Ancestors on the Pioneer Trek
1847
Andrew Jackson Allen (age 28) & Delilah Emaline Andrews Allen (age 28) and their children (Percy Francis-5, William Coleman-4, Margaret Mary Jane-2, Martha Elizabeth-1).
Hayden Wells Church (age 29)
Sarah Ann Anterbury Church, wife of Hayden, (age 23) and child (Hyrum Smith-1).
1848
Duncan McArthur (age 52) & Susan McKeen McArthur (age 47) and child (Susan Amanda-4).
Daniel D. (age 28) & Matilda Carolina Fuller McArthur (age 28) & their children (Andrew Bird-5, Daniel D. Jr.-infant).
Samuel Miles Jr. (age 22)
Hannah Miranda Colborn (age 17)
Thomas Colborn (age 46) and Sarah Bower Colborn (age 47) and their children (Sarah Matilda-13, & Rosina-11).
James Bullock (age 41) and Mary Hill Bullock (age 35) and their children: Alexander-10, Elizabeth-6, Mary Catherine-1,
1849
Prudence Marks Miles (age 54) and her children (William Marks-21, & Sarah Simonds-17)
1852
John Lowe Butler (age 44) & Caroline Farozine Skeen (age 40) and their children: Kenion Taylor-20, Charity Artemesia-17, Keziah Jane-16, Phoebe Melinda-13, Caroline Elizabeth-12, Sarah Adeline-11, John Lowe Jr-8, James Butler-5, Lucy Ann-3, & Butler Thomas-1.
1854
John Grant Bagley (age 18) son of Edward & Julia Bagley.
1855
Edward Cyrenius Bagley (age 40) & Julia Ann Grant Bagley (age 39) and their children: (Charles Steward-20, George Ford-17, David-15, William Henry-13, Cyrenius-11, Joseph Smith-10, Edward Alma-8, Cynthia Ann Eliza-6, Francis Mortimer-4, Hyrum Alvin-1). Their son John Grant Bagley, had left a year earlier with the other saints in the local Branch.
Handcarts:
1856
Daniel D. McArthur (age 36)
Hayden Wells Church (age 38)
1858
Charles Staply Sr. (age 57) and Sarah Watson Bryant Stapley (age 55) and their children (Thomas-26, Semour-24, James-19, Sarah-14, & John 11).
Charles Stapley Jr. (age 32) & Sarah Parkinson Stapley (age 26) and their children (John Edward Rodwell-7, Sarah Ann Rodwell-5, & Harriet Elizabeth-2)
Samuel Miles Jr. (age 31)
1861
Joseph Oxborrow (age 38?) and Jannet Potter Oxborrow (age 44??).
1863
Daniel D. McArthur (age 42)
1864
Mary Leicht Oxborrow (age 11)
1868
Daniel D. McArthur (age 48)
Andrew Jackson Allen (age 28) & Delilah Emaline Andrews Allen (age 28) and their children (Percy Francis-5, William Coleman-4, Margaret Mary Jane-2, Martha Elizabeth-1).
- Abraham O. Smoot - George B. Wallace Company
- Andrew's sister, Martha (age 24) came with them.
- Stone Side
Hayden Wells Church (age 29)
- Mormon Battalion Sick Detachment
- McArthur Side
Sarah Ann Anterbury Church, wife of Hayden, (age 23) and child (Hyrum Smith-1).
- Abraham O. Smoot - George B. Wallace Company
- McArthur Side
1848
Duncan McArthur (age 52) & Susan McKeen McArthur (age 47) and child (Susan Amanda-4).
- Brigham Young Company
Daniel D. (age 28) & Matilda Carolina Fuller McArthur (age 28) & their children (Andrew Bird-5, Daniel D. Jr.-infant).
- Brigham Young Company
- Daniel D. Jr. was born 15 miles west of Devils gate on the banks of the Sweet water.
Samuel Miles Jr. (age 22)
- Company Unknown
- Samuel and Hannah marry in 1849, so I wonder if they were in the same company?
- McArthur Side
Hannah Miranda Colborn (age 17)
- Brigham Young Company
- McArthur Side
Thomas Colborn (age 46) and Sarah Bower Colborn (age 47) and their children (Sarah Matilda-13, & Rosina-11).
