Uriah Curtis Company (1852)
Date Unknown
- Type
- Wagon
- Category
- Church Train
- Direction
- Westbound
- Departure
- 28 June 1852
- Departed From
- Kanesville, Iowa
- Arrival
- 29 September 1852
- Captain
- Uriah Curtis
- Number In Company
- 266
Roughly 260 individuals with 50 wagons when it began the journey from Kanesville, Iowa (present day Council Bluffs). Members of the company arrived in the Salt Lake Valley between 29 September and 1 October 1852.
View Summary- "16th Company," Deseret News, 18 September 1852, 2.
- 16th Company of 50 report, 1852 July 4.
- Ashworth, William Booth. Autobiography of William B. Ashworth: 1846-1934 (Orem, UT: Clinton P. Ashworth, 2001).
- Azer R. Briggs, Samuel Briggs Biographical Sketches (Utah: privately printed, 1975).
- Benson, Cynthia Vail, [Interview], in "Utah Pioneer Biographies," 44 vols., 5:19.
- Jones, John Lee. Reminiscences, circa 1900-1926, 3-6.
- Journal History, Supplement after 31 December 1852, 101-107.
- Mary Lee Bland History Trail excerpt transcribed from "Pioneer History Collection" available at Pioneer Memorial Museum [Daughters of Utah Pioneers Museum], Salt Lake City, Utah. Some restrictions apply.
- Webb, Edward Milo, Jr. "Autobiography", in Edward Milo Webb, His Ancestors and Descendants, Irene Adell Webb Merrell (Utah: Privately Printed, [1948]), 4.
- Wilson, Lucy Benson. "Autobiography," in Historical Resource Materials for Cache Valley, Utah-Idaho, 1955-1956, Utah State Historical Society; Cache Valley Chapter, reel 22, item 1.
, Chloe | 51 | About 1801 | Unknown |
Ainscough, Elizabeth Ann | 8 | 3 April 1844 | 13 October 1909 |
Ainscough, Lucretia Charlotte | 2 | 6 May 1850 | 18 September 1853 |
Ainscough, Mary | 34 | 17 July 1817 | 22 November 1885 |
Ainscough, William | 34 | 18 March 1818 | 24 November 1893 |
Ashworth, John | 32 | 21 December 1819 | 28 May 1886 |
Ashworth, Mary Jane | 1 | 23 October 1850 | 3 August 1923 |
Ashworth, Sarah Ann | 24 | 15 May 1828 | 5 February 1894 |
Ashworth, William Booth | 7 | 10 March 1845 | 22 December 1934 |
Barton, Mary Ann | 42 | 19 November 1807 | 4 August 1885 |
Barton, William Allen | 47 | 1 September 1804 | 23 January 1883 |
Benson, Alva | 52 | 13 December 1799 | 19 October 1883 |
Benson, Cynthia | 51 | 28 February 1801 | 10 November 1877 |
Benson, Cynthia Elizabeth | 11 | 15 September 1841 | 13 October 1913 |
Benson, David | 31 | 4 June 1821 | 18 March 1904 |
Benson, Elsa Ann | 26 | 14 May 1826 | 5 May 1892 |
Benson, Keziah | 72 | 4 December 1779 | 10 March 1857 |
Benson, Moroni | 19 | 25 July 1833 | 28 January 1917 |
Benson, Phebe Keziah | 1 | 8 November 1850 | 11 March 1872 |
Benson, Polly Elvira | 13 | 28 January 1839 | 25 November 1928 |
Bevan, William | 20 | About 1832 | Unknown |
Bracken, Elizabeth | 61 | 24 October 1790 | 14 June 1876 |
Bracken, Levi | 61 | 13 March 1791 | 12 July 1852 |
Briggs, Hannah | 30 | 23 May 1822 | 9 July 1897 |
Briggs, Samuel | 1 | 4 January 1851 | 28 April 1934 |
