Daniel Spencer/Perrigrine Sessions Company (1847)
Date Unknown
Date Unknown
- Type
- Wagon
- Category
- Church Train
- Direction
- Westbound
- Departure
- 18 June 1847
- Departed From
- Elkhorn, Nebraska
- Arrival
- 24-25 September 1847
- Captains
- Perrigrine Sessions
- Daniel Spencer
- Number In Company
- 189
185 individuals and 75 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.
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| Abbott, Abigail | 13 | 26 April 1829 | 12 December 1854 |
| Abbott, Ann | 50 | 12 June 1797 | 17 July 1849 |
| Abbott, Joseph | 6 | 31 October 1840 | 20 June 1859 |
| Abbott, Lewis | 51 | 18 December 1795 | 26 August 1851 |
| Abbott, Thomas Marsh | 15 | 1 January 1832 | 13 August 1920 |
| Barton, Mary | 44 | 16 March 1803 | 19 May 1883 |
| Barton, William Asa | 44 | 3 December 1802 | Unknown |
| Bass, [Brother] | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
| Beach, Harriet Cordelia | 17 | 10 November 1828 | 2 November 1907 |
| Beach, Laura Ann | 33 | 5 March 1814 | 26 July 1893 |
| Beach, Rufus | 52 | 8 May 1795 | After 1850 |
| Beach, Sarah Cole | 15 | 10 November 1831 | Unknown |
| Beck, John | 15 | 5 January 1832 | Unknown |
| Beers, John | 17 | 13 March 1830 | 28 October 1894 |
| Brinkerhoff, James | 31 | 22 May 1816 | 4 March 1875 |
| Brinkerhoff, Jenette | 10 | 30 October 1836 | 7 December 1925 |
| Brinkerhoff, Mary Ann | 4 | 24 July 1842 | 11 April 1891 |
| Brinkerhoff, Sally Ann | 31 | 22 October 1815 | 8 February 1895 |
| Browett, Elizabeth | 34 | 16 June 1813 | 4 March 1899 |
| Browett, Harriet | 36 | 10 August 1810 | Before 14 July 1850 |
| Brown, Hannah Jane | 22 | 19 October 1824 | 1 July 1905 |
| Brown, Isaac F. | 13 | 31 December 1833 | Unknown |
| Brown, Isaac H. | 28 | 28 July 1818 | 1850 |
| Burnham, Isaac | 19 | 24 December 1829 | Unknown |
| Callister, Caroline Clara | 27 | 6 June 1820 | 8 January 1895 |
| Callister, Helen Marr | 17 | 17 July 1829 | 4 December 1917 |
| Callister, Helen Marr | Infant | 26 September 1846 | 13 June 1930 |
| Callister, Thomas | 25 | 8 July 1821 | 1 December 1880 |
| Chase, Solomon | 49 | About 1797 | Unknown |
| Clements, James | 14 | 22 January 1833 | 19 March 1877 |
| Conrad, Caroline | 18 | 22 June 1829 | 3 February 1913 |
| Crosby, George Henry | Infant | 25 October 1846 | 10 October 1916 |
| Crosby, Hannah Elida | 27 | 4 March 1820 | 2 May 1907 |
| Crosby, Jesse Wentworth | 26 | 25 November 1820 | 11 June 1893 |
| DeWitt, Martin | 21 | 22 September 1826 | 26 July 1900 |
| DeWitt, Sarah Ann | 19 | 13 September 1826 | 23 January 1902 |
| Denton, Benjamin | 22 | 11 May 1825 | 15 February 1875 |
| Evarts, John | 43 | 10 July 1803 | 10 September 1874 |
| Evarts, Sarah Ann | 36 | 3 June 1811 | Unknown |
| Fuller, Catherine | 23 | 20 May 1824 | 31 August 1885 |
| Fuller, Cornelius | 7 | 5 July 1840 | 5 July 1924 |
| Fuller, Elijah Knapp | Infant | 4 February 1847 | 8 October 1885 |
| Fuller, Elijah Knapp | 36 | 13 June 1811 | 27 December 1897 |
