Jacob F. Secrist/Noah T. Guymon Company (1855)

Date Unknown

Date Unknown
- Type
- Wagon
- Category
- Church Train
- Direction
- Westbound
- Departure
- 13 June 1855
- Departed From
- Mormon Grove, Kansas
- Arrival
- 7 September 1855
- Captains
- Jacob Foutz Secrist
- Noah Thomas Guymon
- Number In Company
- 398
368 individuals and 58 wagons were in the company when it began its journey from the outfitting post at Mormon Grove, Kansas (Near Atchison). Jacob F. Secrist died on July 2 and Noah T. Guymon became captain of the company.
View Summary- 2nd Company of 50 reports, 1855 May 31.
- C. W. S., "Days of Ox Teams," Deseret Semi-weekly News , 14 June 1887, 2.
- Charles Smith reminiscences and diary, 1842 March-1905 June, 31-42, 333.
- "Condensed statistical report of Mormon Emigration from Mormon Grove, 1855 September 1.” In Brigham Young office emigrating companies reports 1850-1862, Reports 1853-1855. (CR 1234 5, Box 1, Folder 43, file 4)
- "Correspondence," St. Louis Luminary, 6 October 1855, 182.
- Deseret News [Weekly], 12 Sep. 1855, 216.
- Deseret News [Weekly], 22 Aug. 1855, 191.
- Deseret News [Weekly], 22 Aug. 1855, 192.
- Erastus Snow, "Our Correspondence," Deseret News, 5 September 1855, 8.
- Faulkner, James, Letter, 1856 Mar. 1, to Dear Friends, Salt Lake City [Utah].
- "From Our Kansas Correspondent," The Mormon, 28 July 1855, 3.
- "From the Plains," New York Daily Times, 3 July 1855.
- Hansen, Peter Olsen, Journal [ca. 1876], 121-24.
- Hindley, John and John Parson, [Letter to Milo Andrus], St. Louis Luminary, 8 September 1855, 166.
- "Immigration List," Deseret News, 12 September 1855, 214.
- "Interesting From the Plains," New York Daily Times, 31 July 1855.
- "Interesting from the Elders," St. Louis Luminary, 30 June 1855, 126.
- Johnson, Hans I. (Mrs.) [Inger K.], Autobiography [1909], 11-12.
- Johnson, John, [Interview], in "Utah Pioneer Biographies," 44 vols., 16:39-40.
- Neilson, Peter. Family record, 11.
- Nielsen, K. N. (Mrs.), Sketch from the journal of Mrs. K. N. Nielsen, 23-26, in Caroline Nielsen, Group of Nielsen biographies and account of Taylor ancestors, BX 8670 .M82 vol. 10.
- Olsen, Annie Cathrine Christensen, [Interview], in "Utah Pioneer Biographies," 44 vols., 22:18-20.
- "Our Immigration," Deseret News [Weekly], 8 August 1855, 172.
- Smith, Charles, [Letter to Erastus Snow], St. Louis Luminary , 1 Sep. 1855, 162.
- Smith, George A. "To the Editor of the Luminary," St. Louis Luminary, 10 November 1855, 199.
- "The Other Side of the Question," The Mormon, 14 Apr. 1855, 2.
- "The Point of Outfit for Our Spring Emigration," St. Louis Luminary, 31 March 1855, 74.
- "This Years Immigration," Deseret News, 8 August 1855, 5.
- "Visit of the Editor to the Camps at Atchison," The Mormon, 23 June 1855, 2.
- "Western Improvements," The Mormon, 9 June 1855, 3.
Ackerley, Charlotte | 55 | Unknown | Unknown |
Ackerley, Samuel | 28 | 16 May 1827 | 12 November 1901 |
Andersen, Anders Christian | 44 | 28 April 1811 | 27 June 1889 |
Andersen, Christian Severin | 10 | 3 January 1845 | 7 February 1916 |
Andersen, D. | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
Andersen, E. | 55 | Unknown | Unknown |
Andersen, Eline | 3 | 6 June 1852 | 15 January 1861 |
Andersen, Hedvig Dorthea | 2 | 5 May 1853 | Unknown |
Andersen, Karen Jensen | 19 | 17 December 1835 | 7 May 1860 |
Andersen, Kirsten | 41 | 25 November 1813 | 21 April 1893 |
Andersen, Michel P. | 9 | 11 June 1846 | Unknown |
Andersen, Peter | 43 | 8 August 1811 | 11 April 1897 |
Andersen, Secililus | 16 | 11 December 1838 | 1856 |
Andersen, Simon | 32 | 2 May 1823 | 23 September 1904 |
Andersen, Simon Rasmus | 4 | 11 May 1851 | Unknown |
Anderson, Anders | 11 | 20 June 1843 | 11 February 1929 |
Anderson, Anna | 45 | 27 December 1809 | 8 May 1899 |
Anderson, Caroline | 14 | 10 April 1841 | 15 July 1924 |