Briggs, Samuel | 26 | 20 June 1826 | 22 October 1898 |
Chatwin, William | 29 | 23 June 1823 | 18 March 1905 |
Child, Alfred Bosworth | 55 | 15 November 1796 | 22 December 1852 |
Child, Eliza Jane | 21 | 1 May 1831 | 22 March 1901 |
Child, John Columbus | Infant | 3 March 1852 | 21 December 1933 |
Child, John Lonson | 21 | 26 October 1830 | 28 December 1882 |
Child, Orville Rausler | 14 | 11 October 1837 | 27 March 1897 |
Child, Polly | 53 | 29 March 1799 | 4 February 1883 |
Child, Sarah Ann | 1 | 8 November 1850 | 3 January 1854 |
Child, Warren Gould | 17 | 21 February 1835 | 17 April 1906 |
Crafts, Phoebe Ann | 16 | 2 November 1835 | 4 May 1903 |
Cummings, Harmon | 2 | 27 July 1850 | 11 February 1920 |
Cummings, Isaac | 14 | 31 May 1837 | 7 April 1906 |
Cummings, John | 49 | 2 December 1802 | 8 September 1895 |
Cummings, John James | 6 | 25 March 1846 | 28 March 1929 |
Cummings, Mary Jane | 18 | 28 October 1834 | 6 May 1906 |
Cummings, Melinda Ann | 10 | 6 April 1840 | 31 January 1909 |
Cummings, Nancy Elizabeth | 8 | 10 September 1843 | 18 October 1881 |
Cummings, Rachel Ann | 39 | 20 January 1813 | 29 March 1895 |
Cummings, Sarah Ann | 13 | 20 March 1839 | 28 September 1909 |
Cummings, Thomas | Infant | About 1852 | About 1852 |
Cummings, William | 16 | 31 July 1835 | 28 January 1922 |
Curtis, Benjamin Gardner | 49 | 6 December 1805 | 9 September 1867 |
Curtis, Eli | 24 | 3 June 1828 | 11 April 1899 |
Curtis, Eliza Barnum | 14 | 15 October 1837 | 11 February 1911 |
Curtis, Elizabeth | 42 | 27 May 1810 | 7 March 1902 |
Curtis, Elvina | 1 | 1 March 1851 | 3 June 1908 |
Curtis, Emeline Phoebe | 7 | 6 December 1844 | 8 February 1905 |
Curtis, Erastus | 22 | 15 May 1830 | 20 January 1902 |
Curtis, Joseph Henry | 7 | 14 October 1844 | 4 January 1908 |
Curtis, Lehi | 19 | 28 October 1832 | 18 March 1899 |
Curtis, Levi | 16 | 25 December 1835 | 10 January 1916 |
Curtis, Maria | 44 | 20 March 1808 | 8 April 1871 |
Curtis, Mariah Jane | Infant | 27 November 1851 | 13 March 1927 |
Curtis, Mary Caroline | 20 | 12 January 1832 | 10 August 1910 |
Curtis, Mary Malinda | 13 | 20 December 1839 | 20 January 1889 |
Curtis, Phoebe | 46 | 7 May 1806 | About 1867 |
Curtis, Phoebe Maria | Infant | 2 February 1852 | 4 February 1949 |
Curtis, Sarah | 12 | 16 June 1840 | 17 March 1925 |
Curtis, Sarah Ann | 22 | 2 January 1830 | 20 November 1905 |
Curtis, Uriah | 47 | 5 May 1805 | 18 October 1863 |
Curtis, Uriah Martin | 15 | 7 March 1837 | 2 July 1894 |
Davenport, James Burrows | Infant | 23 October 1851 | 21 June 1925 |
Davenport, John T. | 7 | 17 December 1844 | 22 October 1912 |
Davenport, Sarah | 40 | 24 July 1811 | 20 May 1882 |
Davenport, Sarah Ann | 5 | 14 February 1847 | 24 August 1920 |
Davenport, Thomas | 37 | 1 March 1815 | 22 January 1888 |
Davenport, William | 15 | 28 May 1837 | 5 November 1911 |
Davis, Elisha Hildebrand | 2 | 7 February 1850 | 10 December 1937 |
Davis, Elisha Hildebrand | 36 | 22 October 1815 | 31 July 1898 |
