Milo Andrus Company (1855)
Date Unknown
- Type
- Wagon
- Category
- Church Train
- Direction
- Westbound
- Departure
- 4 August 1855
- Departed From
- Mormon Grove (Atcheson), Kansas
- Arrival
- 24 October 1855
- Captain
- Milo Andrus Sr.
- Number In Company
- 455
461 individuals were in the company when it began its journey from the outfitting post at Mormon Grove, Kansas (Near Atchison). This was a Perpetual Emigrating Fund Company.
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- "Arrivals," Deseret News, 31 October 1855, 269.
- Bowen, Barbara Gowans, History of the Life of Barbara Gowans Bowen, 1-2. Trail excerpt transcribed from "Pioneer History Collection" available at Pioneer Memorial Museum [Daughters of Utah Pioneers Museum], Salt Lake City, Utah. Some restrictions apply.
- "Bowery," Deseret News, 17 October 1855, 253.
- Charles H. Bassett, "Correspondence," St. Louis Luminary, 1 September 1855, 162.
- "Departure for the Plains," St. Louis Luminary, 26 May 1855, 106.
- Erastus Snow, "Correspondence," St. Louis Luminary, 11 August 1855, 150.
- Erastus Snow, "Letter from Prest. E. Snow," St. Louis Luminary, 10 November 1855, 199.
- Erastus Snow, "Our Correspondence," Deseret News, 5 September 1855, 8.
- George A. Smith, "Letter from George A. Smith," St. Louis Luminary, 15 December 1855, 207.
- George W. Burridge journal typescript, 1867-1891, Volume 2, 1884 December 2-1891 August, 6.
- "Gleanings [excerpts]," St. Louis Luminary, 10 November 1855, 198.
- Hans P. Larsen autobiographical sketch, 1928.
- Henry Stocks diary, 1844-1870.
- "Immigration," Deseret News, 24 October 1855, 260.
- Martin Slack diary, 1851-1858, 25.
- McLane, Duncan, Autobiographical sketch, in Genealogical Charts and Biographical Sketches of Members of the L.D.S. Church, Ogden Stake , 26 vols., 23:48-49.
- Milo Andrus, "Correspondence," St. Louis Luminary, 1 September 1855, 162.
- Milo Andrus, "Correspondence," St. Louis Luminary, 25 August 1855, 158.
- Milo Andrus, "Correspondence," St. Louis Luminary, 8 September 1855, 166.
- Milo Andrus, "Correspondence: Mormon Grove, K. T., August 2nd, 1855," St. Louis Luminary, 18 August 1855, 155.
- Milo Andrus, "Correspondence: Twelve Miles Below Fort Laramie," St. Louis Luminary, 27 October 1855, 194.
- Milo Andrus, "Extracts of a Letter from Elder Andrus," St. Louis Luminary, 12 May 1855, 99.
- Milo Andrus letter to Brigham Young, 9 September 1855.
- "Names of Passengers," Deseret News, 17 October 1855, 5.
- "News From Our Immigration: Fort Bridger," Deseret News, 17 October 1855, 253.
- "News from Atchison," The Mormon, 18 August 1855, 2.
- "News from Our Immigration," Deseret News, 17 October 1855, 253.
- "Notice to Our Emigrants," St. Louis Luminary, 14 April 1855, 82.
- Orson Spencer, "Letter from Orson Spencer," St. Louis Luminary, 11 August 1855, 150.
- "Our Emigration on the Plains," St. Louis Luminary, 8 September 1855, 166.
- "Tabernacle" [excerpt], Deseret News, 24 October 1855, 260.
- "The Point of Outfit for Our Spring Emigration," St. Louis Luminary, 31 March 1855, 74.
- William Willes journals and reminiscences, 1851-1885; Reminiscences, circa 1867-1880, 45-46.
Acomb, Ann | 48 | 26 August 1806 | 13 June 1855 |
Acomb, Elizabeth | 20 | 17 April 1835 | 2 August 1912 |
Acomb, Hannah Ann | 17 | 16 December 1837 | 14 April 1909 |
Acomb, John | 52 | 13 May 1803 | 12 March 1891 |
Acomb, John | 8 | 25 August 1846 | 8 April 1936 |
Adamson, Thomas Cunningham | 23 | 13 September 1831 | 28 January 1906 |
Anderson, Archibald | 49 | 24 September 1805 | 29 March 1869 |
Anderson, Charlotte | 12 | About 1843 | Unknown |
Anderson, George | 17 | 25 September 1837 | 9 April 1906 |
Anderson, James | 20 | About 1835 | Unknown |
Anderson, Janet | 50 | ca. 1805 | Unknown |
Anderson, Joseph Smith | 5 | About 1850 | Unknown |
Anderson, William D. | 14 | About 1841 | Unknown |
Anderson, William J. | 45 | About 1810 | Unknown |
Andrus, Milo | 41 | 6 March 1814 | 19 June 1893 |
Bailey, Ann | 54 | 30 October 1800 | 19 December 1871 |
Bailey, Elizabeth Sophia | 32 | 22 July 1823 | 26 June 1882 |
Bailey, Reuben Josiah | 16 | 10 July 1838 | October 1860 |
Barker, John | 41 | 1 September 1813 | 23 October 1889 |
Barker, Mary | 25 | 6 May 1830 | 6 February 1897 |