| Fuller, Revilo | 4 | 8 October 1842 | 7 May 1932 |
| Fuller, Wyllys Darwin | 11 | 10 November 1835 | 13 June 1920 |
| Gates, Elizabeth | 37 | 4 February 1810 | Unknown |
| Gates, George | 35 | 24 December 1811 | 10 December 1896 |
| Gibb, Alfred Gully | 4 | 24 June 1843 | 28 February 1855 |
| Gustin, Amos | 23 | 21 April 1824 | 3 June 1898 |
| Gustin, George Wallace | 2 | 4 January 1845 | 15 December 1852 |
| Gustin, Jane Ristine | 17 | 26 March 1830 | 16 November 1905 |
| Gustin, Mary | 41 | 9 February 1805 | 19 September 1865 |
| Gustin, Mary | 7 | 23 February 1840 | 17 November 1918 |
| Gustin, Nancy Bruster | 5 | 21 March 1842 | 20 December 1926 |
| Gustin, Susannah | 15 | 23 May 1832 | 20 June 1919 |
| Gustin, Thomas | 46 | 25 March 1801 | 17 September 1849 |
| Gustin, Thomas Jefferson | 9 | 28 January 1838 | 27 October 1879 |
| Henderson, Samuel Newton | 9 | 18 April 1838 | 22 March 1922 |
| Holden, Elizabeth | 21 | 28 February 1826 | 2 May 1856 |
| Holden, Sarah | 45 | 27 February 1802 | 16 July 1867 |
| Holden, William Riley | 20 | 22 September 1826 | 21 July 1907 |
| Hunter, Asa Barton | 14 | 20 November 1832 | 14 February 1912 |
| Hunter, Jesse | 8 | 8 June 1839 | 11 June 1916 |
| Hunter, Keziah | 39 | 22 February 1808 | 12 January 1889 |
| Hunter, Martha | 3 | 8 June 1844 | Unknown |
| Hunter, Mary B. | 13 | 15 May 1834 | Unknown |
| Hunter, Samuel | 5 | 9 April 1842 | 25 July 1936 |
| Johnson, Warner | 24 | 18 February 1823 | Unknown |
| Lambson, Alfred Boaz | 26 | 27 August 1820 | 26 February 1905 |
| Lambson, Melissa Jane | 22 | 25 March 1825 | 26 October 1899 |
| Lambson, Melissa Jane | Infant | 13 November 1846 | 23 August 1937 |
| Lawson, James | 26 | 20 July 1820 | 14 September 1912 |
| Leffingwell, Adam | 1 | 5 August 1845 | 14 August 1882 |
| Leffingwell, Caroline M. | 8 | 2 September 1838 | 12 August 1911 |
| Leffingwell, Eunice | 42 | 1 March 1805 | 25 December 1889 |
| Leffingwell, Joseph Lyman | 13 | 17 February 1834 | 16 October 1884 |
| Leffingwell, Jr, William | 3 | 27 June 1843 | 11 October 1913 |
| Leffingwell, Mary Jane | 6 | 5 March 1841 | 19 April 1936 |
| Leffingwell, Roxany Matilda | 11 | 2 May 1836 | 29 October 1913 |
| Leffingwell, William | 41 | 31 October 1805 | 25 October 1884 |
| Lemon, Alexander Abraham | 16 | 1 March 1831 | 14 May 1902 |
| Lemon, Ann Elizabeth | 13 | 26 July 1833 | 17 February 1910 |
| Lemon, John Knox | 1 | 19 August 1845 | 26 March 1927 |
| Lemon, Margaretta | 7 | 4 October 1839 | 25 July 1922 |
| Lemon, Martha Catherine | 38 | 22 December 1808 | 21 November 1883 |
| Lemon, Mary Ann | 4 | 1 September 1842 | 27 November 1928 |
| Lemon, William McClure | 39 | 25 April 1808 | 10 March 1851 |
| Mathews, William | 39 | 28 January 1808 | 27 November 1888 |
| McClenahan, James Kemp | 42 | 21 September 1803 | 24 December 1872 |
| McClenahan, Nancy Anna | 33 | 24 September 1813 | 4 November 1852 |
| Miller, Armenius | 10 | 3 March 1837 | 16 July 1904 |
