Daniel Spencer/Ira Eldredge Company (1847)
Image taken in 1864
Date Unknown
- Type
- Wagon
- Category
- Church Train
- Direction
- Westbound
- Departure
- 17 June 1847
- Departed From
- Elkhorn, Nebraska
- Arrival
- 19-22 September 1847
- Captains
- Ira Eldredge
- Daniel Spencer
- Number In Company
- 188
174 or 177 individuals and 76 wagons were in the company when it began its journey from the outfitting post on the Elkhorn River about 27 miles west of Winter Quarters, Nebraska.
- Cummings, Benjamin Franklin, Journal, 16.
- Cummings, Benjamin Franklin, Reminiscences and diaries, 1842-1879, fd. 1, 8p.
- Daniel Spencer's 100, schedules, circa 1847 February in Brigham Young's 1847 emigration division (First Division) in Camp of Israel schedules and reports, 1845-1849.
- Eldredge, Alma, Autobiographical sketch [ca. 1911], 5-8.
- Eldredge, Alma. Reminiscences and diary, 1857-1898, 17-21.
- Ensign, J. C., Reminiscences, in Utah Semi-Centennial Commission, The book of the pioneers [ca. 1897].
- Ensign, Martin Luther, Autobiography, in Utah State Historical Society Cache Valley Chapter, Historical resource materials for Cache Valley, Utah-Idaho, 1955-1956, reel 1, item 9, 1-2.
- Goodale, Isaac Newton, Journals, 1839-1863, vol. 1.
- Haight, Isaac Chauncey, Journal, 40-47.
- Haight, Isaac Chauncey, Journal 1842 June-1850 Apr.
- Lewis, William C., "William C. Lewis," Utah Journal , 17 July 1897, 3.
- Murdock, Joseph Stacy, Diary and reminiscences 1889, 9-13.
- Smoot, Diana Eldredge, Autobiography, 1912, [2-5], MSS SC 1587.
- Spencer, Daniel, "On the Plains," in Heart Throbs of the West , 12 vols. [1939-51], 4:347-48.
- Spencer, Daniel, Diaries 1845-1857, vol. 2.
- Spencer, Daniel, Letter, Salt Lake City [Utah] to Brother Grove, 1848 Oct. 5.
- Spencer, Hiram Theron, "Sketch of Life and Experiences of Patriarch and Mrs. H. T. Spencer, Who Pioneered Magna and Vicinity," [1925?], 3.
- [Spencer-Eldredge Company, Remarks by Surviving Pioneers], in Utah Semi-Centennial Commission, The book of the pioneers [ca. 1897].
| Abbott, Anna | 60 | 24 April 1787 | About 1852 |
| Abbott, Rufus | 63 | 30 January 1784 | 30 August 1879 |
| Baxter, Joseph G. | 37 | 21 September 1809 | unknown |
| Bingham, Brigham Heber | 5 | 15 December 1841 | 10 February 1935 |
| Bingham, Edwin | 15 | 5 May 1832 | 25 February 1903 |
| Bingham, Erastus | 49 | 12 March 1798 | 2 May 1882 |
| Bingham, Erastus Perry | 1 | 20 March 1846 | 4 June 1929 |
| Bingham, Lucinda | 49 | 19 September 1797 | 3 January 1874 |
| Bingham, Maria Louisa | 18 | 23 June 1828 | 31 October 1893 |
| Bingham, Olive Hovey | 27 | 8 January 1820 | 22 July 1905 |
| Bingham, Olive Louisa | 2 | 2 October 1844 | 12 September 1921 |
| Bingham, Sanford | 26 | 3 May 1821 | 21 November 1910 |
| Bingham, Willard | 17 | 19 February 1830 | 19 March 1913 |
| Boggs, Evelina | 31 | 3 March 1816 | 3 September 1887 |
| Boggs, Mary | 4 | 12 April 1843 | 11 March 1915 |
| Bond, Polly | 58 | 19 April 1789 | Unknown |
| Boss, Alexander | 24 | 8 October 1822 | 1904 |
| Boss, Alfred | 20 | 3 October 1826 | 29 March 1871 |
| Boss, Calvin | 20 | 3 October 1826 | 14 February 1866 |
| Boss, David | 20 | 26 March 1827 | 14 September 1864 |
| Boss, David | 49 | 1798 | 6 April 1873 |
| Boss, Martha Patsy | 46 | About 1801 | 1869 |