Davis, Mary Ann | 29 | 19 October 1822 | 14 September 1892 |
Davis, Mary Ann Minerva | 3 | 31 October 1848 | 2 September 1939 |
Davis, Sarah Agnes | 1 | 21 March 1852 | 23 October 1922 |
Depew, John | 4 | 13 June 1848 | 8 March 1929 |
Depew, William | 9 | 3 July 1842 | 16 January 1931 |
Driggs, Appollos Griffin | 11 | 7 January 1841 | 13 July 1918 |
Driggs, Benjamin Woodbury | 15 | 13 May 1837 | 1 October 1913 |
Driggs, Charles Barnum | 4 | 8 August 1847 | 28 June 1927 |
Driggs, Eliza Elizabeth | 39 | 14 July 1812 | 10 February 1896 |
Driggs, Hannah Jane | 13 | 7 June 1839 | 15 April 1908 |
Driggs, Isaac Ashton | 10 | 23 January 1842 | 9 April 1874 |
Driggs, Mark | 2 | April 1850 | April 1857 |
Driggs, Parley Pratt | 7 | 30 November 1844 | 19 May 1919 |
Driggs, Shadrach Ford | 38 | 28 August 1813 | 26 October 1898 |
Elmer, Angeline Vashti | 8 | 27 August 1843 | 11 October 1888 |
Elmer, Cynthia | 2 | 13 May 1850 | 20 January 1921 |
Elmer, Eveline Elizabeth | 28 | 23 November 1823 | 2 June 1885 |
Elmer, Francis Marion | 3 | 11 November 1848 | 15 April 1916 |
Elmer, Hannah Paulina | 24 | 24 January 1828 | 22 May 1897 |
Elmer, Henry | 11 | 7 March 1841 | 14 December 1928 |
Elmer, Hiram King | 36 | 4 June 1816 | 30 September 1909 |
Elmer, Ira Bartlett | 28 | 2 August 1823 | 20 June 1903 |
Elmer, John Samuel | 4 | 13 October 1847 | 1 February 1857 |
Elmer, Lucius Boardman | 19 | 13 June 1833 | 4 November 1907 |
Elmer, Lucy Lodisa | 8 | 3 July 1843 | 14 December 1890 |
Elmer, Mark | 3 | 16 December 1848 | 31 May 1895 |
Elmer, Martha Jane | 14 | 2 March 1838 | 28 December 1902 |
Elmer, Mary | 23 | 16 April 1829 | 10 December 1902 |
Elmer, Melissa Ella | 2 | 25 November 1849 | 17 November 1884 |
Elmer, Oliver | 7 | 17 June 1845 | 7 May 1925 |
Elmer, Sally | Infant | 21 March 1852 | 10 December 1910 |
Elmer, William | 31 | 16 September 1820 | 14 December 1894 |
Elmer, William Warren | 1 | 22 November 1850 | 23 January 1919 |
Ewell, Barbara Ann | 8 | 24 October 1842 | 12 April 1914 |
Ewell, Francis Marion | 16 | 3 November 1835 | 1 January 1904 |
Ewell, John Pleasant | 14 | About 1838 | Unknown |
Ewell, Mary Jane | 3 | 5 February 1849 | 3 March 1909 |
Ewell, Mary Lee | 34 | 1 November 1817 | 24 May 1898 |
Ewell, Sarah Elizabeth | 11 | 18 April 1841 | 4 July 1893 |
Ewell, William Thomas | 5 | 5 October 1846 | 10 February 1916 |
Gifford, Anna Amanda | 2 | 11 March 1850 | 27 August 1921 |
Gifford, Elmira Ann | 23 | 1 January 1829 | 6 January 1903 |
Gifford, Henry Alpheus | Infant | 26 April 1852 | 3 November 1920 |
Gifford, Henry Dill | 27 | 28 April 1825 | 5 May 1901 |
Greer, James Gavin | 9 | 21 April 1843 | 8 June 1906 |
Greer, John | 45 | 1 November 1806 | 4 February 1878 |
Hofer, James | 22 | About 1830 | Unknown |
Holden, Edwin | 45 | 4 June 1807 | 8 December 1894 |
Holden, Giles Bliss | 10 | 8 May 1842 | 20 May 1897 |
Holden, Henry | 15 | 16 September 1836 | 17 May 1877 |