Anderson, Johanne | 15 | 5 September 1839 | 20 July 1925 |
Anderson, Johanne Elizabeth Widergren | 14 | 15 December 1840 | 13 January 1905 |
Anderson, Louisa | 45 | 4 April 1810 | 18 March 1883 |
Anderson, Marie | 9 | 20 September 1845 | 15 August 1936 |
Anderson, Niels Christian Widergren | 45 | 4 November 1809 | 6 October 1884 |
Anderson, Nils Ole | 9 | 20 September 1845 | 28 September 1926 |
Anderson, Ola | 46 | 3 October 1808 | 25 January 1857 |
Beck, Erastus | 2 | 4 March 1853 | 1 July 1914 |
Beck, Kirsten Marie | 20 | 2 February 1835 | 12 March 1868 |
Beck, Margrete [or Anne Marie] | 55 | About 1800 | Unknown |
Beck, Maria | 24 | 9 April 1831 | 5 September 1898 |
Beck, Niels Hansen | 50 | About 1805 | Unknown |
Beck, Niels Rasmussen | 32 | 26 February 1823 | 21 July 1888 |
Beck, Ole Rasmus | 28 | 15 December 1826 | 27 September 1864 |
Beck, Simon Thompson | Infant | 1 April 1855 | 20 December 1926 |
Bjarnason, Margret | 32 | 4 December 1822 | 14 June 1914 |
Bjarnason, Samuel | 32 | 12 April 1823 | 16 August 1890 |
Blanch, Wheatley | 25 | 7 April 1830 | 9 November 1887 |
Blench, Margaret Ann | 28 | 22 January 1827 | 13 December 1867 |
Blench, Ralph | 66 | 13 February 1789 | 15 August 1864 |
Bravandt, Anne Katherine | 19 | 30 January 1836 | 19 April 1931 |
Bronson, P. | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
Brown, Annie | 33 | 11 August 1821 | 15 August 1913 |
Brown, Caroline | 12 | 11 June 1843 | 20 January 1925 |
Brown, Jorgen Peterson | 1 | 16 August 1853 | 28 July 1915 |
Brown, Morten Peterson | 43 | 14 March 1812 | 24 November 1894 |
Brown, Peter Peterson | 14 | 5 December 1840 | 7 December 1910 |
Bruun, Anna Catherine Magdalene | 13 | 19 February 1842 | 30 July 1935 |
Bruun, Eliza Andrea Josephine | 10 | 27 December 1844 | 26 March 1925 |
Bruun, Peter Andreas | 14 | 24 September 1840 | 6 January 1925 |
Bruun, Rasmus Christian | 40 | 21 March 1815 | After 1881 |
Cambell, Barbara Elizabeth | 58 | 12 May 1797 | 8 April 1867 |
Capson, Gustafva Amalea | 19 | 17 February 1836 | 16 August 1914 |
Capson, Nils | 39 | 13 May 1816 | 10 September 1863 |
Chisnal, John | 21 | ca. 1834 | Unknown |
Christensen, A. | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
Christensen, Ane | 64 | 28 November 1790 | June 1862 |
Christensen, Ann Catherine | 13 | 13 October 1841 | 10 August 1928 |
Christensen, Anton | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
Christensen, C. | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
Christensen, Christian | 22 | 23 February 1833 | 20 February 1916 |
Christensen, Dorothea | 17 | 10 August 1837 | 17 February 1865 |
Christensen, Hans | 54 | 27 July 1800 | 18 October 1863 |
Christensen, J. | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
Christensen, J. | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
Christensen, J. M. | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
Christensen, Jens | 57 | 25 November 1797 | 28 April 1873 |
Christensen, Jens | 20 | 10 March 1835 | 21 April 1897 |
Christensen, Johanna | 54 | 3 November 1799 | 9 September 1855 |
Christensen, L. C. | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
Christensen, M. | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
Christensen, M. | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
Christensen, Mette Marie | 2 | 11 March 1853 | 26 June 1855 |
Christiansen, C. | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
Christiansen, Dorthe Kjerstine Clemensen | 26 | 22 March 1829 | 27 July 1920 |
Clark, Mary | 55 | Unknown | Unknown |
Clemensen, Martha Kirstine | 33 | 7 May 1822 | 13 December 1913 |
Clemensen, Niels | 35 | 9 March 1820 | 24 February 1904 |
Dahl, Alexander | 23 | 11 August 1831 | 18 February 1911 |
Dahl, Helene | 30 | 29 September 1824 | 1 December 1895 |
Dahl, Niels (Nils) Christian | 26 | 17 October 1828 | 1855 |
Dalling, John | 41 | 7 June 1814 | 7 March 1858 |