Barlow, Israel | 48 | 13 September 1806 | 1 November 1883 |
Barlow, Lucy | 18 | 24 September 1836 | 4 July 1901 |
Barnes, Charles | 56 | 9 April 1799 | 17 October 1877 |
Barnes, Elizabeth | 50 | 19 October 1804 | 16 January 1884 |
Beck, Robert | 21 | About 1834 | Unknown |
Blackham, Elizabeth | 3 | 5 March 1852 | 6 March 1908 |
Blackham, John | 27 | 14 November 1827 | 14 May 1900 |
Blackham, Martha | 1 | 8 September 1853 | 14 April 1904 |
Blackham, Susannah | 24 | 11 December 1830 | 16 August 1901 |
Bonnett, John James | 20 | 1 January 1835 | 7 March 1916 |
Booth, Joseph Simpson | 30 | 5 May 1825 | 13 March 1906 |
Booth, Margaret | Infant | 1 January 1855 | 26 November 1864 |
Booth, Maria | 28 | 24 September 1826 | 3 December 1893 |
Boyack, Alexander | 22 | 16 May 1833 | Unknown |
Boyack, Ann | 26 | 15 May 1829 | 7 September 1914 |
Boyack, David Doig | 8 | 21 March 1847 | 8 March 1931 |
Boyack, Elizabeth | 50 | 30 April 1805 | 14 December 1886 |
Boyack, Elizabeth | 17 | 15 April 1838 | 30 January 1916 |
Boyack, Hannah | 20 | 12 March 1835 | 31 January 1915 |
Boyack, James | 49 | 25 August 1805 | 1 February 1888 |
Boyack, Joseph Gibson | 13 | 1 July 1842 | 21 October 1924 |
Boyack, Margaret | 23 | 24 September 1831 | 18 May 1910 |
Boyack, Peter Fenton | 11 | 15 May 1844 | 3 April 1924 |
Boyack, Robert Mathew | 8 | 21 March 1847 | 19 January 1885 |
Boyack, William Mealmaker | 13 | 24 September 1841 | 1 January 1879 |
Bramwich, Eliza | 21 | 21 March 1834 | 9 October 1907 |
Bramwich, Mary | 54 | 2 December 1800 | 29 August 1859 |
Bray, Sarah Alexandrina | 5 | 11 May 1850 | 10 April 1929 |
Bray, Sarah Overhill | 34 | 20 October 1820 | 13 February 1859 |
Brewerton, Susan Mary | 18 | 25 December 1836 | 14 February 1869 |
Broadbent, Edward | 26 | 20 August 1828 | 25 May 1863 |
Broadbent, Sarah | 22 | 31 March 1833 | 2 October 1900 |
Broomhead, Benjamin Edward | Infant | 25 September 1854 | November 1855 |
Broomhead, Sarah | 29 | 22 January 1826 | 31 October 1904 |
Broomhead, William Frederick Banks | 3 | 14 June 1852 | 19 December 1921 |
Brown, Amelia Luvilla | 15 | 30 January 1840 | 31 August 1909 |
Brown, Jane Lancaster | 22 | 4 October 1832 | 2 October 1900 |
Bryson, Eliza Snow | 1 | 13 June 1854 | 21 April 1933 |
Bryson, Hyrum Smith | 3 | 20 February 1852 | 23 June 1905 |
Bryson, Samuel | 39 | 16 August 1815 | 18 September 1908 |
Bryson, Samuel | 10 | 11 April 1845 | 3 September 1919 |
Bryson, Sarah Ann | 5 | 21 May 1850 | 23 December 1934 |
Bryson, Sarah Ann | 35 | 16 August 1819 | 21 March 1871 |
Burraston, Sarah Mason | 46 | About 1809 | 8 September 1882 |
Burridge, Charlotte Hannah | 4 | 23 March 1851 | 9 October 1921 |
Burridge, George Wilcox | 42 | 27 January 1813 | 26 September 1891 |
Burridge, Hannah Jane | 27 | 27 December 1827 | 22 April 1909 |
Burridge, Thomas Lorenzo | 1 | 2 December 1853 | 12 April 1891 |
Burriston, Richard James | 13 | 24 July 1842 | 1 June 1926 |
Burton, Christopher Walton | 13 | 27 December 1841 | 26 December 1913 |
Burton, Isabella | 53 | 7 April 1802 | 31 March 1863 |
Burton, Isabella | 27 | 17 September 1827 | 11 April 1909 |
Burton, James Walton | 18 | 5 May 1837 | 9 October 1918 |
Burton, Margaret | 16 | 4 April 1839 | 30 September 1918 |
Burton, Mary | 11 | 1 January 1844 | 15 January 1874 |
Burton, Rosemond | 20 | 1 April 1835 | 6 April 1891 |
Burton, Thomas Walton | 8 | 3 July 1846 | 5 August 1919 |
Campbell, Alexander | 8 | 12 May 1847 | 13 December 1894 |
Campbell, Elizabeth | 28 | 17 September 1826 | 6 November 1901 |
Campbell, John | 1 | 9 September 1853 | 30 November 1898 |
Campbell, Joseph Davis | 4 | 27 May 1851 | 19 June 1914 |
Campbell, Thomas | 30 | 5 January 1825 | 25 April 1894 |
Cash, Ann | 33 | About 1822 | Unknown |
Cash, Mary Ellen | 9 | About 1846 | Unknown |
Cockle, Alice | 17 | 17 September 1837 | 1855 |
Cole, Emma | 15 | 15 March 1840 | 28 August 1920 |
Cole, Sarah Elizabeth | 16 | 22 September 1838 | 25 September 1875 |
Coleman, Ann | 30 | 19 April 1825 | 24 August 1925 |
Cordon, Emily Maria | 27 | 30 March 1828 | 15 November 1894 |
Cottam, Catherine | 61 | 3 July 1794 | 5 February 1883 |
Cottam, John | 63 | 25 January 1792 | 27 May 1878 |
Cotton, Grace | 60 | About 1795 | Unknown |