| Boyce, William | 22 | 23 September 1824 | 11 September 1887 |
| Boyes, Elizabeth | 16 | 19 April 1831 | 16 November 1919 |
| Boyes, George | 52 | 28 November 1794 | 2 August 1874 |
| Boyes, Henry | 10 | 12 June 1837 | 14 December 1871 |
| Boyes, Margaret Ann | 7 | 12 April 1840 | 1 October 1901 |
| Boyes, Thomas | 20 | 31 March 1827 | Unknown |
| Brimhall, Ann | 56 | 28 February 1791 | Unknown |
| Brown, Adelia Ann | 7 | 3 March 1840 | 27 June 1916 |
| Brown, Esther | 33 | 7 January 1814 | 6 October 1898 |
| Brown, Mary Jane | 8 | 10 December 1838 | 10 March 1906 |
| Brown, Naomi | 1 | 16 October 1845 | 24 July 1917 |
| Brown, Phebe Narcissia | 24 | 4 July 1822 | 1 March 1852 |
| Brown, William | 31 | 3 January 1816 | 28 October 1892 |
| Bryant, William | 18 | 6 December 1828 | Unknown |
| Clements, Eliza | 13 | 14 March 1834 | 2 January 1915 |
| Crandall, Albert Joseph | 45 | 21 July 1801 | 8 October 1872 |
| Crandall, Mary | 42 | 28 July 1804 | 8 July 1883 |
| Crandall, Melissa | 11 | 14 January 1836 | Unknown |
| Cummings, Alva | 15 | 20 May 1832 | 1 June 1917 |
| Cummings, Benjamin Franklin | 26 | 3 March 1821 | 22 October 1899 |
| Curtis, Catherine Adelia | 26 | 28 November 1820 | 29 April 1866 |
| Davidson, Mariah Jane | 15 | 5 December 1831 | 31 March 1908 |
| Davis, Hyrum | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
| Deming, Henrietta | 6 | 31 March 1841 | 8 September 1859 |
| Deming, Mariah | 28 | 10 November 1818 | 8 May 1861 |
| Deming, Moses | 43 | 16 March 1804 | 10 June 1871 |
| Deming, Wayne | 8 | 2 May 1839 | 2 July 1851 |
| Drake, Daniel | 58 | 14 January 1789 | 22 December 1851 |
| Drake, Horace | 21 | 19 April 1826 | 6 January 1918 |
| Drake, Orson Perkins | 22 | 27 September 1824 | 28 July 1868 |
| Eldredge, Alanson | 66 | 16 November 1780 | 14 December 1857 |
| Eldredge, Alanson | Infant | 5 December 1846 | 22 October 1899 |
| Eldredge, Alma | 5 | 13 October 1841 | 22 February 1925 |
| Eldredge, Diana Tanner | 10 | 28 March 1837 | 29 January 1914 |
| Eldredge, Edmund | 12 | 1 May 1835 | 22 February 1924 |
| Eldredge, Esther Ann | 8 | 24 March 1839 | 5 March 1925 |
| Eldredge, Hyrum | 3 | 13 April 1844 | 18 August 1884 |
| Eldredge, Ira | 37 | 30 March 1810 | 6 February 1866 |
| Eldredge, Nancy | 34 | 22 November 1812 | 12 April 1895 |
| Ensign, John Calvin | 16 | 18 April 1831 | 1 July 1907 |
| Ensign, Julia Searles | 13 | 16 September 1833 | 22 March 1892 |
| Ensign, Luman Ashley | 19 | 7 March 1828 | 25 May 1897 |
| Ensign, Lydia | 6 | 12 January 1841 | 10 December 1852 |
| Ensign, Martin Luther | 16 | 31 March 1831 | 18 May 1911 |
| Ensign, Mary | 41 | 11 June 1806 | 23 April 1888 |
| Ensign, Mary Everett | 36 | 15 May 1811 | 12 February 1868 |
| Ensign, Rufus Bronson | 14 | 28 December 1832 | 9 May 1915 |
| Ensign, Samuel | 42 | 24 May 1805 | 24 January 1885 |
| Ensign, Samuel Lozene | 11 | 24 January 1836 | 4 January 1922 |
| Farr, Aaron Freeman | 28 | 31 October 1818 | 18 November 1903 |
| Farr, Celestia Ann | 2 | 3 January 1845 | 21 June 1921 |
| Farr, Enoch | 1 | 28 December 1845 | 30 June 1914 |
| Farr, Lorin | 26 | 27 July 1820 | 12 January 1909 |
| Farr, Nancy Bailey | 24 | 27 January 1823 | 10 September 1892 |
| Farr, Persis | 27 | 27 May 1820 | 31 December 1906 |
| Freeman, Elijah Norman | 2 | 20 May 1845 | 14 March 1936 |