Deuel, Osmyn Merrit | 53 | 1 January 1802 | 11 January 1889 |
Domville, James | 58 | 27 August 1796 | 4 October 1883 |
Domville, Mary | 15 | 15 January 1840 | 27 September 1855 |
Dorius, Nicolai | 50 | 21 September 1804 | 10 July 1872 |
Dorius, Rebecca Dorthea | 11 | 13 November 1843 | 26 August 1863 |
Dougall, Catherine | 46 | 8 October 1808 | 18 August 1892 |
Dougall, Hugh MacSwain | 18 | 24 April 1837 | 28 February 1906 |
Dougall, William Bernard | 12 | 3 May 1843 | 11 April 1909 |
Dunstall, Jane | 31 | 1 April 1824 | 31 December 1868 |
Ellertsen, Gertrude Christena | 36 | 9 April 1819 | 26 November 1900 |
Ellertsen, Hanne Rosette | 6 | 8 March 1849 | 15 October 1935 |
Ellertsen, Johan | 29 | 15 September 1825 | 2 May 1905 |
Ellertsen, Julianna Barbara | 7 | 4 March 1848 | 22 October 1942 |
Ellertsen, Nickoli Hendrik Peter | 9 | 6 October 1845 | 14 February 1934 |
Ellertsen, Norman Willard | Infant | 16 April 1855 | 10 January 1930 |
Ellis, Edmund | Unknown | unknown | unknown |
Ericksen, Anne Elizabeth | 15 | 29 September 1839 | 9 May 1926 |
Ericksen, Anne Maria | 47 | 13 November 1807 | 22 January 1907 |
Ericksen, Eliza Thorber | 10 | 25 August 1844 | 9 July 1923 |
Ericksen, Erick Bertle | 13 | 5 November 1841 | 18 November 1889 |
Ericksen, Gunder | 50 | 10 September 1804 | 1868 |
Ericksen, Henry | 36 | 4 October 1818 | 13 August 1864 |
Ericksen, Ingeborg Gundersen | 35 | 15 October 1819 | 19 May 1902 |
Etherington, Elizabeth | 56 | 25 February 1799 | 12 May 1868 |
Etherington, John | 61 | 28 April 1794 | 13 January 1874 |
Etherington, Mary Elizabeth | 20 | 12 August 1834 | 30 December 1913 |
Etherington, Thomas | 17 | 1 November 1837 | 20 January 1907 |
Faulkner, Burke | 4 | 1851 | 9 July 1855 |
Faulkner, Edward | 9 | 11 July 1845 | 20 February 1868 |
Faulkner, Eliza | 11 | 23 July 1843 | 27 February 1927 |
Faulkner, James | 54 | About 1801 | 12 December 1862 |
Faulkner, John | 2 | 1853 | 27 June 1855 |
Faulkner, Mary Ann | 37 | 1818 | 5 July 1855 |
Faulkner, Stephen | 14 | 19 February 1841 | 7 July 1855 |
Fisher, Elizabeth | 15 | 20 May 1840 | 11 February 1908 |
Folkman, Katherine Kirstine | 28 | 6 October 1826 | 7 January 1876 |
Frandsen, Anna Katherina | 29 | 15 August 1825 | 6 October 1912 |
Frandsen, Lars | 9 | 29 April 1846 | 12 May 1897 |
Furlong, Barbara Elizabeth | 2 | 17 November 1852 | 13 October 1924 |
Furlong, Margaret | 31 | 9 April 1824 | 10 March 1885 |
Furlong, Peter | 35 | 29 June 1819 | 30 April 1865 |
Grundy, Elizabeth | 40 | About 1815 | 23 January 1878 |
Grundy, William | 49 | About 1806 | Unknown |
Guymon, Noah Thomas | 35 | 30 June 1819 | 7 January 1911 |
Hagermann, Marie Fransine | 18 | 13 July 1836 | 29 November 1891 |
Halvorsen, Simon Fredrik | 25 | 12 October 1829 | 5 January 1901 |
Halvorsen, Torberg Kristine | 18 | 22 November 1836 | 14 January 1880 |
Hansen, A. C. | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
Hansen, Anna | 32 | 1821 | 9 August 1895 |
Hansen, Anne | 48 | 6 August 1806 | Unknown |
Hansen, Anne | 40 | 17 November 1814 | 30 May 1894 |
Hansen, Georg Erastus | 4 | 30 March 1851 | Unknown |
Hansen, Hans | 41 | 10 January 1814 | Unknown |
Hansen, Jens | 10 | 21 September 1844 | Unknown |
Hansen, Jorgen | 28 | 18 February 1827 | 20 April 1884 |
Hansen, Karen | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
Hansen, Mikkel | 7 | 11 April 1848 | 27 November 1907 |
Hansen, Ole | 8 | 11 May 1847 | 11 March 1938 |
Hansen, Oline C. | 6 | About 1849 | Unknown |
Hansen, Peter | 36 | 18 October 1818 | 1864 |
Hansen, Peter Olsen | 37 | 11 June 1818 | 9 August 1895 |
Hansen, Rasmus | 12 | About 1843 | 31 August 1864 |
Hanson, Bridget | 26 | 8 October 1828 | 1 April 1911 |
Hanson, J. C. | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
Heslop, Ann | 25 | 24 January 1830 | 28 February 1922 |
Heslop, George | Infant | 19 February 1855 | 29 July 1930 |