Cotton, Josiah | 60 | About 1795 | Unknown |
Crook, Brigham Heber Willard | 2 | 29 September 1852 | 20 March 1905 |
Crook, Elizabeth | 40 | 30 October 1814 | 26 January 1891 |
Crook, Elizabeth | 1 | 6 May 1854 | 7 February 1936 |
Crook, Hyrum Francis | 6 | 31 December 1848 | 28 January 1933 |
Crook, Joseph | 32 | 6 June 1823 | 8 January 1898 |
Crook, Joseph Edward | 9 | 13 December 1845 | 1 December 1920 |
Crookston, George | 13 | 3 May 1842 | 24 June 1926 |
Crookston, George | 45 | 25 March 1810 | 25 November 1880 |
Crookston, James | 18 | 24 April 1837 | 25 April 1903 |
Crookston, Jane | 46 | 12 January 1809 | Unknown |
Crookston, Jeanette | 13 | 24 October 1841 | 28 April 1921 |
Crookston, Jesse | 10 | 16 June 1845 | 9 May 1928 |
Crookston, John | 4 | 4 December 1850 | 10 April 1872 |
Crookston, Robert | 8 | 8 May 1847 | 26 November 1922 |
Crookston, Thomas | 16 | 3 August 1839 | 25 April 1933 |
Daniel, Hannah | 59 | About 1796 | Unknown |
Davidson, Diana | 23 | 22 December 1831 | 19 July 1903 |
Davis, Ann | 14 | 16 November 1840 | 7 September 1925 |
Davis, Elizabeth | 24 | 6 March 1831 | 7 September 1855 |
Davis, Henry | 20 | 5 December 1834 | 21 November 1866 |
Davis, Jane | 12 | 19 December 1842 | 25 October 1899 |
Davis, John | 18 | 30 October 1836 | 3 February 1909 |
Davis, Lucy | 48 | 14 November 1806 | 13 August 1896 |
Davis, Lydia | 30 | 23 June 1825 | 3 November 1878 |
Davis, Sarah | 27 | 6 November 1827 | 22 April 1907 |
Davis, William | 6 | 27 September 1848 | 27 March 1935 |
Davis, William | 57 | 21 January 1798 | 12 August 1855 |
Daw, Isaac | 28 | 21 December 1826 | 12 January 1913 |
Daw, Walter | 5 | About 1850 | 1855 |
Done, Abraham | 2 | 3 March 1853 | 13 June 1937 |
Done, Ann | 50 | 4 July 1805 | 28 July 1871 |
Done, Elizabeth Ann | 1 | 27 June 1854 | 10 February 1920 |
Done, John | 29 | 28 January 1826 | 12 July 1901 |
Done, Sarah | 27 | 6 January 1828 | 27 November 1886 |
Drysdale, Christina | 48 | About 1807 | Unknown |
Drysdale, James | 42 | About 1813 | Unknown |
Ennis, Hannah | 67 | 2 January 1785 | Unknown |
Entwistle, Margaret | 20 | About 1835 | Unknown |
Ford, Luke | 65 | 26 March 1790 | 14 June 1866 |
Foster, Daniel Alfred | 34 | 24 July 1821 | About 1855 |
Foster, Harriet Marie | 5 | ca. 1850 | Unknown |
Foster, Margaret Rebecca | 8 | About 1847 | Unknown |
Foster, Orrin | 1 | 1854 | September 1855 |
Foster, Rachel | 77 | 8 October 1777 | 24 January 1864 |
Foster, Susan Matilda | 6 | 1 June 1849 | Unknown |
Fox, Desdemona | 8 | 3 July 1847 | 4 November 1935 |
Fox, Elizabeth Mary | 12 | 27 September 1842 | 15 February 1929 |
Fox, George Sellman | 36 | 1 January 1819 | 18 December 1904 |
Fox, Mary Elizabeth | 31 | 19 February 1824 | 26 April 1901 |
Fox, Thomas James | 10 | 25 September 1844 | 10 April 1905 |
Fraser, Alexander McDougal | 25 | 16 August 1829 | 9 November 1915 |
Fullmer, John Solomon | 48 | 21 July 1807 | 8 October 1883 |
Fulstone, Elizabeth | 43 | 5 May 1811 | 17 October 1881 |
Fulstone, Henry | 15 | 23 November 1838 | 16 February 1903 |
Fulstone, Henry | 48 | 16 December 1805 | 25 March 1897 |
Fulstone, John Wakeford | Infant | 16 March 1854 | 7 March 1929 |
Fulstone, Joseph H. | 3 | 3 August 1851 | 8 November 1942 |
Fulstone, Robert | 13 | 3 May 1841 | 11 August 1931 |
Fulstone, William | 11 | 8 August 1843 | 22 October 1901 |
Gowans, Andrew | 55 | 14 January 1800 | 20 November 1891 |
Gowans, Ann | 67 | 26 February 1788 | 10 April 1884 |
Gowans, Barbara | Infant | 13 February 1855 | 3 June 1942 |
Gowans, Betsy Ann | 24 | 22 February 1831 | 25 September 1912 |
Gowans, Hugh Sidley | 23 | 23 February 1832 | 10 September 1912 |
Gwilliam, Elizabeth | 20 | 11 December 1834 | 8 January 1912 |
Hain, John Walter | 28 | About 1827 | Unknown |
Hall, Ann Matilda | 35 | 7 April 1820 | 19 November 1897 |
Hall, Elizabeth | 20 | 21 October 1834 | 3 January 1899 |
Hall, Frances | 10 | 10 November 1844 | 21 October 1941 |
Hall, Joseph | 29 | 6 August 1825 | 1 September 1906 |
Hall, Julia | 17 | 9 July 1838 | 20 May 1928 |
Hall, Mary | 53 | 22 February 1802 | 22 January 1885 |
Hall, Mary Ann | 18 | 17 June 1837 | 6 November 1920 |
Hall, Millennium Matilda | Infant | 6 September 1855 | 12 July 1933 |
Hall, Timothy | 22 | 12 December 1832 | 25 March 1919 |