- Heber C. Kimball Compnay
- McArthur Side
James Bullock (age 41) and Mary Hill Bullock (age 35) and their children: Alexander-10, Elizabeth-6, Mary Catherine-1,
- Brigham Young Company
- They had a 7 year old daughter, Janet, and a 2 year old daughter, Isabel, who both died at Winter Quarters. Janet died in February 1947 and Isabel in April 1947. Mary Catherine was born Feb 1847 in Council Bluffs, Iowa.
- McArthur Side
1849
Prudence Marks Miles (age 54) and her children (William Marks-21, & Sarah Simonds-17)
- Ezra T. Benson Company
- Wife of Samuel Miles Sr who died in 1847 in St. Loius county, Missouri.
- McArthur Side
1852
John Lowe Butler (age 44) & Caroline Farozine Skeen (age 40) and their children: Kenion Taylor-20, Charity Artemesia-17, Keziah Jane-16, Phoebe Melinda-13, Caroline Elizabeth-12, Sarah Adeline-11, John Lowe Jr-8, James Butler-5, Lucy Ann-3, & Butler Thomas-1.
- Eli B. Kelsey Company
- McArthur Side
1854
John Grant Bagley (age 18) son of Edward & Julia Bagley.
- James Brown Company
- He began traveling with the James Brown company, but was asked to be a teamster in Orson Pratt's "Church Train" and completed the journey with them.
- He left with the Saints in their local Branch one year before his family did (because his mom had just had a new baby).
- He got sick with the Cholera and though many others died, he was healed (when he was confirmed a member, he had been promised that he would live to reside with the Saints. He valued that promise "more than gold").
- Stone Side
1855
Edward Cyrenius Bagley (age 40) & Julia Ann Grant Bagley (age 39) and their children: (Charles Steward-20, George Ford-17, David-15, William Henry-13, Cyrenius-11, Joseph Smith-10, Edward Alma-8, Cynthia Ann Eliza-6, Francis Mortimer-4, Hyrum Alvin-1). Their son John Grant Bagley, had left a year earlier with the other saints in the local Branch.
- Seth M. Blair/Edward Stevenson Company
- Julia died from Cholera en-route and a short time later Cyrenius & George Ford died too. Somewhere in Kansas territory. (George Ford is not listed as part of the company on the Pioneer Overland Travel--why? I submitted this to the web 3/1/13 CH15819).
- Stone Side
- Isaac Alldred Freight Train
- McArthur Side
Handcarts:
1856
Daniel D. McArthur (age 36)
- Daniel D. McArthur Company (He was captain).
- 2nd handcart company had about 220 individuals, 44 handcarts, and 2 wagons in the company when it began its journey from the outfitting post at Iowa City, Iowa.
- On his return from a 4 year mission in Scotland.
Hayden Wells Church (age 38)
- John Banks Company
- McArthur Side
1858
Charles Staply Sr. (age 57) and Sarah Watson Bryant Stapley (age 55) and their children (Thomas-26, Semour-24, James-19, Sarah-14, & John 11).
- Nathan C. Tenney Company
- McArthur Side
Charles Stapley Jr. (age 32) & Sarah Parkinson Stapley (age 26) and their children (John Edward Rodwell-7, Sarah Ann Rodwell-5, & Harriet Elizabeth-2)
- Nathan C. Tenney Company
- McArthur Side
Samuel Miles Jr. (age 31)
- Orson Pratt/Ezra T. Benson Company
- McArthur Side
1861
Joseph Oxborrow (age 38?) and Jannet Potter Oxborrow (age 44??).
- David H. Cannon Compnay
- Joseph later marries Mary Leicht.
- The Pioneer Overland Travel has their ages listed different than familysearch.
- McArthur Side
1863
Daniel D. McArthur (age 42)
- Daniel D. McArthur Company (He was captain).
- 500 individuals and 75 wagons were in the company when it began its journey from the outfitting post at Florence, Nebraska (now Omaha).
1864
Mary Leicht Oxborrow (age 11)
- William S. Warren Company
- Mary is listed as Mary Cornwell because her step mom (Mary Ann Hunt Leicht) remarried to John Cornewll during their voyage across the ocean.
- McArthur Side
1868
Daniel D. McArthur (age 48)
- Daniel D. McArthur Company (He was captain).
- 411 individuals and 51 wagons were in the company when it began its journey from the outfitting post at Benton, Wyoming.
Notes:
- There is a Hamilton Monroe Wallace & Elizabeth Wallace listed in the 1855 William McBride company, but they just don't match up with the right ages? Need more information.