Heslop, John | 2 | 2 June 1853 | 17 September 1931 |
Hogan, Erick Gautsen Midboen | 52 | 22 June 1802 | 21 June 1876 |
Holding, Alice | 55 | Unknown | Unknown |
Horrocks, Ann | 36 | 4 July 1818 | 20 March 1888 |
Horrocks, Daniel | 50 | 16 December 1804 | 13 June 1855 |
Horrocks, Elizabeth | 50 | 11 March 1805 | 18 May 1860 |
Horrocks, Elizabeth | 3 | 21 September 1851 | 10 November 1934 |
Horrocks, Ellen | 6 | 5 August 1848 | 6 December 1924 |
Horrocks, Jane | 13 | 30 August 1841 | 2 July 1914 |
Horrocks, Peter | 55 | 11 January 1800 | 14 May 1866 |
Jacobs, Birthe | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
Jensen [or Syvers], Ase Marie | 47 | About 1808 | Unknown |
Jensen, Birthe Kirstine | 10 | 13 January 1845 | 18 March 1879 |
Jensen, Caroline | 8 | 19 February 1847 | 7 March 1910 |
Jensen, Christine | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
Jensen, Hans | 50 | About 1805 | Unknown |
Jensen, Ingre | 43 | Unknown | Unknown |
Jensen, Jens | 3 | 24 June 1852 | 21 February 1922 |
Jensen, Jens | 33 | 16 June 1821 | 15 March 1877 |
Jensen, Jens | 25 | 3 January 1830 | 14 October 1896 |
Jensen, Johanna Margrethe | 2 | 19 April 1853 | Unknown |
Jensen, Johanne Marie Jessen | 26 | 12 May 1829 | May 1855 |
Jensen, John [or Johan] | 1 | 7 April 1854 | 1895 |
Jensen, Jorgen | 7 | 12 March 1848 | November 1855 |
Jensen, Karen Sophie | 41 | 8 November 1813 | 31 August 1893 |
Jensen, Niels Christian | 33 | 27 January 1822 | 24 December 1884 |
Jensen, Peter | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
Jenson, Bengt | 23 | 21 April 1832 | Unknown |
Jenson, Ingri | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
Jespersen, Albertine | 29 | ca. 1826 | Unknown |
Jespersen, Indiana C. | 1 | About 1854 | Unknown |
Jespersen, Peter | 27 | About 1828 | Unknown |
Johannesen, Amelia Nicholine | 6 | 25 April 1849 | 30 March 1938 |
Johannesen, Boletta Maria | 10 | 16 December 1844 | 25 February 1937 |
Johannesen, Hans Jorgen | 28 | 31 August 1826 | 21 February 1904 |
Johannesen, Inger Christine | 29 | 22 February 1826 | 13 March 1913 |
Johannesen, John | 3 | 29 February 1852 | 6 June 1938 |
Johannesen, Julius | 8 | 12 February 1847 | 20 April 1903 |
Johannesen, Michael | Infant | 11 April 1855 | 9 September 1942 |
Johansen, B. | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
Johansen, Karen Andersen | 40 | About 1815 | Unknown |
Johansen, Niels | 42 | About 1813 | Unknown |
Johnsdottir, Helga | 40 | 12 July 1814 | 28 September 1905 |
Johnsen, Boletta | 44 | 20 May 1811 | 25 December 1902 |
Johnsen, Inger Andrena | 10 | 19 June 1844 | 30 December 1919 |
Johnsen, Menah | 2 | 28 September 1852 | 25 August 1935 |
Jonsen, H. | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
Jonson, Bengt | 26 | 9 March 1829 | 15 August 1918 |
Jordan, Fanny | 2 | 8 October 1852 | 10 July 1932 |
Jordan, James Francis | 31 | 7 February 1824 | 1 August 1900 |
Jordan, Leonard James | 5 | 12 August 1849 | 23 March 1919 |
Jordan, Mary Jane | 4 | 8 January 1851 | 2 February 1921 |
Jordan, Sarah | 31 | 15 October 1823 | 4 May 1890 |
Kendall, Alice | 21 | About 1827 | 16 February 1904 |
Kendall, Alice Ann | 22 | 1 June 1833 | 16 February 1904 |
Kendall, Edward | 34 | 28 December 1820 | 12 July 1873 |
Kendall, Elizabeth | 63 | 28 February 1792 | Unknown |
Kendall, William | 24 | 2 June 1831 | 7 March 1915 |
Kershaw, William | 9 | About 1846 | Unknown |
Kjar, Elizabeth | 4 | 26 January 1851 | 16 October 1870 |
Kjar, Jacob Peter | 1 | 26 December 1853 | 17 June 1855 |
Kjar, Johan Christian | 6 | 12 January 1849 | 7 March 1919 |
Kjar, Lars Christian | 39 | 8 May 1816 | 15 February 1896 |
Kjar, Mette Marie | 36 | 6 March 1819 | 13 January 1904 |
Knudsen, Caroline Jorgensen | 30 | 30 June 1824 | 4 January 1891 |
Knudsen, Else Marie | 34 | 23 October 1820 | 1866 |
Lang, Barbara Elizabeth | 26 | 29 May 1829 | 31 March 1885 |