Harding, Elizabeth | 46 | 27 February 1809 | 31 October 1887 |
Harmon, Alpheus Amuleck | 16 | 14 April 1839 | 30 May 1916 |
Harmon, Henry Martin | 23 | 19 June 1832 | 7 December 1895 |
Harris, Arthur | 29 | 19 February 1826 | 9 January 1859 |
Harris, Eliza | 25 | 2 August 1830 | Unknown |
Hogg, Elizabeth | 61 | 28 June 1794 | 25 November 1869 |
Hogg, James | 25 | 14 August 1829 | 17 May 1906 |
Hooper, Leonora Matilda | 9 | 15 November 1845 | 5 July 1924 |
Hooper, William Thomas | 8 | 16 September 1846 | 22 January 1889 |
Howe, Richard | 16 | 30 July 1839 | 6 April 1927 |
Humphreys, Henry | 63 | 13 April 1792 | 24 December 1866 |
Humphreys, Milo | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
Hurdsman, Charles Henry | 1 | 2 January 1854 | 8 November 1925 |
Hurdsman, John Henry | 26 | 1 September 1828 | 1 February 1909 |
Hurdsman, Lettice Simpson | 26 | 28 March 1829 | 8 June 1906 |
Irvine, Agnes Kerr | 36 | 23 May 1819 | 12 May 1887 |
Irvine, Elizabeth | 9 | 5 November 1845 | 23 August 1919 |
Irvine, George | 16 | 9 April 1839 | 31 May 1916 |
Irvine, James | 5 | 29 June 1850 | 21 June 1882 |
Irvine, John Kerr | 11 | 3 January 1844 | 26 May 1907 |
Irvine, Lorenzo | 3 | About 1852 | 1855 |
Irvine, Robert | Infant | 1 September 1854 | 3 February 1940 |
Irvine, William | 14 | 29 June 1841 | 16 August 1928 |
Irvine, William | 45 | 15 May 1810 | 23 December 1855 |
James, Eleanor | 65 | 1 November 1789 | 7 August 1857 |
James, Maria Eleanor | 27 | 27 March 1828 | 26 July 1897 |
James, Thomas H. | 63 | 5 February 1792 | 4 August 1855 |
James, Thomas William | 20 | 15 February 1835 | 2 October 1908 |
Jenkins, James | 51 | 20 December 1803 | 17 November 1892 |
Jenkins, James | 11 | 2 September 1843 | 11 April 1904 |
Jennings, Charles P. | 27 | About 1828 | Unknown |
Jennings, Elizabeth | 27 | About 1828 | Unknown |
Jennings, Elizabeth P. | 1 | About 1854 | Unknown |
Johnson, Richard | 13 | 24 April 1842 | 14 July 1896 |
Johnson, Richard | 46 | 18 February 1809 | 16 November 1864 |
Jones, Edward | 45 | About 1810 | Unknown |
Jones, William | 44 | About 1811 | Unknown |
Killip, Ann | 22 | About 1833 | Unknown |
Kindred, Edmund Henry | 38 | 8 June 1817 | 29 January 1874 |
Kindred, Fanny | 3 | 11 June 1852 | 19 December 1914 |
Kindred, Harriet | 38 | 3 June 1817 | 16 March 1896 |
Kindred, Harriet Agnes | 13 | 28 February 1842 | 9 January 1915 |
Kindred, Lydia Mary | 11 | 11 April 1844 | 13 November 1915 |
Kindred, Martha Lord | 5 | 12 April 1850 | 27 December 1922 |
King, Louisa | 26 | 29 November 1828 | 26 May 1888 |
Kingdon, Elizabeth | 33 | 14 February 1822 | 15 March 1886 |
Kingdon, John | 9 | 6 January 1846 | 25 December 1889 |
Kingdon, Joseph | 6 | 27 June 1849 | 25 November 1919 |
Kingdon, William | 38 | 8 November 1816 | 23 February 1867 |
Knott, Edwin | 12 | 8 January 1843 | Unknown |
Knott, Elizabeth | 15 | 19 September 1839 | 17 August 1901 |
Knott, Harriet | 42 | About 1813 | Unknown |
Knott, Samuel | 14 | 1 March 1841 | 7 April 1913 |
Lack, Mary Ann | 13 | 25 April 1842 | 14 January 1933 |
Lack, Sarah Elizabeth | 10 | 16 January 1845 | 6 April 1920 |
Lamborn, William John | 8 | 14 May 1847 | 4 March 1882 |
Lant, David | 25 | 14 March 1830 | 15 November 1908 |
Lapworth, William | 44 | 5 November 1810 | 28 May 1901 |
Leatham, John | 22 | 1 June 1833 | 20 September 1920 |
Leatham, John | 1 | 12 October 1853 | 29 January 1943 |
Leatham, Margaret | 18 | 3 January 1837 | 8 July 1931 |
Lees, Amazina | Infant | 1 June 1855 | 26 May 1934 |
Lees, John | 22 | 9 March 1833 | 29 December 1917 |
Lees, Joseph | 25 | 23 March 1829 | June 1855 |
Lees, Martha | 22 | 14 April 1833 | 13 December 1879 |
Lilly, Charles | 39 | About 1816 | Unknown |
Lloyd, Emma | 33 | 13 May 1822 | 5 April 1882 |
Lloyd, Thomas Hyrum | 6 | 15 December 1848 | 26 November 1902 |
Loder, William | 5 | 10 October 1849 | 24 March 1933 |
Luntley, Lucy | 45 | About 1810 | Unknown |
Lynch, Catherine Jane | 56 | 15 August 1798 | 29 August 1864 |
Lynch, James | 1 | About 1854 | Unknown |
Lynch, John | 3 | About 1852 | Unknown |
Lynch, John G. | 22 | 24 May 1833 | 15 November 1860 |
Lynch, Mary Lane | 27 | 21 May 1828 | Unknown |
Lynch, Patrick | 27 | 1 August 1828 | 23 January 1874 |
Mason, Ann | 27 | 5 June 1828 | 14 September 1887 |
