Pioneers

There are a great many of our ancestors who came across the plains to Utah before the railroad. My sister, Emily, compiled this list for a family history project. Her main source for information was the LDS.org Mormon Pioneer Overland Trail Index. Other sources are indicated. These are alphabetized by last name. You will find the name first, followed by the year in which the person crossed, their age, what company they came in, and then any notes. Thanks Emily!

  1. Mariah Ann Cook Bezzant — 1864 — 24 — William Hyde — No other family-single
  2. Matthew Bezzant — Arrived in Salt Lake Nov 1864 — Unkown company and age — No other family
  3. Anson Call — 1848 — 38 — Brigham Young
  4. Cyril Call — 1850 – 64 — Warren Foote
  5. Sally or Sarah Tiffany Call — 1850 — 59 — Warren Foote
  6. Hannah Chappell — 1866 — 4 — John D Holladay
  7. Hannah Lake Chappell — 1866 — 29 — John D Holladay
  8. Margaretta Unwin Clark — 1856 — 27 — Edward Martin — Came alone
  9. Charles Augustus Cobbley — 1862 — 7 — John R Murdock
  10. Sarah Smith Cobbley — 1862 — 41 — John R Murdock
  11. Thomas Cobbley — 1862 — 46 — John R Murdock
  12. Helen Condie — 1852 — 15 — Thomas C D Howell
  13. Thomas Condie — 1852 — 47 — Thomas C D Howell
  14. Helen Sharp Condie — 1852 — 41 — Thomas C D Howell
  15. Joseph Davis — 1853 — 30 — Cyrus H Wheelock (possibly) — Came alone
  16. Sarah Margaret Ellis — 1859 — 35 — Information from Call Family History Book
  17. Elizabeth Foutz — 1847 — 19 — Edward Hunter/Jacob Foutz (her dad)
  18. Jacob Foutz — 1847 — 46 — Jacob Foutz — Served as captain of 50
  19. Margaret Mann Foutz — 1847 — 45 — Jacob Foutz
  20. James Alonzo Holman — 1848 — 12 — Brigham Young
  21. James Sawyer Holman — 1847 and 1848 — 42 and 43 — Charles C Rich (alone) and Brigham Young (with family)
  22. Naomi Roxiana LeBaron Holman — 1848 — 31 — Brigham Young
  23. John London — 1862 — 21 — Homer Duncan — Came alone
  24. Elizabeth (Betsy) Roos Mathis — 1852 — 47 — Uriah Curtis
  25. Isaac Benjamin Mathis — 1852 — 51 — Uriah Curtis — Died en route
  26. Sarah Ann (Sally) Mathis — 1852 — 15 — Uriah Curtis
  27. Anna (Dora) Wilcken Pratt — 1859 — 5 — Unkown — From family history
  28. Helaman Pratt — 1847 — Born on trail — Daniel Spencer / Perrigrine Sessions
  29. Mary Wood Pratt — 1847 — 29 — Daniel Spencer / Perrigrine Sessions
  30. Parley P. Pratt — 1847 and many others
  31. Edumnd Rees — 1859 — 1 — From Call Family History Book
  32. Edmund Rees — 1859 — 45 — From Call Family History Book
  33. Harriet Shoell (Showell) — 1856 — 31 — James Willie — Traveled with sister
  34. Charlotte Smith — 1866 — 36 — Andrew H Scott — Source: Crown of Glory by Emily Wright Tyler (family history book)
  35. Hannah Elizabeth Smith — Unkown — b 1838 in England, m 1863 Utah
  36. John Smith — 1861 — 64 — Source: Crown of Glory
  37. Hannah Sutton — 1861 — 61 — Source: Crown of Glory
  38. George Thackeray — 1853 — 17 — Claudius V Spencer — came alone
  39. Henson Walker — 1847 — 27 — Led company in 1865, age 45 — Brigham Young and Henson Walker — came alone, with wife shortly behind
  40. Anna Wilcken (Charles’ Mother) — unkown — Can’t find record, but is buried in Salt Lake
  41. Charles Wilcken — 1857 — 26 — Johnston’s Army — Deserted army
  42. Eliza Wilcken — 1859 — 29 — From family history
  43. Hyrum Isaac Wright — 1866 — 10 — Andrew H Scott / John Haws — From Crown of Glory
  44. John Wright Sr. — 1866 — 34 — Andrew H Scott