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1847 Edward Hunter - Joseph Horne Company

 

 Departure:

17 June 1847

Arrival in Salt Lake Valley:

29 September 1847

Company Information:
Also known as the John Taylor Co. 197 individuals and 72 wagons were in the company when it began its journey from the outfitting post on the Elkhorn River about 27 miles west of Winter Quarters, Nebraska.

 

Individuals Known To Have Traveled In This Company

Andrews, M. Dorcas Millikin (46)

Andrews, Simeon (47)

Aoutz, Anna (Unknown)

Arrowsmith, Elizabeth Taylor (28)

Arrowsmith, John Taylor (5)

Babcock, Adolphus (47)

Babcock, Albern (7)

Babcock, George (16)

Babcock, Jerusha Jane Rowley (43)

Babcock, John (4)

Babcock, Lucy (14)

Babcock, Permelia (9)

Bennion, Angeline Roberts (infant)

Bennion, Ann (1)

Bennion, Esther Wainwright (28)

Bennion, Hyrum (infant)

Bennion, John (30)

Bennion, John Rowland (17)

Bennion, Mary (3)

Bennion, Mary Bushell (31)

Bennion, Samuel (28)

Bennion, Samuel Roberts (4)

Blackhurst, David (7)

Blackhurst, Ellen Stephenson (9)

Blackhurst, Joseph Brigham (1)

Blackhurst, William (40)

Bloxham, Thomas (Unknown)

Bradford, Abigail Sprague (34)

Bradford, Mary Ann (15)

Bradford, Pleasant Sprague (4)

Bradford, Roswell (13)

Bradford, Sylvester (7)

Bradford, Tryphenia (1)

Bringhurst, Anna Barr (5)

Bringhurst, Eleanor Beitler (30)

Bringhurst, Robert Pierce (infant)

Bringhurst, Samuel (34)

Bringhurst, William Augustus (8)

Brower, Ann Elizabeth (7)

Brower, Arieh Coates (30)

Brower, Arieh Hussey (infant)

Brower, Margaret Elizabeth (28)

Brower, Victoria Adelaide (5)

Cain, Elizabeth Whitaker (19)

Cain, Joseph (25)

Cannon, Ann (15)

Cannon, George Quayle (20)

Cole, Jane Louise (8)

Cole, John (12)

Cole, Mary Ann (5)

Cole, Mary James (47)

Cole, Sarah (15)

Cole, William (18)

Corry, Andrew (1)

Corry, George (39)

Corry, Janet (8)

Corry, Margaret Climie (32)

Farrer, William (26)

Field, Mary (12)

Fields, William (Unknown)

Gardner, Archibald (32)

Gardner, Duncan Livingston (infant)

Gardner, Jane (14)

Gardner, Jane McKeown (24)

Gardner, Janet Livingston (26)

Gardner, John (15)

Gardner, Margaret (2)

Gardner, Margaret Callender (70)

Gardner, Margaret Callender (5)

Gardner, Margaret Livingston (28)

Gardner, Mary Jane (4)

Gardner, Neil (6)

Gardner, Neil Livingston (3)

Gardner, Robert (27)

Gardner, Robert (66)

Gardner, Robert (7)

Gardner, Robert Rierson (5)

Gardner, William (44)

Gardner, William (1)

Harker, Job (3)

Harker, Joseph (29)

Harker, Susannah Sneath (26)

Harker, William Sneath (Infant)

Hoagland, Abraham (60)

Hoagland, Agnes Taylor (35)

Hoagland, Elizabeth (11)

Hoagland, Emily (9)

Hoagland, John (14)

Hoagland, Margaret Quick (45)

Hoagland, Peter (16)

Holmes, Elizabeth Cole (27)

Holmes, Robert (31)

Horne, Elizabeth Ann (1)

Horne, Henry James (9)

Horne, Joseph (35)

Horne, Joseph Smith (5)

Horne, Mary Isabella Hales (28)

Horne, Richard Stephen (3)