Mather, Georgia | 1 | 25 January 1854 | 13 July 1939 |
Mather, Helen | 4 | 31 January 1851 | 3 December 1919 |
Mather, John Olgilvie | 32 | 17 September 1822 | 17 September 1921 |
Mather, Marjory | 58 | 22 January 1797 | 14 April 1861 |
Mather, Mary | 32 | 15 November 1822 | 3 April 1888 |
McEwan, Agnes | 18 | 23 August 1836 | 13 January 1913 |
McFall, John | 28 | 18 November 1826 | 11 October 1883 |
McKay, Ann | 31 | 15 February 1824 | Unknown |
McKinnon, Archibald | 18 | 20 June 1837 | 18 April 1915 |
McLean, Catherine McGregor | 51 | 12 September 1803 | April 1877 |
McLean, Duncan | 14 | 21 September 1840 | 23 December 1917 |
McLean, Hugh | 9 | 8 February 1846 | Unknown |
McLean, James Wilken | 11 | 4 September 1843 | 30 April 1897 |
Mealmaker Boyack, Mary | 15 | 23 February 1840 | 27 September 1915 |
Meiklejohn, Ann McGowan | 27 | 22 December 1827 | Unknown |
Meiklejohn, David | 8 | 1 March 1847 | Unknown |
Meiklejohn, David Forbes | 42 | 6 March 1813 | December 1888 |
Meiklejohn, Elizabeth | 12 | 31 August 1842 | 10 January 1931 |
Meiklejohn, Isabella | Infant | About 1855 | Unknown |
Meiklejohn, Mary Catherine | 8 | 28 July 1846 | 23 December 1918 |
Mercer, Alice | 9 | 22 June 1846 | Unknown |
Mercer, Henry | 20 | 26 January 1835 | 28 January 1865 |
Mercer, James | 48 | 24 January 1807 | 14 January 1871 |
Mercer, Margaret | 5 | About 1850 | Unknown |
Mercer, Robert | 17 | 24 December 1837 | Unknown |
Meyrick, Elizabeth Mumford | 56 | 16 January 1799 | 10 January 1883 |
Meyrick, George William | 17 | 15 June 1838 | 20 November 1886 |
Meyrick, James | 9 | About 1846 | Unknown |
Meyrick, James | 57 | 15 January 1798 | 11 May 1871 |
Midgley, Ann Ellen | 29 | 6 April 1826 | 10 January 1911 |
Midgley, Benjamin | 12 | 19 May 1843 | 15 November 1925 |
Midgley, Ellen Collier | 53 | 24 December 1801 | 4 September 1855 |
Midgley, Hannah Hinchliffe | 26 | 6 September 1828 | 12 November 1892 |
Midgley, Mary Ellen | 24 | 15 September 1831 | 4 November 1910 |
Midgley, Thomas | 20 | 30 December 1834 | 25 December 1909 |
Mills, Louisa Avalina | 22 | 22 December 1832 | 30 January 1926 |
Mills, William Gill | 32 | 18 December 1822 | 24 May 1895 |
Milner, Ann | 52 | 2 October 1802 | 30 November 1882 |
Montrose, Levinah | 20 | 1 August 1835 | 11 January 1913 |
Morgan, Ann | 33 | 15 March 1822 | 19 August 1895 |
Morgan, Eliza | 6 | 11 April 1849 | 26 May 1892 |
Morgan, Elizabeth | 9 | 31 August 1845 | 6 January 1925 |
Morgan, Priscilla | 4 | 25 August 1850 | 4 March 1926 |
Morgan, Thomas William | 34 | 25 March 1821 | 6 July 1915 |
Mycock, Emma | 4 | 9 February 1851 | Unknown |
Mycock, George | 11 | About 1844 | Unknown |
Mycock, Jane | 6 | 28 July 1849 | Unknown |
Mycock, John | 2 | About 1853 | Unknown |
Mycock, Richard | 33 | About 1822 | Unknown |
Mycock, Samuel | Infant | About 1855 | Unknown |
Mycock, Sarah | 33 | About 1822 | Unknown |
Mycock, Thomas A. | 13 | 25 September 1842 | Unknown |
Needham, Heber John | 2 | About 1853 | Unknown |
Needham, Mary | 60 | 20 June 1794 | September 1855 |
Needham, Sarah | 23 | About 1832 | Unknown |
Needham, Thomas | 56 | 10 June 1799 | 25 May 1880 |
Needham, William | 33 | About 1822 | Unknown |
Nix, Emily Althera | 1 | 21 October 1854 | 12 July 1939 |
Nix, George Henry | 2 | 13 September 1852 | 5 March 1946 |
Nix, James | 19 | 4 February 1836 | Unknown |
Nix, James | 55 | 30 August 1799 | 5 December 1878 |
Nix, Mary Holmes | 21 | 21 December 1833 | 24 April 1873 |
Nix, Samuel | 12 | 5 August 1842 | 7 July 1873 |
Nix, Sarah | 25 | 26 August 1833 | About 1897 |
Nix, Sarah | 51 | 11 September 1803 | 5 November 1855 |
Nix, Thomas | 26 | 20 May 1829 | 18 September 1913 |
Overend, Ann | 25 | About 1830 | Unknown |
Parke, Mary Elizabeth | 30 | 5 September 1824 | 21 December 1894 |
Parkes [or Parks], Ann | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
Parkes, Charlotte | 6 | 14 April 1849 | Unknown |
Parkes, Edward | 12 | About 1843 | Unknown |
Parkes, John S. | 20 | About 1835 | Unknown |
Parkes, Samuel | 44 | About 1811 | Unknown |
Parkes, Samuel | 2 | About 1853 | Unknown |
Parkes, Sarah | 43 | 4 June 1812 | Unknown |
Paton, Ann Allan | 12 | 29 October 1842 | 13 December 1905 |
Paton, Jacobina Wills | 42 | 15 May 1813 | 27 April 1882 |