| Miller, Silas | 12 | 6 November 1834 | Unknown |
| Moesser, Elizabeth Catharine | 4 | 15 April 1843 | 28 April 1876 |
| Moesser, Emma | 6 | 31 March 1841 | 20 April 1931 |
| Moesser, George Edward | 7 | 1 March 1840 | 11 February 1917 |
| Moesser, Jane | 1 | 1845 | Unknown |
| Moesser, John Henry | 12 | 21 February 1835 | 31 January 1912 |
| Moesser, Joseph Hyrum | 10 | 11 October 1836 | 10 December 1928 |
| Moesser, Mary Magdalena | 39 | 11 November 1807 | 23 February 1883 |
| Moore, Eunice Sibley | 40 | 2 March 1807 | 4 April 1890 |
| Moore, Harriet | 7 | 17 April 1840 | 28 March 1894 |
| Moore, Samuel | 43 | 19 January 1804 | 11 October 1883 |
| Moore, Sophronia | 15 | 17 May 1832 | 17 November 1915 |
| Moore, Stephen Bliss | 11 | 29 February 1836 | 9 April 1894 |
| Parrish, Frances | 49 | 28 October 1795 | 29 September 1851 |
| Parrish, Joel | 19 | 6 November 1827 | 14 November 1904 |
| Parrish, Priscilla | 14 | 20 March 1833 | 10 August 1914 |
| Parrish, Samuel | 48 | 30 September 1798 | 12 October 1873 |
| Pollock, Clarinda | 6 | 21 May 1841 | Unknown |
| Pollock, James | 32 | 14 September 1814 | 28 February 1875 |
| Pollock, Priscilla | 19 | 22 June 1828 | 10 June 1901 |
| Pollock, Thomas | 2 | 12 February 1845 | Unknown |
| Potter, Cynthia Bigelow | 16 | 5 January 1831 | 1902 |
| Pratt, Alma | 1 | 31 July 1845 | 13 November 1902 |
| Pratt, Ann Agatha | 18 | 11 June 1829 | 25 June 1908 |
| Pratt, Belinda | 26 | 24 December 1820 | 19 February 1894 |
| Pratt, Elizabeth | 31 | 27 March 1816 | 9 May 1897 |
| Pratt, Hannahette | 34 | 22 October 1812 | 21 February 1898 |
| Pratt, Helaman | 1 | 31 May 1846 | 26 November 1909 |
| Pratt, Julia Houston | Infant | 1 April 1847 | 17 April 1903 |
| Pratt, Martha | 22 | 28 April 1825 | 19 February 1894 |
| Pratt, Mary | 29 | 18 June 1818 | 5 March 1898 |
| Pratt, Nephi | 1 | 1 January 1846 | 29 April 1910 |
| Pratt, Parley Parker | 10 | 25 March 1837 | 29 August 1897 |
| Pratt, Parley Parker | 40 | 12 April 1807 | 13 May 1857 |
| Pratt, Phoebe Elizabeth | 23 | 8 July 1823 | 17 September 1887 |
| Pratt, Sarah | 24 | 3 August 1822 | 26 May 1886 |
| Richardson, Arthur C | 1 | 2 June 1846 | 26 July 1856 |
| Richardson, Darwin Charles | 35 | 29 June 1812 | 13 November 1860 |
| Richardson, Jane Cyrene | 27 | 15 October 1819 | 17 April 1892 |
| Richardson, Olive | 60 | 12 November 1786 | 13 August 1855 |
| Richardson, Solon Darwin | 2 | 5 August 1844 | 5 November 1911 |
| Rogers, Franceanya | 6 | 29 July 1840 | 20 April 1922 |
| Rogers, Isaac | 53 | 3 November 1793 | April 1849 |
| Rogers, Isaac | 1 | 15 September 1845 | 25 August 1901 |
| Rogers, Mary Miranda | 32 | 25 January 1815 | 11 February 1853 |
| Savage, Amanda Polly | 10 | 23 August 1836 | 15 July 1915 |
| Savage, David Leonard | 36 | 25 July 1810 | 26 April 1886 |
| Savage, Mary Abigail | 24 | 30 March 1823 | 23 November 1904 |
| Savage, Mary Theodocia | Infant | 28 February 1847 | 28 May 1936 |
| Sears, Margaret | 45 | 20 December 1801 | Unknown |