Hunter, Edward (53)

Kelly, Ann (37)

Leach, Isabella Daniels (27)

Leach, James (32)

Luckham, Mary (1)

Luckham, Mary Gardner (40)

Luckham, Roger (42)

MacKay, Ann Cowley Rogers (48)

MacKay, Annie Rogers (9)

MacKay, John (13)

MacKay, Thomas Sloan (37)

Newton, Dolly Gridley (62)

Oakley, Elizabeth DeGroot (52)

Oakley, Ezra (59)

Oakley, John DeGroot (27)

Oakley, Margaret DeGroot (12)

Oakley, Mary Elizabeth (infant)

Oakley, Mary Madelena (23)

Orr, Cathrine Jackson (49)

Orr, Isabella (11)

Orr, James J. (Unknown)

Orr, Mary Ann (9)

Orr, Thomas (44)

Orr, Thomas (15)

Park, Agnes Thompson (18)

Park, Andrew Duncan (2)

Park, Hugh Duncan (7)

Park, James Duncan (17)

Park, Jane (5)

Park, Jane Duncan (11)

Park, Jane Duncan (39)

Park, John (45)

Park, John Duncan (13)

Park, Louesa (infant)

Park, Louesa Smith (29)

Park, Marian Ellen (13)

Park, Marian Ellen (2)

Park, Mary Ann (4)

Park, Mary Ann Duncan (4)

Park, William (42)

Park, William Duncan (9)

Pitchforth, Annie (6)

Pitchforth, Mary Mitchell (21)

Pitchforth, Mercy Ann (14)

Pitchforth, Samuel (20)

Pitchforth, Sarah Barbara (12)

Pugmire, Elizabeth (13)

Pugmire, Hannah (5)

Pugmire, John (7)

Pugmire, Jonathan (48)

Pugmire, Joseph Hyrum (13)

Pugmire, Mary (40)

Pullin, Francis (45)

Pullin, Hannah (45)

Quayle, Catharine (10)

Quayle, Catherine Killip (34)

Quayle, Henry (infant)

Quayle, John (14)

Quayle, John (43)

Quayle, Thomas (12)

Quayle, William (8)

Rich, Agnes Taylor (25)

Rich, Elizabeth Taylor (5)

Rich, John Taylor (7)

Rich, Samuel Taylor (3)

Robinson, Abigail Parsons (54)

Robinson, Isaac Parson (12)

Robinson, John (54)

Robinson, John (17)

Robinson, Lawrence (9)

Robinson, Sarah Abigail (14)

Rowley, Celestina (21)

Sprague, Hezekiah (71)

Staines, William Carter (28)

Sweeten, Margaret (9)

Sweeten, Robert (6)

Symons, Helenora Graham (53)

Symons, William (50)

Tarbet, Catharine (9)

Tarbet, Eleanor Kelly (28)

Tarbet, John (7)

Tarbet, Nephi (4)

Tarbet, Thomas (34)

Tarbet, Thomas Moroni (2)

Tattersall, Edward (69)

Taylor, Agnes (60)

Taylor, Annie Ballantyne (41)

Taylor, Elizabeth Kaighan (35)

Taylor, George John (13)

Taylor, James (64)

Taylor, Jane Ballantyne (34)

Taylor, John (38)

Taylor, Joseph James (9)

Taylor, Josephine Cain (1)

Taylor, Leonora Cannon (51)

Taylor, Lovina Chandler (24)

Taylor, Mary Ann (11)

Taylor, Mary Ann Oakley (21)

Taylor, Sophia Whitaker (22)

Taylor, William (23)

Topham, John (22)

West, Adelia Marie (7)

West, Chauncey Walker (20)

West, Margaret (infant)

West, Margaret H. (infant)

West, Mary Hoagland (18)

Whitaker, George William Robinson (infant)

Whittaker, Eveline Parsons (20)

Whittaker, George (27)

Whittaker, Harriet (31)

Woodworth, Maria Louisa (44)

Wright, Alexander (43)

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