| Freeman, Mary | 27 | 1 April 1820 | 25 September 1893 |
| Frost, Catherine | Infant | 16 September 1847 | 1 October 1848 |
| Frost, Edwin | 6 | 28 February 1841 | 16 June 1904 |
| Frost, Emeline Minerva | 8 | 25 June 1838 | 8 June 1913 |
| Frost, Mary Elizabeth | 31 | 14 September 1815 | 24 May 1893 |
| Gates, Thomas | 71 | 7 May 1776 | 22 January 1851 |
| Goodale, Isaac Newton | 32 | 6 February 1815 | 26 April 1890 |
| Green, Alphonzo | 36 | 8 July 1810 | 6 August 1875 |
| Green, Alva Alphonzo | 7 | 15 September 1839 | 2 March 1901 |
| Green, Alvin Greeley | 18 | 27 May 1829 | 3 August 1912 |
| Green, Austin Greeley | 13 | 26 March 1834 | 19 October 1914 |
| Green, Betsy Bonny | 37 | 6 May 1810 | 1 October 1883 |
| Green, Fanny | 41 | 12 January 1806 | 28 April 1900 |
| Green, Harriet Ann | 9 | 9 March 1838 | 16 March 1892 |
| Green, Robert Kenyon | 40 | 5 August 1806 | 5 July 1884 |
| Green, Sarah Annadellah | 3 | 31 January 1844 | 21 December 1864 |
| Haight, Caleb | 68 | 28 August 1778 | 6 June 1851 |
| Haight, Caroline Eliza | 9 | 5 December 1837 | 3 March 1874 |
| Haight, Eliza Ann | 31 | 22 October 1815 | 24 May 1888 |
| Haight, Hector Caleb | 37 | 17 January 1810 | 16 June 1879 |
| Haight, Horton David | 14 | 20 June 1832 | 18 January 1900 |
| Haight, Isaac Chauncey | 34 | 27 May 1813 | 8 September 1886 |
| Haight, Julia Ann | 36 | 10 January 1811 | 26 May 1869 |
| Haight, Mary Adelia | 17 | 18 January 1830 | 15 April 1890 |
| Haight, Sarah | 58 | 16 February 1789 | March 1877 |
| Haight, Temperance Keturah | 2 | 13 September 1844 | 24 February 1929 |
| Haight, William Van Orden | 5 | 18 September 1841 | 26 May 1930 |
| Hambleton, Chelnecha | 29 | 5 March 1818 | 9 March 1880 |
| Hambleton, Jerusha Lucrecia | 11 | 20 April 1836 | 28 October 1922 |
| Hambleton, Lucy Ann | 7 | 16 July 1840 | 28 October 1922 |
| Hambleton, Madison Daniel | 35 | 2 November 1811 | 29 May 1870 |
| Hickenlooper, Belinda | 15 | 4 March 1832 | 22 November 1894 |
| Hickenlooper, John Thomas | 10 | 7 July 1836 | 5 March 1900 |
| Hickenlooper, Sarah | 44 | 1 June 1803 | 30 March 1866 |
| Hickenlooper, William Haney | 42 | 22 September 1804 | 14 January 1888 |
| Holmes, Eliza | 39 | 16 October 1807 | Unknown |
| Holmes, Ellen | 2 | 15 May 1845 | Unknown |
| Holmes, George | 9 | 20 September 1837 | Unknown |
| Holmes, Hyrum | 15 | 15 October 1831 | Unknown |
| Holmes, Oliver Samuel | 12 | 19 January 1835 | 31 August 1899 |
| Holmes, Samuel Oliver | 40 | 6 January 1807 | 7 August 1865 |
| Houtz, Jacob Miller | 32 | 12 October 1813 | 11 December 1896 |
| Houtz, Lucinda | 4 | 2 July 1842 | 11 April 1874 |
| Houtz, Lydia | 30 | 25 April 1817 | 16 June 1888 |
| Houtz, Mary Elizabeth | 7 | 19 May 1840 | 31 March 1906 |
| James, Isaac | 27 | 5 January 1820 | 19 November 1891 |
| James, Jane Elizabeth | 28 | 11 May 1819 | 16 April 1908 |
| James, Silas F. | 1 | 10 June 1846 | 17 May 1872 |
| James, Sylvester | 9 | 1 March 1838 | 5 March 1920 |
| King, Rosetta | 27 | 1 September 1819 | Unknown |
| Lewis, Beason | 38 | 23 February 1809 | 22 January 1888 |
| Lewis, Elizabeth | 37 | 19 November 1809 | 15 April 1883 |
| Lewis, John Moss | 18 | 16 February 1829 | 5 May 1894 |
| Lewis, Martha Ann | 14 | 20 February 1833 | 18 November 1898 |
| Lewis, Sarah Elizabeth | 12 | 3 April 1835 | 4 March 1866 |