| Sears, William | 49 | 4 August 1798 | Unknown |
| Sessions, Carlos Lyon | 4 | 16 July 1842 | 11 April 1926 |
| Sessions, David | 57 | 4 April 1790 | 11 August 1850 |
| Sessions, Lucina | 27 | 29 September 1819 | 30 June 1904 |
| Sessions, Martha Ann | 11 | 22 September 1835 | 12 January 1877 |
| Sessions, Mary | 23 | 22 February 1824 | 25 November 1865 |
| Sessions, Patty | 52 | 4 February 1795 | 14 December 1892 |
| Sessions, Perrigrine | 33 | 15 June 1814 | 3 June 1893 |
| Sheets, Elijah Funk | 26 | 22 March 1821 | 3 July 1904 |
| Sheets, Susanna | 20 | 2 September 1826 | 11 May 1861 |
| Singley, Margaret | 55 | 25 December 1789 | 4 October 1874 |
| Singley, Nicholas | 55 | 26 October 1791 | 1884 |
| Smith, Augusta Bowen | 18 | 7 December 1828 | 27 March 1903 |
| Smith, Clarissa Loomis | 56 | 27 June 1790 | 14 February 1854 |
| Smith, Jesse Nathaniel | 12 | 2 December 1834 | 5 June 1906 |
| Smith, John | 65 | 16 July 1781 | 23 May 1854 |
| Smith, John Lyman | 18 | 17 November 1828 | 21 February 1898 |
| Smith, Mary | 49 | 13 August 1797 | 27 April 1877 |
| Smith, Silas Sanford | 16 | 26 October 1830 | 11 October 1910 |
| Spencer, Daniel | 52 | 20 July 1794 | 8 December 1868 |
| Stratton, Joseph Albert | 25 | 11 September 1821 | 28 October 1850 |
| Stratton, Mary Ann | 32 | 31 March 1815 | 5 October 1908 |
| Terry, Thomas Searls | 21 | 3 October 1825 | 12 August 1920 |
| Thatcher, Aaron Dunham | 10 | 25 April 1837 | 8 September 1909 |
| Thatcher, Alena | 39 | 12 April 1808 | 8 January 1889 |
| Thatcher, Catherine Mary | 15 | 28 July 1831 | 28 April 1856 |
| Thatcher, George Washington | 7 | 1 February 1840 | 23 December 1902 |
| Thatcher, Harriet Ann | 9 | 11 February 1838 | 25 December 1920 |
| Thatcher, Hezekiah | 38 | 25 August 1808 | 27 April 1879 |
| Thatcher, Hyrum Smith | 2 | 28 November 1844 | 26 July 1852 |
| Thatcher, John Bethewel | 12 | 22 October 1834 | 16 September 1917 |
| Thatcher, Joseph Wycoff | 17 | 10 August 1829 | 15 December 1881 |
| Thatcher, Moses | 5 | 2 February 1842 | 21 August 1909 |
| Thomas, Isaac Jones | 13 | 30 May 1834 | 1866 |
| Thomas, Matilda Ann | 17 | 5 February 1830 | 11 March 1905 |
| Thompson, Mary Jane | 9 | 14 June 1838 | 4 August 1901 |
| Thompson, Mercy Rachel | 40 | 15 June 1807 | 15 September 1893 |
| Van Cott, John | 32 | 7 September 1814 | 18 February 1883 |
| Van Cott, Lovina Jemima | 59 | 6 August 1787 | 18 May 1878 |
| Van Cott, Lucy Lavinia | 31 | 17 July 1815 | 31 January 1902 |
| Van Cott, Martha | 9 | 28 February 1838 | 25 March 1908 |
| Van Cott, Mary | 3 | 2 February 1844 | 5 January 1884 |
| VanCott, Losee | Infant | 23 August 1847 | 18 March 1851 |
| West, Lewis Alvin | 14 | 15 March 1833 | 22 July 1870 |
| Williams, Norman S. | 26 | 27 August 1820 | 24 March 1891 |
| Woodward, George | 29 | 9 September 1817 | 17 December 1903 |
| Woodward, Thomazine | 33 | 10 December 1814 | 9 September 1904 |
| York, Mary Tabitha | 12 | 3 March 1835 | 25 January 1922 |