Lang, John | 23 | 15 March 1832 | 19 September 1909 |
Lang, Mary | 60 | 28 January 1795 | 5 February 1860 |
Larsen, Ane Catherine Cecelia | 18 | 22 November 1836 | 27 October 1902 |
Larsen, Hans Peter | 20 | 24 September 1834 | 22 September 1928 |
Larsen, Lars Andersen | 21 | 24 June 1833 | 8 May 1884 |
Larsen, Maren | 18 | 24 December 1836 | Unknown |
Larsen, Margrethe | 19 | 27 February 1836 | 19 June 1887 |
Larsen, Margrethe Nielsdatter | 49 | 20 November 1805 | 3 July 1875 |
Larsen, Mathias | 55 | About 1800 | Unknown |
Larsen, Ole Peter | 44 | ca. 1811 | Unknown |
Larsen, Peter Andersen | 15 | 25 May 1840 | 1 March 1891 |
Larsen, Petronella Andersen | 26 | 28 June 1828 | 10 March 1866 |
Larsen, Susanne Andersdatter | 25 | 5 April 1830 | 20 November 1879 |
Lund, Augusta Hansine | 8 | 15 August 1846 | 23 December 1913 |
Lund, Gertrude Margrethe Larsen | 74 | 28 March 1781 | 19 January 1858 |
Lund, J. J. | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
Lund, Joran Larson | 56 | About 1799 | Unknown |
Lund, Lars Peter | 52 | 26 September 1802 | 16 September 1856 |
Lund, Laura Christina Petra | 12 | 27 February 1843 | 1 December 1913 |
Lund, Marna | 56 | About 1799 | Unknown |
Lundblad, Charlotte Elena | 4 | 12 May 1851 | 18 January 1921 |
Lundblad, Hans | 33 | 29 September 1821 | 19 June 1868 |
Lundblad, Johanna | 8 | 2 September 1846 | 25 September 1903 |
Lundblad, Kjerstina Andersson | 34 | 1 January 1821 | 22 January 1901 |
Lundblad, Mary Christina | 5 | 2 October 1849 | 21 December 1921 |
Lyon, Joseph | 18 | 19 February 1837 | 12 January 1919 |
Malmgren, Caroline | 17 | ca. 1838 | Unknown |
Mather, Alice | 13 | 3 January 1842 | July 1855 |
Mather, Hannah | 7 | 11 November 1847 | 7 December 1855 |
Mather, James | 3 | 24 October 1851 | 1856 |
Mather, James Higginson | 43 | 14 November 1811 | 17 November 1893 |
Mather, John | 16 | 11 July 1838 | 30 July 1910 |
Mather, Mary Ann | 43 | 28 October 1811 | 25 December 1892 |
Mather, Thomas | 9 | 28 April 1846 | 23 October 1917 |
Mauritzen, Johanne Amundsen | 21 | 20 July 1833 | 28 June 1855 |
Mauritzen, Niels Arnt | 26 | 19 July 1828 | 23 March 1895 |
Monsen, Anders | 19 | 22 January 1836 | 15 November 1915 |
Morgan, Catherine | 1 | 1854 | 12 November 1895 |
Morgan, Frances Amelia | 7 | 4 September 1847 | 30 May 1936 |
Morgan, Hannah | 39 | 25 April 1816 | December 1901 |
Morgan, Henry Hollister | 20 | 28 September 1834 | Unknown |
Morgan, Lucy | 16 | 1839 | 1888 |
Morgan, Mary | 6 | 1849 | About 1856 |
Morgan, Thomas | 13 | 14 June 1843 | 19 June 1855 |
Morgan, Thomas | 39 | 22 February 1816 | 1 December 1896 |
Mortensen, A. M. | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
Nelson, James | 21 | 1 October 1833 | 16 January 1911 |
Newey, Elizabeth | 15 | 18 August 1839 | 1 September 1927 |
Newey, Jemima | 19 | 22 March 1836 | 12 April 1866 |
Newey, John Mathew | 49 | 25 January 1806 | 17 August 1895 |
Newey, Pamela | 61 | 17 November 1793 | 1 April 1864 |
Nielsen, Anne M. | 13 | About 1842 | Unknown |
Nielsen, Hans | 8 | 28 November 1846 | 24 September 1914 |
Nielsen, Israel | 6 | 31 August 1848 | 8 March 1945 |
Nielsen, Jens | 32 | 12 October 1822 | 4 April 1884 |
Nielsen, Karen Sorensen | 34 | 23 February 1821 | 29 July 1901 |
Nielsen, Kirsten | 26 | 4 November 1828 | 8 February 1871 |
Nielsen, L. C. | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
Nielsen, M. | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
Nielsen, Peter | 42 | 22 February 1813 | 9 April 1883 |
Nielsen, Rasmus | 34 | 8 July 1820 | 28 June 1896 |
Nilson, Anna | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
Ogilvie, Alexander | 19 | 7 September 1835 | 4 January 1870 |
Ogilvie, Ann | 14 | 1841 | About 1858 |
Ogilvie, Esther Eunice | 22 | 12 April 1833 | 4 September 1881 |
Ogilvie, George | 21 | 24 April 1834 | 23 September 1918 |
