Isaac A. Canfield Company (1862)
Date Unknown
- Type
- Wagon
- Category
- Independent Train
- Direction
- Westbound
- Departure
- 30 July 1862
- Departed From
- Florence, Nebraska
- Arrival
- 16 October 1862
- Captain
- Isaac Augustus Canfield
- Number In Company
- 132
The Isaac Canfield Company left Salt Lake City for the East in 1861, taking several men who were departing for missions. It headed back to Salt Lake City on 30 July 1862.
About 120 individuals were in the company when it began its journey from the outfitting post at Florence, Nebraska (now Omaha).
Members of the company arrived in the Salt Lake Valley from 16-17 October 1862.
- "Arrival of Trains," Deseret News [Weekly], 22 Oct. 1862, 132.
- Bone, Fannie Wagstaff, Family history, in Mormon biographical sketches collection [ca. 1900-1975], reel 13, box 18, fd. 3, item 7, 3.
- Canfield, Lucy, [Journal], in Our Pioneer Heritage, 20 vols. [1958-77], 6:27-30.
- Canfield (Margetts), Lucy, Journal, in Daughters of Utah Pioneers, Collection, 1828-1963, reel 11, item 6, 13p.
- "Companies En Route," Deseret News [Weekly], 8 Oct. 1862, 105.
- Douglass, Emma Jane Dixon, Autobiographical sketch, in [Collected information concerning the Charles Dixon family, ca. 1931-1984], item 3.
- Farr, Sally M. Porter, [Reminiscences], in "Utah Pioneer Biographies," 44 vols., 10:9-11.
- Isaac A. Canfield Emigrating Company, Journal, 1862 July-Oct.
- Isom, George, Memoirs of George and Alice Parker Isom [ca. 1885], 1923-1924, 18-21.
- Isom, George, Memories, in Library of Congress, Collection of Mormon diaries [1935-1938], reel 5, item 2, 12-14.
- James McKnight journal entry in Journal History of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 16 Oct. 1862, 1-12.
- Margetts, Lucy Marie Canfield, Diary, 1862 July-Oct.
- Munsee, Louis B., [Interview], in "Utah Pioneer Biographies," 44 vols., 20:183-85.
- "Our Immigration," Deseret News [Weekly], 12 Oct. 1864, 13.
- Pickett, John W., "Pioneer Sketch: Story of John W. Pickett"
- Pickett, John W., Life sketch, in Mormon biographical sketches collection [ca. 1900-1975], reel 14, box 19, fd. 9, item 2.
- "Rosalthe Canfield," In Biographical Information Relating to Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel database.
- “Schedule of Captain Isaac A. Canfield’s Company (Independent), 1862.” In Brigham Young office emigrating companies reports 1850-1862, Reports 1856-1862. (CR 1234 5, Box 1, Folder 59)
- Young, Joseph W., "Report of the Immigration," Deseret News, 17 September 1862, 93.
| Aldous, Angelina | 5 | 31 March 1857 | 8 May 1938 |
| Aldous, Heber Brewer | 6 | 11 November 1855 | 2 January 1915 |
| Aldous, Mary Ann | 24 | 2 January 1838 | 8 February 1895 |
| Allen, John Wesley | 24 | 14 November 1837 | 22 November 1904 |
| Allen, Lorinda | 27 | 6 September 1834 | 1 November 1897 |
| Ball, Emma | 34 | 10 January 1828 | 22 December 1912 |
| Ball, John Price | 33 | 4 October 1828 | 16 October 1890 |
| Beckstead, Elton E. | 23 | About 1839 | Unknown |
| Black, Samuel Alfred | 1 | 23 December 1860 | 23 June 1933 |
| Blackham, Alfred L. | 1 | 23 December 1860 | 23 June 1933 |
| Blackham, Mary Ann | 20 | 8 December 1841 | 13 December 1930 |
| Blackham, Samuel | 27 | 28 September 1834 | 6 April 1910 |
| Blain, Robert J. | 18 | 27 August 1843 | 21 July 1926 |
| Bloomfield, John | 61 | 8 October 1800 | 30 November 1869 |
| Bloomfield, Martha | 63 | 6 July 1799 | 3 May 1866 |
| Brewer, James | 51 | 16 August 1810 | 8 February 1877 |
