• Church History
  • Publications
    • Saints: The Story of the Church of Jesus Christ in the Latter Days
    • Prophets of the Restoration
    • Global Histories
    • Revelations in Context
    • Women of Conviction
    • Joseph Smith Papers
    • Church Historian's Press
    • More
  • Visit
    • Church History Museum
    • Historic Sites
    • Church History Library
  • Research
    • Church History Catalog
    • Missionary Database
    • Pioneer Database
    • Treasures of the Collection
    • Pioneer Resources
  • Quick Links
    • Church History Library
    • Church History Museum
    • Church Historic Sites
    • Church History Catalog
    • Church Historian’s Press
    • Joseph Smith Papers
    • Missionary Database
    • Pioneer Database

Pioneer Database

1847–1868

Home Companies Switch to Keyword Search
Birth Date
31 December 1843
Death Date
2 December 1920
Gender
Male
Family Search logo

View this Person on FamilySearch

Henry Leigh

Facebook Twitter Print Mail
Find this person in FamilySearch Find this person in Mormon Migration
  • Henry crossed the ocean on the ship Buena Vista in 1849 and arrived in Utah with his family by 1852. The roster only lists Samuel, as head of household, but it also indicates that his traveling group consisted of eight people, which accounts for the presence of his wife and children.

    Several years later, he crossed the plains again, this time working as a teamster for the 1866 Thompson out-and-back company.

William Morgan Company (1852)

  • Age at Departure: 8

Traveled with

  • Samuel Leigh (Age: 37)
  • Mary Leigh (Age: 26)
  • William David Leigh (Age: 9)
  • Sophia David Leigh (Age: 6)
  • John David Leigh (Age: 4)
  • Mary Ann Leigh (Age: 1)
  • Daniel Treharne Leigh (Age: Infant)

Daniel Thompson Company (1866)

  • Age at Departure: 22
  • Out-and-Back Teamster

Sources

  • 13th Company of 50 report, 1852 September 25, Brigham Young office emigrating companies reports, 1850-1862.
  • 1850 Iowa Census, Pottawattamie County.
  • “Captain Daniel Thompson, memoranda book (2), 1866,” in Perpetual Emigrating Fund Company church trains accounts 1861-1868, Captains’ accounts 1862-1868.
  • "Captain Daniel Thompson's (of Fillmore) Company." In Perpetual Emigrating Fund Company church trains accounts 1861-1868, Wards' accounts 1861-1868, Account book 1866 1868.
  • Find a Grave (Website)
  • Leigh, Samuel. Journal: History of Samuel Leigh.
  • Saints By Sea: Latter-day Saint Immigration to America
  • Utah, Deaths and Burials, 1888-1946.
  • Utah State History Cemeteries and Burials Database.