Ogilvie, George Beyers | 50 | 4 August 1804 | 11 August 1879 |
Ogilvie, Louisa Alice | 16 | 28 December 1838 | 13 September 1930 |
Olsen, Caroline Christina | 18 | 29 May 1837 | 13 December 1921 |
Olsen, Johanne Marie Rasmussen | 39 | 28 September 1815 | 7 November 1907 |
Olsen, Lars | 36 | 28 June 1818 | 13 November 1889 |
Olsen, Lewis | 13 | 5 September 1841 | 28 August 1914 |
Ottesen, Andrew [or Anders] | Infant | 11 October 1854 | 1 June 1901 |
Ottesen, Anne Johanne Larsen | 24 | 24 September 1830 | 17 December 1906 |
Ottesen, Birgethe | 17 | 6 August 1837 | 15 June 1855 |
Ottesen, Christian Johansen | 15 | 27 March 1840 | Unknown |
Ottesen, Ellen Cathrine | 12 | 2 October 1842 | 19 August 1925 |
Ottesen, Else | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
Ottesen, Hans Peter | 31 | 7 August 1823 | 31 December 1893 |
Ottesen, Maren Christine Petersen | 36 | 3 August 1818 | 5 February 1893 |
Ottesen, Margrethe Johanne | 11 | 8 June 1844 | Unknown |
Ottesen, O. A. | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
Parson, Hans | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
Peers, Christine | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
Peters, Julie | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
Peters, Rebecca Emaline | 15 | 21 June 1839 | 23 September 1860 |
Petersen, A. C. [or Anne C.] | Unknown | About 1816 | Unknown |
Petersen, Bengta Beatta | 24 | 6 February 1831 | 27 March 1921 |
Petersen, Betsy Joanna Nelzina | Infant | 24 September 1854 | 4 November 1894 |
Petersen, C. | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
Petersen, C. | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
Petersen, Christian | 11 | 3 May 1844 | 8 January 1926 |
Petersen, Christine | 17 | 3 August 1837 | 27 April 1914 |
Petersen, Christine | 44 | 1811 | 2 December 1892 |
Petersen, Edward | 2 | About 1853 | Unknown |
Petersen, Elsie Marie | 8 | 31 December 1846 | 20 November 1938 |
Petersen, Hans | 22 | About 1833 | Unknown |
Petersen, Hans | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
Petersen, Johanna Christina | 31 | 3 May 1824 | 26 March 1887 |
Petersen, John Augustus | 3 | 23 December 1851 | 21 October 1929 |
Petersen, K. | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
Petersen, Neils Lasson | 33 | 14 November 1821 | 9 March 1906 |
Petersen, Nils Frederick | 8 | 20 January 1847 | 10 July 1923 |
Petersen, Peter | 43 | 17 November 1811 | 20 June 1855 |
Petersen, Peter Gottfried | 10 | 9 March 1845 | 1 November 1858 |
Peterson, Betty | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
Peterson, Ephraim Millenium | Infant | 3 March 1855 | 25 February 1941 |
Peterson, Helena Julia | 25 | 28 September 1829 | 14 September 1908 |
Peterson, James Christian | 13 | 5 April 1842 | 5 March 1919 |
Peterson, Jens T. | 46 | 10 September 1808 | 10 March 1877 |
Peterson, Margaret Anne | 17 | 12 February 1838 | 6 February 1908 |
Peterson, Peder Taylor | 13 | 25 October 1841 | 9 January 1928 |
Poulsen, Caroline Christina | 2 | 27 August 1852 | 22 July 1924 |
Poulsen, Jens [or James] | 70 | About 1785 | 23 June 1855 |
Poulsen, Marie Nielsdatter Thomasen | 31 | 25 March 1824 | 20 January 1901 |
Poulsen, Morten | 1 | 27 January 1854 | 4 July 1855 |
Prescott, Alice | 5 | 30 August 1849 | 19 February 1924 |
Prescott, James | 41 | 15 June 1813 | 18 May 1867 |
Prescott, John | 20 | About 1835 | Unknown |
Prescott, Margaret | 1 | 30 July 1853 | 19 February 1919 |
Prescott, Margaret | 39 | 8 October 1815 | 28 March 1889 |
Prescott, William John | 16 | 24 October 1838 | 6 November 1910 |
Pugh, Ann Elizabeth | 1 | 25 August 1853 | 21 January 1911 |
Pugh, Elizabeth | 27 | 1 July 1827 | 19 September 1855 |
Pugh, John | 29 | About 1826 | Unknown |
Pugh, Mary | Infant | February 1855 | Unknown |
Randall, Joseph Henry | 33 | 17 March 1822 | 1 March 1909 |