Holden, Julia Ann | Infant | 29 August 1851 | 9 May 1853 |
Holden, Mary Adelia | 5 | 8 October 1846 | 16 October 1863 |
Holden, Robert Bliss | 3 | 23 January 1849 | 20 April 1853 |
Holden, Ruia Angeline | 37 | 29 April 1815 | 17 March 1889 |
Holman, Sarah Ann | 15 | 7 December 1836 | 12 October 1917 |
Huff, Martha | 9 | About 1843 | Unknown |
Huff, Mary Magdelena | 36 | 18 June 1816 | 3 August 1890 |
Jolley, Sarah | 1 | 9 June 1851 | 18 May 1853 |
Jolley, Sarepta Lorinda | 22 | 9 April 1830 | 17 January 1889 |
Jolley, William Jackson | 22 | 8 November 1829 | 3 July 1905 |
Jones, Frederick Isaac | 1 | 6 February 1851 | 18 October 1925 |
Jones, John Lee | 11 | 18 May 1841 | 5 January 1935 |
Jones, John Pidding | 33 | 10 June 1819 | 11 October 1890 |
Jones, Margaret | 31 | 11 April 1821 | 31 May 1900 |
Jones, Sylvester Frazier | 3 | 5 December 1848 | 27 July 1934 |
Loveless, Sarah Corina | 38 | 20 September 1813 | 20 August 1889 |
Manning, Freeman | 21 | 21 May 1831 | 9 September 1901 |
Manning, Isabella | 50 | 21 February 1802 | 30 January 1879 |
Manning, William | 50 | 12 August 1801 | 28 January 1868 |
Mathis, Allen | 24 | 8 September 1827 | About 1879 |
Mathis, Elizabeth | 47 | 12 March 1805 | About 1891 |
Mathis, Elizabeth | 1 | About 1851 | Unknown |
Mathis, Isaac | 14 | 22 February 1839 | 16 July 1917 |
Mathis, Isaac Benjamin | 51 | About 1801 | 23 July 1852 |
Mathis, John Thomas | 3 | 28 April 1849 | 14 May 1927 |
Mathis, John Thomas | 26 | 25 September 1825 | 20 April 1910 |
Mathis, Martha Ann | 23 | About 1829 | 10 July 1852 |
Mathis, Martha Elizabeth | Infant | 8 April 1852 | 24 April 1925 |
Mathis, Martha Jane | 7 | 12 October 1844 | 31 August 1911 |
Mathis, Robert Francis Marion | 20 | 17 January 1832 | 8 February 1900 |
Mathis, Sarah Ann | 23 | 31 January 1828 | 3 December 1908 |
Mathis, Thomas William | 11 | 22 July 1841 | 22 February 1899 |
Maxwell, James Bailey | 8 | 30 August 1843 | 16 July 1876 |
Maxwell, Levi William | 10 | 26 October 1841 | 26 July 1904 |
Maxwell, Lucretia Charlotte | 28 | 6 December 1823 | 26 August 1893 |
Maxwell, William Bailey | 31 | 14 March 1821 | 26 August 1895 |
McGuire, Catherine | 18 | 15 October 1833 | 16 May 1927 |
McGuire, Charlotte Ann Ash | 48 | 22 November 1803 | 26 February 1879 |
McGuire, Julia Ann | 16 | 31 January 1836 | 3 August 1920 |
McGuire, William Wells | 43 | 25 June 1809 | 8 December 1887 |
Montieth, Louisa | 21 | About 1831 | Unknown |
Noakes, Eliza | 6 | 25 November 1846 | 9 June 1871 |
Noakes, George | 40 | 4 September 1811 | 11 September 1893 |
Noakes, George Washington | 3 | 14 February 1849 | 7 October 1925 |
Noakes, Rosann | 8 | 1 January 1843 | 4 October 1860 |
Noakes, Sophia | 34 | 11 February 1818 | 11 August 1904 |
Noakes, Thomas Nephi | Infant | 10 September 1852 | 14 July 1887 |
Perkins, Abraham Junius | 3 | 11 August 1848 | 9 August 1912 |
Perkins, Sarah | 26 | 14 October 1825 | 20 December 1865 |
Perkins, Sarah Ellen | 4 | 15 August 1847 | 14 April 1921 |