| Brewer, Margaret | 49 | 27 June 1813 | 18 May 1884 |
| Butler, Angeline Melvina | 27 | About 1835 | Unknown |
| Butler, Emily Lenora | 16 | 28 June 1846 | 19 September 1875 |
| Butler, John Jackson Munsee | 50 | 17 April 1812 | 27 March 1891 |
| Butler, Sarah | 52 | 31 January 1810 | 11 June 1876 |
| Canfield, Isaac Augustus | 43 | 3 December 1818 | 4 December 1891 |
| Canfield, Lucy Maria | 15 | 20 November 1846 | 16 May 1915 |
| Canfield, Rosalthe | 20 | 30 December 1841 | 7 April 1931 |
| Chipman, Henry | 42 | Unknown | Unknown |
| Dallin, William | 27 | 27 July 1835 | Unknown |
| Dixon, Charles Hyrum | 14 | 23 September 1848 | 7 December 1877 |
| Dixon, Christopher Flintoff | 46 | 6 May 1816 | 11 September 1905 |
| Dixon, Christopher Flintoff | Infant | 20 October 1861 | 10 August 1941 |
| Dixon, Emma Jane | 6 | 13 October 1855 | 3 June 1943 |
| Dixon, Erastus Wightman | 8 | 5 July 1854 | 24 March 1942 |
| Dixon, Estelle Victoria | 4 | 16 October 1857 | 12 March 1936 |
| Dixon, Henry Aldous | 27 | 14 March 1835 | 4 May 1884 |
| Dixon, Jane Elizabeth | 44 | 22 June 1818 | 15 November 1877 |
| Dixon, John Henry | 12 | 15 July 1850 | 17 June 1926 |
| Dixon, Mary Adelma | 10 | 25 April 1852 | 30 June 1934 |
| Dixon, Ruth Elizabeth | 15 | 25 November 1846 | 18 February 1922 |
| Driggs, A. G. | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
| Driggs, Parley Pratt | 17 | 30 November 1844 | 19 May 1919 |
| Dyer, Mary | 54 | 4 August 1808 | 29 February 1892 |
| Farrar, Benjamin | 21 | 17 January 1841 | 24 November 1909 |
| Fisk, Ira | 61 | 21 February 1801 | 7 December 1868 |
| Floyd, Caroline Amelia | 28 | 21 February 1834 | 31 January 1873 |
| Floyd, Leonard | 25 | 12 June 1837 | 5 June 1916 |
| Floyd, Sarah Ingersol | 45 | 21 September 1816 | 27 February 1889 |
| Forsyth, James | 27 | About 1835 | Unknown |
| Fuller, Elcy | 52 | About 1810 | Unknown |
| Fuller, Rastus Stephen T. | 13 | 30 August 1848 | 23 May 1904 |
| Garner, [Unknown] | Unknown | Unknown | August 1862 |
| Gray, Isabella | 14 | ca. 1848 | Unknown |
| Isom, Elizabeth | 40 | 13 September 1821 | 18 December 1898 |
| Isom, Franklin Howard | Infant | 6 August 1861 | 24 March 1906 |
| Isom, George | 15 | 17 August 1846 | 6 December 1885 |
| Isom, Owen | 48 | 22 May 1814 | 26 April 1884 |
| Isom, Samuel | 13 | 8 May 1849 | 8 August 1896 |
| Isom, Sarah Elizabeth | 8 | 14 June 1854 | 3 April 1936 |
| Jacklin, George | 20 | 19 May 1842 | 13 August 1906 |
| Kirkham, [Dad] | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
| Lee, H. H. | 22 | Unknown | Unknown |
| Like, Emma | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
| Like, Samuel | 37 | Unknown | Unknown |
| McAvoy, John | 24 | About 1838 | Unknown |
| McFarlane, Archibald | Infant | 16 February 1862 | 11 February 1866 |
| McFarlane, Arthur | 4 | 30 April 1858 | 12 May 1902 |
| McFarlane, Esther | 4 | About 1858 | Unknown |
| McFarlane, James | 14 | 22 September 1847 | 13 March 1921 |
| McFarlane, John Clark | 12 | 29 May 1850 | 1878 |
| McFarlane, Mary | 42 | 16 May 1820 | 10 June 1887 |
| McFarlane, Peter | 42 | 28 August 1819 | 23 July 1883 |
| McFarlane, Peter Bryson | 6 | 14 May 1856 | 27 October 1900 |
| McKnight, James | 33 | 11 December 1828 | 6 April 1906 |
| Minkler, David | 50 | 8 July 1812 | 19 February 1867 |
| Minkler, Effie | 7 | 15 October 1854 | 17 October 1940 |
| Minkler, Henry | 16 | 8 September 1845 | 5 September 1874 |
| Minkler, Mary Polly | 43 | 27 September 1818 | 2 March 1909 |