Rasmussen, Jorgen | 18 | About 1837 | unknown |
Rasmussen, Niels | 69 | 2 July 1785 | 3 January 1856 |
Salkield, Jane | 54 | 15 July 1800 | 22 April 1877 |
Sandersen, Caroline | 17 | About 1838 | Unknown |
Sandersen, Ingeborg Christine | 18 | About 1837 | Unknown |
Sandersen, J. | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
Secrist, Jacob Foutz | 36 | 19 September 1818 | 2 July 1855 |
Shrader, Anne Mary | 15 | About 1840 | Unknown |
Shrader, Jens | 46 | About 1809 | Unknown |
Shrader, Karen | 43 | ca. 1812 | Unknown |
Shrader, Peter Jensen | 13 | About 1842 | Unknown |
Smith, Charles | 35 | 10 July 1819 | 28 November 1905 |
Smoot, Anna Kirstine | 21 | 19 December 1833 | 20 January 1894 |
Sorens, Catherine | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
Sorensen, Halle | 37 | 3 July 1817 | 27 November 1898 |
Sorensen, J. C. | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
Sorensen, Jens | 19 | 8 May 1836 | 12 April 1865 |
Sorensen, Jeppe | 41 | 8 August 1813 | 7 April 1891 |
Sorensen, Johan Niels | 1 | 19 August 1853 | 28 September 1917 |
Sorensen, Karen Maria | 13 | 9 January 1842 | 16 April 1892 |
Sorensen, Niels | 54 | 26 October 1800 | 4 March 1893 |
Sorensen, Soren Niels | 15 | 3 July 1839 | 20 July 1907 |
Staffanson, Cecilia Nilsson | 28 | 8 January 1827 | 4 March 1897 |
Staffanson, Emma Caroline | 3 | 19 October 1851 | 1936 |
Staffanson, Nels Peter | Infant | 18 November 1854 | 26 June 1933 |
Staffanson, Peter | 31 | 22 November 1823 | 6 June 1913 |
Stayner, Charles William | 14 | 21 June 1840 | 26 December 1899 |
Stayner, Elizabeth | 50 | 4 June 1805 | 15 May 1889 |
Stayner, Thomas Collie | 50 | 22 June 1802 | 7 October 1869 |
Swaner, August Jorgen | 8 | 2 May 1847 | 18 March 1883 |
Swaner, Christian Jorgensen | 11 | 30 July 1843 | 5 September 1881 |
Swaner, Elizabeth Catherine | 13 | 22 March 1842 | 19 November 1916 |
Swaner, Jorgen Jensen | 48 | 29 April 1807 | 27 April 1876 |
Swaner, Juliane Johanne | 42 | 12 April 1813 | 30 April 1868 |
Telford, Hannah | 38 | 22 November 1816 | 15 December 1903 |
Telford, Robert | 41 | 30 August 1813 | 30 June 1889 |
Thomas, William | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
Thorn, Mary Ann | 20 | 28 March 1835 | 1 November 1926 |
Toft, Anne | 1 | 25 July 1853 | 14 April 1920 |
Toft, Jorgen Cramer Larsen | 9 | 18 February 1846 | 1 December 1897 |
Toft, Lars Christian Nielsen | 38 | 30 August 1816 | 18 August 1862 |
Trulsen [or Johansen], Anthon Mathias | 4 | 27 April 1851 | Unknown |
Trulsen [or Johansen], Hans Jacob | 8 | 25 September 1846 | 1855 |
Trulsen, Idda Elizabeth | 29 | 23 June 1825 | 8 December 1901 |
Trulsen, Johan | 34 | 11 December 1820 | 13 February 1898 |
Tullgren, Axel | 29 | 11 April 1826 | 6 February 1924 |
Tullgren, Ellen | 33 | 31 March 1822 | 16 December 1899 |
Tullgren, Ellen Maria Aelin | Infant | 28 March 1855 | Unknown |
Turner, Emma Louise | 21 | 21 November 1833 | 5 April 1875 |
Wagner, Wilhelmina Augusta Johanna | 18 | 3 November 1836 | 17 June 1939 |
Walsh, Mary Ann | Unknown | Unknown | 5 July 1855 |
Walsh, Nancy | 50 | 18 June 1805 | 10 July 1855 |
Walsh, Stephen | 17 | 18 August 1837 | 29 June 1855 |
Welch, James | 21 | 21 December 1833 | 22 October 1917 |
Welch, Rebecca | 11 | 13 July 1843 | 11 November 1925 |
Welch, William James | 13 | September 1841 | 17 August 1893 |
Welsh, Sarah Ellen | 17 | 4 June 1838 | 18 July 1914 |
Widergren, Christian W. | 11 | 14 November 1843 | 9 February 1922 |
For a 19th century traveler on the Great Plains to be buried in a tin coffin was unusual. Most deceased emigrants were simply wrapped in a blanket or some other cloth (if even that) before being interred. Jacob F. Secrist was an exception. Secrist, a Mormon missionary who was returning from Germany, was captain of a large wagon train consisting of English and Danish emigrants who come to America by different routes.