Paton, James Osborne | 7 | 13 May 1848 | 5 January 1910 |
Pilling, Ellen | 29 | 15 November 1825 | 3 October 1901 |
Pilling, William Alma | 5 | 12 December 1849 | 30 March 1871 |
Preston, Robert | 44 | About 1811 | Unknown |
Price, Ezekiel | 22 | 5 February 1833 | 24 January 1892 |
Price, Mary | 67 | 25 December 1788 | 20 October 1868 |
Price, William | 18 | 24 January 1837 | 18 September 1903 |
Punter, Peter | 35 | About 1820 | Unknown |
Reid, Peter | 28 | 14 August 1826 | 24 April 1902 |
Richards, Elizabeth | 5 | 28 January 1850 | 7 January 1919 |
Riste, Mary | 55 | 20 September 1799 | 11 October 1884 |
Rix, Mary Ann | 43 | 12 November 1811 | 20 October 1855 |
Robbins, Cyrus William | 5 | 7 October 1849 | 26 February 1927 |
Robbins, James | 20 | 20 November 1834 | 10 January 1887 |
Robbins, Joseph | 18 | 6 January 1837 | 21 September 1912 |
Robbins, Mary | 14 | 27 July 1841 | 8 April 1898 |
Robbins, Mary Ann | 93 | 1762 | 5 October 1855 |
Robbins, Nancy Ann McAllister | 49 | August 1806 | 28 April 1856 |
Roman, Daniel Bartholomew | 4 | 16 September 1850 | 10 January 1924 |
Roman, David Charles | 37 | 21 May 1818 | 18 September 1896 |
Rushforth, Samuel | 25 | 29 July 1830 | 21 August 1905 |
Shaw, Ruth | 19 | About 1836 | Unknown |
Slack, Augustus Martin | 1 | 9 April 1854 | 29 February 1892 |
Slack, Eliza Ann | 23 | 8 July 1830 | 19 April 1919 |
Slack, Martin | 29 | 13 December 1825 | 30 March 1917 |
Smith, Annie Merintha | Infant | 28 September 1855 | 23 May 1918 |
Smith, Catherine | 26 | 20 September 1828 | 14 September 1883 |
Smith, Elenor Marie | 45 | 12 November 1809 | 1 March 1897 |
Smith, Elizabeth | 48 | About 1807 | Unknown |
Smith, Emma | 11 | 27 September 1843 | 18 May 1916 |
Smith, George William | 32 | 2 May 1823 | 30 January 1888 |
Smith, Jane | 6 | 14 October 1848 | 13 April 1913 |
Smith, Jane | 30 | About 1825 | Unknown |
Smith, Joseph Hodgetts | 35 | 23 August 1819 | 1 February 1890 |
Smith, Joseph Stanford | 5 | 23 June 1850 | 6 April 1941 |
Smith, Levi Charles | 6 | 25 March 1849 | 29 May 1916 |
Smith, Mary Ann | 10 | 27 December 1844 | 28 July 1923 |
Smith, Oliver Ennis | 10 | 27 August 1844 | 14 December 1890 |
Smith, Sabrina Catherine | 8 | 29 April 1847 | 27 March 1883 |
Smith, Sarah | 22 | About 1833 | Unknown |
Smith, William | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
Stanford, Letitia Lloyd | 74 | About 1781 | Unknown |
Stevenson, Eliza Ann | 7 | 11 April 1848 | 25 February 1935 |
Stevenson, Thomas | 8 | 8 December 1846 | 27 May 1908 |
Stocks, Angus Murry | 11 | 12 April 1844 | 12 April 1920 |
Stocks, Henry | 4 | 6 July 1851 | 31 December 1926 |
Stocks, Henry | 33 | 17 August 1821 | 13 April 1873 |
Stocks, Louise Jane | Infant | 21 September 1855 | 6 December 1896 |
Stocks, Mary | 35 | 21 July 1820 | 18 March 1906 |
Stocks, Moroni | 9 | 21 October 1845 | 25 May 1911 |
Stocks, Sarah | 33 | About 1822 | Unknown |
Stocks, Simeon Carter | 8 | 26 May 1847 | 1 November 1861 |
Stocks, William | 33 | About 1822 | Unknown |
Strickland, Mary | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
Strong, Agnes | 17 | 3 October 1837 | 22 February 1917 |
Strong, Agnes | 46 | 26 May 1809 | 14 October 1889 |
Strong, Eleanor Miller | 8 | 31 January 1847 | 5 August 1926 |
Strong, Elizabeth Ann | 6 | 9 July 1849 | 21 March 1936 |
Strong, Hannah | 13 | 22 July 1842 | 12 February 1914 |
Strong, John | 49 | 3 September 1805 | 21 December 1862 |
Strong, Joseph Smith | 10 | 23 August 1844 | 9 May 1930 |
Strong, Mary | 20 | 22 January 1835 | 3 September 1920 |
Strong, Miles | 3 | 2 November 1852 | 7 October 1931 |
Strong, William | 15 | 25 January 1840 | 29 June 1899 |
Sully, Amelia | 19 | March 1836 | 25 June 1908 |
Sully, Harriet Truch | 49 | 14 January 1806 | Unknown |
Sully, Samuel | 43 | About 1812 | Unknown |
Sully, Samuel J. | 13 | 10 October 1841 | 6 January 1925 |
Tew, Ann | 20 | 18 July 1835 | About 1884 |
Tew, Eliza Rebecca | 4 | 6 February 1851 | 25 July 1937 |
Tew, Emily | 6 | 18 August 1848 | 25 June 1920 |
Tew, Hannah | 44 | 29 April 1811 | 11 February 1882 |
Tew, Hannah | 9 | 12 December 1845 | 12 November 1912 |
Tew, Samuel Henry | 13 | 20 January 1842 | 6 December 1934 |
Tew, Sarah | 17 | 20 November 1837 | 24 August 1884 |