| Lewis, William Crawford | 16 | 24 November 1830 | 24 May 1908 |
| Martin, Ruth | 19 | 5 August 1827 | Unknown |
| McIntyre, James N. | 12 | 13 August 1834 | Unknown |
| McIntyre, Roxannah | 37 | 20 May 1810 | 20 February 1889 |
| McIntyre, William Francis | 6 | 9 August 1840 | 18 February 1853 |
| McIntyre, William Ludlow | 35 | 27 August 1811 | 23 October 1887 |
| Murdock, Eunice | 28 | 27 October 1818 | 22 May 1872 |
| Murdock, Joseph Stacy | 25 | 26 June 1822 | 15 February 1899 |
| Murdock, Mary Jane | 15 | 7 August 1831 | 1900 |
| Murdock, Nymphas Coridon | 14 | 12 May 1833 | 29 April 1917 |
| Murdock, Sally | 59 | 3 April 1788 | 25 January 1864 |
| Nowlin, Amanda | 19 | 17 December 1827 | 18 January 1909 |
| Nowlin, Bryan Ward | 31 | 4 July 1815 | 2 May 1877 |
| Nowlin, Mary Susannah | 17 | 5 April 1830 | 10 May 1902 |
| Ostrander, Caroline Josephine | 3 | 12 July 1843 | 8 July 1922 |
| Ostrander, Eliza Esther | 27 | 10 June 1820 | 17 October 1894 |
| Ostrander, Elizabeth Elvera | 6 | 12 September 1840 | 9 July 1858 |
| Potter, Anna | 16 | 25 July 1830 | Unknown |
| Potter, John H. | 14 | 9 November 1832 | Unknown |
| Potter, William | 20 | 30 August 1826 | Unknown |
| Ralston, Hannah | 25 | 8 August 1821 | Unknown |
| Ralston, John | 32 | 1 May 1815 | Unknown |
| Ralston, Josephine P. | 3 | 25 June 1843 | Unknown |
| Randolf, Edwin | 10 | 11 March 1837 | Unknown |
| Rice, Asaph | 30 | 13 January 1817 | 3 February 1872 |
| Rice, Ira | 53 | 28 October 1793 | 14 April 1868 |
| Rigby, James | 26 | 13 October 1820 | Unknown |
| Roper, Ann Elizabeth | 10 | 4 April 1837 | 24 September 1873 |
| Rust, George Smith | 13 | 23 January 1834 | 18 June 1922 |
| Shaw, Ambrose A. | 22 | 12 September 1824 | 15 January 1906 |
| Shaw, Permelia | 16 | 28 July 1830 | 21 March 1871 |
| Shippen, Charles Wesley | 9 | 1 April 1838 | 6 February 1900 |
| Snedaker, Ann | 29 | 22 February 1818 | 18 October 1879 |
| Snedaker, Morris Jackson | 28 | 16 December 1818 | 12 December 1882 |
| Speirs, Phoebe | 21 | 12 April 1826 | 7 April 1906 |
| Spencer, Amanda | 7 | 20 December 1838 | 17 September 1893 |
| Spencer, Anna | 16 | 27 January 1830 | 5 January 1897 |
| Spencer, Charles Henry | 19 | 1 December 1827 | 10 July 1916 |
| Spencer, Claudius Victor | 23 | 2 April 1824 | 5 January 1910 |
| Spencer, Daniel | 52 | 20 July 1794 | 8 December 1868 |
| Spencer, Edwin Eugene | 3 | 3 October 1843 | 16 January 1881 |
| Spencer, Emily | 27 | 13 August 1819 | 15 May 1895 |
| Spencer, Frances Elizabeth | 1 | 11 July 1845 | 1881 |
| Spencer, Hiram Theron | 11 | 13 November 1835 | 26 March 1931 |
| Spencer, Maria Antoinette | 21 | 22 January 1826 | 11 March 1850 |
| Spencer, Mary Leone | 4 | 17 February 1843 | 24 January 1929 |
| Staines, William Carter | 28 | 26 September 1818 | 3 August 1881 |
| Standage, Elizabeth | 55 | 15 September 1791 | Unknown |
| Taft, Almira Sophia | 15 | 18 February 1832 | 6 March 1874 |
| Taft, Harriet | 38 | 12 April 1809 | 7 October 1888 |
| Taft, Patience | 63 | 19 December 1783 | 28 April 1862 |
| Van Schoonhoven (Spencer), Gilbert Henry | 18 | 2 August 1828 | 14 June 1903 |
| Walker, Olive Hovey | 23 | 8 March 1824 | 8 December 1915 |
| Whitney, Ephraim B. | 30 | 17 May 1817 | Unknown |
| Whitney, Harriet | 22 | 8 August 1824 | Unknown |