Ramsay, Ezra Grant | 7 | 22 July 1844 | 28 February 1929 |
Ramsay, Luther | Infant | 22 June 1852 | 27 November 1928 |
Ramsay, Luther Collins | 27 | 10 September 1824 | 11 July 1891 |
Ramsay, Mary Ann | 40 | 26 October 1811 | About 1855 |
Ramsay, Parna Ann | 6 | 9 January 1846 | 6 December 1926 |
Rodeback, Catherine Angeline | 2 | 14 November 1849 | 11 November 1930 |
Rodeback, Edward Hunter | 19 | 30 May 1833 | 23 November 1910 |
Rodeback, James | 45 | 22 March 1807 | 23 May 1875 |
Rodeback, Lorenzo Barnes | 9 | 11 March 1843 | 5 March 1916 |
Rodeback, Phoebe | 41 | 25 June 1811 | 17 September 1898 |
Rodeback, Rebecca H. | 6 | 2 May 1846 | 12 August 1910 |
Rooker, Almira LaRue | 7 | 10 August 1844 | 1 January 1898 |
Rooker, Emeline Samantha | 27 | 6 May 1825 | 2 May 1906 |
Rooker, Joseph Alva | 4 | 25 December 1847 | 5 July 1926 |
Rooker, Joseph Alva | 34 | 22 January 1818 | 12 November 1901 |
Rooker, Lucy Ann | Infant | 25 July 1851 | 25 May 1926 |
Rooker, William Edward | 5 | 8 October 1846 | 27 July 1915 |
Smith, Albert | 14 | 24 August 1837 | 15 February 1915 |
Smith, Elwood | 1 | 20 October 1850 | 13 June 1853 |
Smith, George Opdyke | 7 | 21 September 1844 | 28 August 1900 |
Smith, Jane Hart | 37 | 4 March 1815 | 28 October 1892 |
Smith, John Pearson | 39 | 21 August 1812 | 20 June 1885 |
Smith, Mary Frances | 10 | 22 April 1842 | 29 July 1852 |
Smith, Theodore Augustas | 12 | 18 September 1839 | 8 May 1902 |
Stoddard, Benjamin Franklin | 41 | 12 April 1811 | 29 July 1894 |
Stoddard, Caroline | 29 | About 1823 | Unknown |
Stoddard, Charles | 32 | 8 May 1820 | 8 May 1890 |
Stoddard, Curtis Charles | 8 | 17 March 1844 | 20 January 1922 |
Stoddard, Edward | 6 | About 1846 | Unknown |
Stoddard, Emily Griswold | 43 | 12 March 1808 | 6 August 1853 |
Stoddard, George | 14 | 14 June 1838 | 16 May 1903 |
Stoddard, Hyrum Franklin | 2 | 29 November 1849 | 19 February 1889 |
Stoddard, John Francis | Infant | 14 September 1852 | 13 February 1933 |
Stoddard, Lucetta Jane | 37 | 2 August 1814 | 19 September 1886 |
Stubbs, Amanda Melvina | 6 | 19 September 1846 | 18 February 1922 |
Stubbs, Ann | 13 | 22 January 1839 | 20 November 1921 |
Stubbs, Ellender | 26 | 30 November 1825 | 14 January 1898 |
Stubbs, John | 18 | 23 October 1833 | 14 May 1903 |
Stubbs, Richard | 28 | 30 July 1823 | 25 July 1902 |
Stubbs, Sarah Ellender | 1 | 14 December 1850 | 6 November 1923 |
Stubbs, William | 32 | 3 November 1819 | 11 February 1876 |
Stump, Jacob Kenner | 14 | 23 July 1837 | 27 July 1902 |
Swett, Lyman Johnson | 16 | 26 September 1834 | 20 July 1926 |
Thornton, Nancy Louisa | 15 | 1 March 1837 | 6 September 1915 |
Toms, Caroline | 26 | About 1826 | Unknown |
Toms, Edward Joseph | 5 | About 1846 | Unknown |
Toms, James | 29 | 3 March 1823 | 27 March 1880 |
Tweed, Margaret | 45 | 20 March 1806 | 12 October 1866 |
Wakefield, Jane Ruth | 12 | 3 February 1840 | 14 March 1878 |
Wakefield, Lucinda | 14 | 28 December 1837 | October 1921 |