Tew, Thomas | 51 | 1 March 1804 | 24 December 1888 |
Thompson, David Wilkin | 16 | 25 February 1839 | 28 August 1878 |
Thompson, Elizabeth | 40 | June 1815 | November 1855 |
Thompson, Joseph | 12 | 24 June 1843 | About 1857 |
Thompson, Mary Elizabeth | 17 | 12 December 1838 | Unknown |
Thompson, Robert | 14 | 14 April 1841 | About 1857 |
Treseder, Charles McKay | 20 | 12 July 1835 | 24 May 1875 |
Treseder, George | 15 | 20 March 1840 | 14 February 1925 |
Treseder, Richard McKay | 17 | 9 March 1838 | 17 September 1913 |
Tribe, David William | 6 | 25 December 1848 | 13 October 1925 |
Tribe, Emma Jane | 8 | 21 December 1846 | 24 January 1914 |
Tribe, George Harrison | 11 | 2 July 1844 | 15 February 1914 |
Tribe, Mary Ann | 12 | 24 August 1842 | 15 March 1913 |
Tribe, Sarah Ann | 38 | 16 October 1816 | 27 November 1888 |
Turner, Ann | 48 | 15 July 1807 | 5 December 1886 |
Turner, Ann | 21 | 25 April 1834 | 9 August 1922 |
Turner, Eda | 5 | 20 December 1849 | 11 January 1914 |
Turner, Eva | 1 | About 1854 | Unknown |
Turner, William | 72 | 24 June 1783 | 21 September 1855 |
Turner, William Kinder | 29 | 21 October 1825 | 7 October 1900 |
Walker, Robert | 6 | 19 February 1849 | 11 April 1926 |
Warburton, George | 23 | 29 December 1832 | November 1893 |
Warburton, Mary | 21 | 21 March 1834 | 8 March 1865 |
Waterhouse, Margary | 20 | 10 December 1834 | 20 January 1903 |
Webster, Ellen | 9 | 7 April 1846 | 11 April 1916 |
Webster, George | 17 | 7 May 1838 | 7 March 1910 |
Webster, Hannah | 37 | 5 March 1818 | 2 August 1893 |
Webster, Levi | 12 | 1 January 1843 | 23 March 1928 |
Webster, Mary Ann | 16 | 3 March 1839 | 11 August 1892 |
Webster, Sarah Day | 10 | 24 July 1845 | 14 February 1866 |
Webster, William | 38 | 1 January 1817 | 14 July 1894 |
Whitehead, Adolphus Rennie | 13 | 10 June 1842 | 6 March 1895 |
Whitehead, Charles | 16 | 21 October 1838 | 6 July 1895 |
Whitehead, Clara Charlotte | 10 | 20 January 1845 | 17 June 1907 |
Whitehead, Elizabeth Jane | 45 | 21 January 1810 | 29 October 1895 |
Whitehead, George | 6 | 14 August 1848 | 30 November 1884 |
Willes, William | 41 | 5 July 1814 | 3 November 1890 |
Willey, Matthew | 27 | About 1828 | Unknown |
Wilson, Ellen Spencer | 8 | 29 October 1847 | 13 June 1880 |
Wilson, John Wesley | 22 | 30 March 1833 | 8 July 1903 |
Wilson, Joseph Hyrum Smith | 9 | 7 October 1845 | 2 December 1873 |
Wilson, Kezzia | 4 | 20 December 1850 | 15 April 1934 |
Wilson, Margaret | 44 | 14 July 1811 | 8 November 1881 |
Wilson, Margaret | 6 | 25 November 1848 | 10 April 1926 |
Wilson, Martha Ann | 15 | 23 September 1839 | 8 October 1915 |
Wilson, Thomas | 61 | 13 March 1794 | 31 March 1859 |
Wiseman, George | 36 | About 1819 | Unknown |
Wishaw, Pamelo | 14 | 14 April 1841 | 10 January 1907 |
Wishaw, Susannah | 10 | 14 January 1845 | 9 August 1902 |
Wood, Alice | 18 | 29 May 1837 | 4 September 1907 |
Wood, George Shaw | 16 | 2 February 1839 | 28 December 1924 |
Wood, John | 12 | 20 November 1842 | 22 December 1911 |
Wood, Mary | 10 | 2 November 1844 | 18 June 1913 |
Wood, Rebecca | 38 | 17 April 1817 | 30 August 1900 |
Woodard, James | 4 | About 1851 | Unknown |
Woodhead, Charlotte | 52 | 13 June 1803 | 22 October 1885 |
Woodhead, Charlotte Elizabeth | 18 | 19 October 1837 | 12 November 1930 |
Woodhead, William | 50 | 19 May 1805 | 10 December 1885 |
This was the last of the Perpetual Emigration Fund companies for 1855. Milo Andrus received the assignment to captain the train the night before the party was to leave Mormon Grove (just outside Atchison, Kansas Territory) and had just 12 hours to get himself ready. Two things made this last-minute appointment necessary: the season was very late and no one else with plains experience was available. Thus Andrus and his two assistants had an enormous responsibility. The company had few oxen, and many of these were small and unbroken, so they had to be trained en route. Part of the company left Mormon Grove on August 1; the rest left on the 3rd. Inexperienced drivers had to shuttle some wagons forward, then return with the teams to bring up others. One emigrant recalled that early on it took four men to drive one yoke of oxen. There were 461 individuals in the company when it set out.
