George D. Grant Company (1856)

    Image taken in the 1860s

    Image taken in the 1860s

    Category
    Independent Train
    Direction
    Westbound
    Departure
    3 September 1856
    Departed From
    Florence, Nebraska
    Arrival
    4 October 1856
    Captain
    George Davis Grant
    Number In Company
    16

    At the end of the 1856 immigration season, Franklin D. Richards and several other immigration agents and returning missionaries remained in Florence to close the accounts. They then made their way to Salt Lake as an express company. The day after their arrival in Salt Lake, they met with Brigham Young and informed him on the companies still out on the plains.
    Dunbar, William Cameron 32 27 October 1823 8 June 1905
    Felt, Nathaniel Henry 40 6 February 1816 27 January 1887
    Ferguson, James 28 23 February 1828 30 August 1863
    Grant, George Davis 42 10 September 1812 20 September 1876
    Jones, Dan 46 4 August 1810 3 January 1862
    Kimball, William Henry 30 10 April 1826 29 December 1907
    Latey, John Henry 21 22 January 1835 12 April 1915
    Linforth, James 29 1 September 1827 16 January 1899
    McAllister, John Daniel Thompson 29 19 February 1827 18 January 1910
    McGaw, James 32 27 August 1824 15 January 1872
    Richards, Franklin Dewey 35 2 April 1821 9 December 1899
    Spencer, Daniel 62 20 July 1794 8 December 1868
    Van Cott, John 41 7 September 1814 18 February 1883
    Webb, Chauncey Griswold 43 24 October 1812 7 April 1903
    Wheelock, Cyrus Hubbard 43 28 February 1813 11 October 1894
    Young, Joseph Angell 21 14 October 1834 5 August 1875