Webb, Caroline Amelia | 30 | 6 July 1821 | 1 September 1895 |
Webb, Caroline Amelia | 2 | 4 July 1849 | 17 December 1922 |
Webb, Cordelia Amanda | 10 | 2 October 1841 | 10 June 1908 |
Webb, Edward Milo | 36 | 17 August 1815 | 31 July 1852 |
Webb, Edward Milo | 5 | 8 March 1847 | 11 September 1921 |
Webb, George | 7 | About 1845 | Unknown |
Webb, James Wesley | 1 | 9 April 1851 | 14 June 1926 |
Webb, James Wesley | 30 | 1822 | After 1870 |
Webb, Marcellus Horace | 9 | 5 May 1843 | 5 February 1919 |
Webb, Mary Jane | 21 | 18 June 1831 | 15 January 1853 |
Webb, Sarah | 2 | About 1850 | Unknown |
Webb, Sarah Caroline | 25 | 30 August 1826 | 21 October 1853 |
Webb, Sidney Rigdon | 16 | About 1836 | Unknown |
Webster, Elizabeth Ann | 47 | 12 April 1805 | 15 February 1879 |
Webster, James | 5 | 9 October 1846 | About 1928 |
Webster, John Rigby | 25 | 30 June 1826 | 3 October 1886 |
Webster, Joseph | 9 | 24 April 1843 | 4 October 1921 |
Webster, Mary | 26 | 21 June 1826 | October 1911 |
Webster, Mary Ann | 17 | 10 July 1834 | 2 December 1903 |
Webster, Sarah | 5 | 9 October 1846 | 5 August 1917 |
Webster, Thomas George | 12 | 29 July 1839 | 3 October 1904 |
Webster, William | 7 | 10 December 1844 | 28 April 1933 |
White, Evander Lappin | 16 | 5 March 1836 | 2 February 1907 |
White, Rebecca | 70 | 23 April 1782 | 15 November 1867 |
Wilder, Hannah Austin | 17 | 11 May 1835 | 29 May 1892 |
Wilder, Sally Maria | 41 | 13 April 1811 | 16 February 1891 |
Williams, Harriet Rosella | 3 | 14 September 1848 | 13 December 1900 |
Williams, Hyrum | 7 | 17 April 1843 | 22 February 1873 |
Williams, Louisa | 10 | 14 January 1841 | 13 December 1918 |
Williams, Washington | 18 | 10 December 1834 | 27 January 1918 |
Wilson, David | 22 | 26 February 1831 | 2 December 1885 |
Wilson, Francis Marion | 16 | 16 February 1836 | 10 February 1924 |
Wilson, George Deliverance | 44 | 28 December 1807 | 18 October 1887 |
Wilson, Guy Carlton | 11 | 19 March 1841 | 5 February 1857 |
Wilson, Hyrum | 14 | 19 May 1838 | 10 February 1924 |
Wilson, John Gill | 22 | 15 August 1829 | 23 April 1903 |
Wilson, Louisa Ann | 20 | 16 February 1831 | 11 July 1903 |
Wilson, Lucy | 22 | 27 May 1830 | 6 March 1914 |
Wilson, Mary Elizabeth | 50 | 26 September 1801 | 27 March 1878 |
Wyer, Abishai | 60 | 5 September 1791 | 25 October 1853 |
Wyer, Delilah | 66 | 11 January 1786 | 24 November 1876 |
266 individuals confirmed in company.
260 are listed on the company manifest, and confirmed in the journal history supplement.
James Hofer, although not listed on the company roster, is listed in the journal history supplement as traveling with the Webb family.
Mark Driggs and Phoebe Curtis aren't listed on the company roster or in the journal history but are listed on census records with their family.
Thomas Noakes, Luther Ramsay, and John Stoddard were all born on the trail and are not listed on the company roster or in the journal history.