| Munsee, Byron Drake | 2 | 17 April 1860 | 7 October 1946 |
| Munsee, Erwin Alfonso | 13 | 27 July 1849 | 26 November 1938 |
| Munsee, Eugene Merrill | 18 | 18 November 1843 | 8 December 1931 |
| Munsee, George Washington | 14 | 28 January 1848 | 26 April 1911 |
| Munsee, Lewis Benjamin | 6 | 3 April 1856 | 3 May 1944 |
| Munsee, Myron Edgar | Infant | 12 March 1863 | 5 September 1930 |
| Munsee, Peter Caine | 39 | 2 September 1822 | 21 July 1902 |
| Munsee, Phebe Esther | 30 | 3 March 1832 | 2 March 1925 |
| Munsee, William Fayette | 9 | 4 August 1852 | 12 March 1874 |
| Neal, Ann Eliza | 28 | 2 September 1833 | 31 July 1920 |
| Neal, Josephine Aseneth | 8 | 28 August 1853 | 20 December 1941 |
| Neal, William Cooley | 34 | 1 July 1828 | 11 November 1912 |
| Nowell, Robert L. | 25 | About 1837 | Unknown |
| Parry, Anne | 30 | 31 December 1831 | 16 November 1923 |
| Parry, Anne Jane | Infant | 21 April 1862 | 10 April 1927 |
| Parry, Edward William | 37 | 19 May 1825 | 29 May 1907 |
| Parry, Owen Jones | 1 | 26 November 1860 | 25 November 1941 |
| Patterson, Edward McGregor | 20 | 28 October 1841 | 25 November 1909 |
| Pickett, Elizabeth | 11 | 3 August 1850 | 13 April 1895 |
| Pickett, Harriet | 45 | 2 June 1817 | 21 February 1898 |
| Pickett, John Warren | 15 | 2 August 1846 | 12 April 1936 |
| Pickett, Matthew | 38 | 14 February 1824 | 21 August 1892 |
| Pickett, Moroni | 13 | 16 October 1848 | 16 October 1911 |
| Pickett, Rhoda | 10 | 21 June 1852 | 3 May 1912 |
| Pickett, William Hyrum | 7 | 3 December 1854 | 27 July 1867 |
| Pigg-Stannard, James William Horace | 25 | October 1836 | Unknown |
| Prichard, John | 22 | About 1840 | Unknown |
| Russell, Jonathan Milan | 32 | 30 June 1830 | 2 September 1900 |
| Russell, Rosella Damon | 23 | 16 September 1838 | 21 April 1919 |
| Sharp, Joseph | 32 | 8 July 1830 | 7 September 1864 |
| Stickney, Albert William | 19 | 12 April 1843 | 16 January 1875 |
| Stickney, Diedamia Dutton | 16 | 3 February 1846 | 10 February 1933 |
| Stickney, Elizabeth Jane | 45 | 19 March 1817 | 4 August 1904 |
| Stickney, Joseph Clark | 43 | 3 April 1819 | 19 May 1904 |
| Stoker, Jared Samuel | 19 | 19 March 1843 | 6 December 1912 |
| Stoker, Michael James | 22 | 23 May 1840 | 23 July 1922 |
| Taylor, James | 18 | About 1844 | Unknown |
| Thornton, Edward | 30 | About 1832 | Unknown |
| Thornton, Jane | 21 | About 1841 | Unknown |
| Tucker, Hulda L. | 55 | About 1807 | Unknown |
| Tucker, Mr. | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
| Turner, Albert W. | 19 | About 1843 | Unknown |
| Wagstaff, Elizabeth | 11 | 2 May 1851 | 3 January 1931 |
| Wagstaff, Fannie | 16 | 8 November 1845 | 12 December 1935 |
| Wagstaff, John | 46 | 25 April 1816 | 20 April 1901 |
| Wagstaff, Sarah | 41 | 6 August 1820 | 3 April 1899 |
| Wagstaff, William | 14 | 21 January 1848 | 22 August 1892 |
| Wightman, Amy Jane | 17 | 26 October 1844 | 29 December 1929 |
| Wightman, Arthur Augustus | 1 | 5 May 1861 | 21 January 1909 |
| Wightman, Caroline LaDell | 11 | 15 June 1851 | 17 May 1926 |
| Wightman, Charles Billings | 46 | 11 August 1815 | 31 March 1895 |
| Wightman, Charles Harrison | 9 | 17 March 1853 | 3 May 1926 |
| Wightman, Joseph | 13 | 17 December 1848 | 22 July 1930 |
| Wightman, Martha Emeline | 6 | 9 October 1855 | 21 May 1946 |
| Wightman, Mary Ann | 39 | 13 July 1823 | 10 November 1903 |
| Wightman, Mary Elizabeth | 15 | 22 August 1846 | 5 February 1931 |
| Wightman, William Edward | 5 | 13 May 1857 | 27 May 1909 |