The Danes, led by Elder Peter Olsen Hansen, left their homeland on November 24, 1854, aboard the steamer Cimbria. Because of stormy weather, they did not reach the Humber River in England until December 24. The following day they took rail cars to Liverpool. There, they boarded the James Nesmith and sailed for America, arriving in New Orleans on February 23. Two steamboats, the Moses Greenwood and the Oceana, carried these travelers to St. Louis, where they arrived March 7. Those who could not immediately afford passage to Salt Lake City took the steamboat Polar Star to Weston, where they sought employment. The remainder of the passengers boarded the Clara and journeyed to Leavenworth, a new settlement some 35 miles below Atchison, Kansas Territory. There, the wayfarers waited two months for draft animals to arrive (probably because Kansas and Nebraska Territories had just been opened for settlement, creating a population influx and a high demand for cattle). Meanwhile, Elder Erick G. M. Hogan (a returning missionary from Norway) had escorted another 28 Danish Saints to Leavenworth by a different route (via Hamburg, from St. Louis to Atchison aboard the steamboat Admiral) on March 31.
About 20 of the Danes died at Leavenworth-most from scurvy (cause: prolonged vitamin C deficiency; symptoms: progressive bodily weakness, spongy and inflamed gums, loose teeth, swollen and tender joints, degraded capillaries, ruptured blood vessels, and hemorrhage). Fearing that cholera might break out among the emigrants, the citizens of Leavenworth demanded that they relocate their camp. To do so, Elder Hansen had to hire a local ox team at $1.00 per wagon. Shortly after this transfer, cholera did attack the Mormon camp, immediately killing four people.
When the emigrants' cattle finally did arrive, new problems arose. The animals were unbroken and often mismatched, and the Danes had no idea how to manage them. Finally, by splitting the camp and moving one half at a time, the company was able to reach Atchison on May 22.
The English division of Secrist's emigrant train came to America under the leadership of Elder William Glover. They sailed from Liverpool on March 31, 1855, aboard the Juventa. Among the passengers was Elder Noah T. Guymon (soon to succeed Secrist as company captain). The Juventa had a remarkably placid voyage and no one died. On May 5, the passengers landed at Philadelphia, then traveled to Pittsburgh by rail. There, some 200 of them took the steamboat Equinox down the Ohio River to St. Louis and up the Missouri River to Atchison, arriving there on May 28. It was here that a number of the English Saints contracted cholera and died.
At Mormon Grove (the Mormon outfitting point near Atchison), the Englishmen camped east of the road, while the Danes occupied the west side. Combined, their company included 368 emigrants, 51 wagons (30 of these belonging to Danes). The party headed west on June 13 amid apprehensions caused by rumors of Indian attacks against earlier travelers. Secrist and company was 50 miles west of Mormon Grove on June 17.
By June 24 it had become obvious to all concerned that some of the wagons were overloaded; others were not. Owners of the latter agreed to carry excess baggage at the rate of $11.00 per 100 pounds. Together with the Livingston-Kinkead merchant train, the Danes and the English camped 8 miles west of the Big Blue River on June 26.
When a government wagon train passed too close to the Mormon party, it spooked the emigrant's horses, causing them to stampede. Captain Secrist and a few companions set out to recover the runaways but during their search the captain fell victim to cholera. Borrowing a buggy from the Blair/Stevenson emigrant company, Secrist's companions took him to their camp on Turkey Creek. The captain died July 2 at Ketchem's Creek between Forts Kearny and Leavenworth. Wishing to transport the captain's remains to Salt Lake City for interment, Secrist's friends obtained tin from a merchant and had Edward Stevenson, a tinsmith, fashion a coffin. But it soon became obvious that the casket was not airtight. Therefore, Captain Secrist's remains were laid to rest on the banks of the Little Blue River.
Meanwhile, measles had attacked the emigrant children and an elder's council had appointed Noah T. Guymon as the new captain. On July 1, members of the party helped search for a missing member of the Blair/Stevenson train, but the man was never found. Cattle belonging to the English emigrants stampeded. Six wagons overturned; one ox and an elderly woman were hurt. Cheyenne Indians visited the camp and on the following day, the train camped for the last time on the Little Blue. Later, the company passed Fort Kearny and slowly followed the south bank of the Platte River while waiting for other trains to catch up. They felt that concentration of forces would make the travelers more formidable to hostile Indians. This precaution proved to be unnecessary. Although these travelers "saw scores of Indians, all were very civil, very much for shaking hands."
On July 15, Guymon and company passed Edward Stevenson's Texan company and, on the 20th, the Danes and Englishmen forded the South Fork of the Platte. Reaching Ash Hollow on July 21, they stopped to gather currants and cherries. In time, they arrived at Fort Laramie.
As the train traversed the Black Hills, feed for the animals grew scarce and the cattle grew weak. Apparently, earlier trains had similar difficulties, for the stench of dead cattle troubled the emigrants for several days. West of present-day Casper, Wyoming, the party found a new route around "the Poison Spring" (Mineral Spring). They camped at Devil's Gate. At the Green River, they found the ground covered with saleratus (either potassium bicarbonate or sodium bicarbonate, both used as leavening agents). The water in this river was so high that the cattle nearly drowned. In a "small valley in the mountains" members of the company "gathered a small quantity of tar that was sprung up."
Because the animals had continued to fail, the company had difficulty getting over Big Mountain. Finally, they camped in Emigration Canyon on September 6 and entered Salt Lake City the next day.