan Nicholai | 17 | 25 April 1843 | 11 February 1932 |
Thuesen, Laura Christine Hansena Magdalena | 14 | June 1846 | 5 August 1920 |
Thueson, Niels | 48 | 21 June 1812 | 22 October 1892 |
Treharne, John W. | 36 | About 1824 | unknown |
Tucker, Betsy Valate | 21 | 20 July 1838 | 20 June 1909 |
Tucker, Ebenezer | 21 | About 1839 | unknown |
Tucker, James | 23 | 22 July 1836 | 19 June 1925 |
Venger, Margaretha | 74 | About 1786 | Unknown |
Vincent, Caroline Elizabeth | 12 | 2 July 1847 | 3 January 1928 |
Vincent, Elizabeth | 10 | 17 March 1850 | Unknown |
Vincent, Henry Thomas | 14 | 10 September 1845 | 21 October 1916 |
Vincent, Phyllis | 37 | 1823 | 19 November 1861 |
Vincent, Thomas | 40 | 24 June 1819 | 2 November 1884 |
Vincent, William Tyler | 5 | 10 July 1854 | 27 May 1921 |
Walker, Emma | 39 | 16 February 1821 | 29 September 1883 |
Walser, Elizabeth Barbara | 9 | 28 July 1850 | 25 May 1931 |
Walser, Johann Jacob | 11 | 20 April 1849 | 25 July 1937 |
White, Mary Gilmore | 22 | 27 December 1837 | 1899 |
Wilson, Frank | 33 | About 1827 | Unknown |
Wilson, Henry R. | 3 | About 1857 | Unknown |
Wilson, Mary E. | 30 | About 1830 | Unknown |
James D. Ross had served two missions in England and been first counselor in the European Mission. Returning from his mission, he presided over 594 British and Swiss emigrants aboard the ship Underwriter. He was appointed captain of a company made up of 249 individuals—Americans, English, Swiss, and possibly Germans. A few men joined the company to avoid the Civil War draft. Those who had excess baggage had to leave it behind. The Swiss emigrants had eight or ten wagons out of a total of thirty-five or thirty-six in the company. There were 142 oxen and 54 cows. All of the emigrants, including Captain Ross, were inexperienced in frontier living and plains travel. Many had to learn to drive oxen. Some had to learn to milk a cow or grease a wagon.
They left Florence, Nebraska Territory, in mid-June. On 2 July they were at Wood River Center. On 4th of July they heard cannons firing near Fort Kearny as the soldiers celebrated the nation’s birth. Like other travelers on the plains, they saw large herds of buffalo, thunderstorms, and ever-present begging Indians. They hunted rabbits, sage hens, and duck. They killed a deer and a bear. They passed numerous trading posts where they could buy a variety of goods at inflated prices. At times they traveled within a few miles of other Mormon companies including those led by Jesse Murphy and John Smith. They passed Fort Laramie on 27 July. On 5 August they camped on the Platte River opposite Deer Creek. They followed the road to Green River, passed Fort Bridger and reached camp in Emigration Canyon on Sunday, 2 September. The camp was visited by a number of Church leaders including Wilford Woodruff, George A. Smith, Lorenzo Snow, and Franklin D. Richards. They gave the company practical advice. They drove into the city the following day. Upon their arrival, Brigham Young and Daniel H. Wells greeted them and gave more counsel. A single death had occurred en route. The emigrants expressed great respect for Captain Ross.