No sooner had the company left Mormon Grove than the U. S. Marshall for Kansas Territory arrived with an order to attach the train for debts attributed to Brigham Young, Heber C. Kimball, and Jedediah M. Grant (at that time the First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints). Captain Andrus convinced the marshall that the train belonged not to the First Presidency, but to the Perpetual Emigration Fund Company. The lawman then tried to take Andrus back to Atchison to "get sufficient good security from amongst the Citizens there to secure the debt & cost," but the Captain refused to leave his train. At this critical moment, the marshall "was taken with the bellyache and wanted a little brandy," which Captain Andrus quickly supplied. He then fed the marshall supper and drove him in a buggy to his lodgings. Nevertheless, the marshall ordered Andrus and three other brethren to appear at the October 3rd term of the U.S. court in Leavenworth, and when he got back to Mormon Grove, he attached four or five Mormon-owned wagons, "a few lame cattle," and some calves.
The Andrus train overtook Captain Allred's emigrant company on Big Grasshopper Creek; later, both parties camped on Walnut Creek. Tired of leapfrogging his wagons, Captain Andrus decided to leave a Perpetual Emigration Company thrashing machine in the care of a local farmer (Captain Allred left five wagons with this same man at that time). Andrus now set a pace that was "as hurried as he could urge, push, and cajole, the group over the plains, up and down the mountains, through the canyons, across the rivers, and through the miles of the thick dust of the trails." At some point, the train encountered a large herd of buffalo that "ran across our train, while in motion, and knocked down and [bore] off the horn of one of the oxen." The Indians that the train met were friendly. At Big Blue River the train used the ferry because the river was running high. Near there the party camped just a few rods west of Captain Harper's company. It was here that Andrus "nailed our colors to the top of the mast." From Little Blue River, the Captain wrote: "Two wagon axles, one wheel, and several tongues broke which has caused us some delay; but notwithstanding . . . I . . . am doing all in my power to push on this camp . . . as I am deeply anxious for their welfare." Two elderly emigrants had died. The train followed the Platte River and must have crossed the South Platte. It stopped at Ash Hollow, where Andrus learned that General William S. Harney and about 700 soldiers had "found a party of the Sioux Indians about eight miles from Ash Hollow and a battle had ensued on the 3rd of September. The General sent over word to Andrus on the 5th keep an advanced guard stating at the same time that the best information that they could get was that they had killed one hundred and twenty Indians, taken about fifty-eight prisoners, mostly women; had four soldiers killed and five wounded. He stated, also, they were going to lay out a fort a small distance below Ash Hollow after which they calculated to proceed to Fort Laramie, and from thence to wherever they could find any of the Sioux Nation."
"A few miles from where they were encamped there were about forty Indians that were in the battle near Ash Hollow. Nothing came of this. The company passed Court House Rock, Chimney Rock, and Scotts Bluff. By September 13 the company was 12 miles below Fort Laramie. It then passed Laramie Peak, Independence Rock, and Devil's Gate. At the latter place, on September 28, the emigrants met brethren from the Salt Lake Valley. On October 4 the train crossed Devil's Backbone, "a most awful mounting [sic] of stone." That night "came on a dredfull [sic] storm of snow." On the 6th the train crossed South Pass. Near Chimney Rock 20 oxen and 2 cows died "from something the[y] had eat or drank [sic]." Upon reaching the Sweetwater River many more cattle died. There was little feed for the animals; in all, the Andrus train "lost 11 animals above 50%."
At the fifth crossing of the Sweetwater it snowed three inches. The train
crossed the Green River on October 11 and arrived at Fort Bridger four days later. From the fort, Captain Andrus sent word to Salt Lake that he needed fresh animals and that "many of the men, women and children were almost barefoot and very destitute of clothing." By the time the train reached the
Weber River, the emigrants were running out of provisions. They crossed Big Mountain and Little Mountain. A delegation of dignitaries from Salt Lake met them at the mouth of Emigration Canyon. Here the emigrants formed a circle around the welcoming party and "sang a piece of poetry composed for the
occasion":
"Come Zion's sons and daughters,
Who seek this blest abode,
That over plains and waters
Have come to serve our God;
Our gratitude demanding,
Let praise to Him abound,
That we are favored, standing
On consecrated ground.
Oh! This we've long expected,
For this we've prayed and sighed,
Like Israel's sons neglected,
By Babel's limpid tide;
And now befo
. . . When on the way to Zion,
And every heart was hope,
The means we'd to rely on
Was fastly closing up;
But as the darken'd shadows
Declared a brighter sun,
We felt a power to glad us,
Th' Apostles would make known.
Tho' elements did battle,
As late the season pass'd,
And weakly seemed our cattle,
We're in the "hive" at last:
No power should withstand us,
Declared Erastus Snow;
And Captain Milo Andrus
Thank God, has brought us thro'.
We come not here for pleasures
That carnal minds can prize,
Nor seek aurif'rous treasures
Of th' West to aggrandize;
We come with spirits fervent
To fully serve the Lord;
To hear His holy servant,
And live by every word.
And as the arms of Moses
Required bearing up,
So every soul proposes
To be our Brigham's prop:
Tho' late and last our carriage
Across the mountains' brow,
We hope, like Jesus' marriage,
There's best wine even now."
The Andrus train, with "upwards of 50 wagons," arrived in Salt Lake City October 24th. Because of the lateness of the season, Captain Andrus had pushed his people hard. Undoubtedly, this is
why one of the travelers described him as "a terrible bully and tyrant." However, another emigrant wrote, "It was not an altogether unpleasant trip." For his part, Captain Andrus had been ill during much of the journey. He said that leading this 1855 train was "one of the hardest burthens that I have
been called to bear in the midst of Israel during my sojourn in mortality" this from a man who had been with Zion's Camp, who had been in Nauvoo at the time of the Martyrdom, who had "helped watch the city by night, and worked on the temple by day," who had gone to Carthage at the time of the indictment of the murderers of Joseph and Hyrum Smith, who had experienced the persecutions leading up to the abandonment of Nauvoo, and who had participated in the Latter-day Saint exodus westward, a man who, himself, had led several other emigrant companies.