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!
Walker family:
- Mariah Ann Cook Bezzant — 1864 — 24 — William Hyde — No other family-single
- Matthew Bezzant — Arrived in Salt Lake Nov 1864 — Unkown company and age — No other family
- Anson Call — 1848 — 38 — Brigham Young
- Cyril Call — 1850 — 64 — Warren Foote
- Sally or Sarah Tiffany Call — 1850 — 59 — Warren Foote
- Hannah Chappell — 1866 — 4 — John D Holladay
- Hannah Lake Chappell — 1866 — 29 — John D Holladay
- Margaretta Unwin Clark — 1856 — 27 — Edward Martin — Came alone
- Charles Augustus Cobbley — 1862 — 7 — John R Murdock
- Sarah Smith Cobbley — 1862 — 41 — John R Murdock
- Thomas Cobbley — 1862 — 46 — John R Murdock
- Helen Condie — 1852 — 15 — Thomas C D Howell
- Thomas Condie — 1852 — 47 — Thomas C D Howell
- Helen Sharp Condie — 1852 — 41 — Thomas C D Howell
- Joseph Davis — 1853 — 30 — Cyrus H Wheelock (possibly) — Came alone
- Sarah Margaret Ellis — 1859 — 35 — Information from Call Family History Book
- Elizabeth Foutz — 1847 — 19 — Edward Hunter/Jacob Foutz (her dad)
- Jacob Foutz — 1847 — 46 — Jacob Foutz — Served as captain of 50
- Margaret Mann Foutz — 1847 — 45 — Jacob Foutz
- James Alonzo Holman — 1848 — 12 — Brigham Young
- James Sawyer Holman — 1847 and 1848 — 42 and 43 — Charles C Rich (alone) and Brigham Young (with family)
- Naomi Roxiana LeBaron Holman — 1848 — 31 — Brigham Young
- John London — 1862 — 21 — Homer Duncan — Came alone
- Elizabeth (Betsy) Roos Mathis — 1852 — 47 — Uriah Curtis
- Isaac Benjamin Mathis — 1852 — 51 — Uriah Curtis — Died en route
- Sarah Ann (Sally) Mathis — 1852 — 15 — Uriah Curtis
- Anna (Dora) Wilcken Pratt — 1859 — 5 — Unkown — From family history
- Helaman Pratt — 1847 — Born on trail — Daniel Spencer / Perrigrine Sessions
- Mary Wood Pratt — 1847 — 29 — Daniel Spencer / Perrigrine Sessions
- Parley P. Pratt — 1847 and many others
- Edumnd Rees — 1859 — 1 — From Call Family History Book
- Edmund Rees — 1859 — 45 — From Call Family History Book
- Harriet Shoell (Showell) — 1856 — 31 — James Willie — Traveled with sister
- Charlotte Smith — 1866 — 36 — Andrew H Scott — Source: Crown of Glory by Emily Wright Tyler (family history book)
- Hannah Elizabeth Smith — Unkown — b 1838 in England, m 1863 Utah
- John Smith — 1861 — 64 — Source: Crown of Glory
- Hannah Sutton — 1861 — 61 — Source: Crown of Glory
- George Thackeray — 1853 — 17 — Claudius V Spencer — came alone
- Henson Walker — 1847 — 27 — Led company in 1865, age 45 — Brigham Young and Henson Walker — came alone, with wife shortly behind
- Anna Wilcken (Charles’ Mother) — unkown — Can’t find record, but is buried in Salt Lake
- Charles Wilcken — 1857 — 26 — Johnston’s Army — Deserted army
- Eliza Wilcken — 1859 — 29 — From family history
- Hyrum Isaac Wright — 1866 — 10 — Andrew H Scott / John Haws — From Crown of Glory
- John Wright Sr. — 1866 — 34 — Andrew H Scott
Maxwell family:
- Arthur Maxwell–1856 –32–Daniel D. McArthur–married on ship coming over
- Elizabeth McCauslan–1856 –24–Daniel D. McArthur
- Elizabeth Donley (Maxwell)–1856 –51–Daniel D McArthur–Died in Echo Canyon
- Duncan Spears Casper–1855 –30–John Hindley–Father buried in Nauvoo
- Matilda Alison (Casper)–1855 –34–John Hindley–Mother buried in Illinois
- William Casper–Buried Nauvoo 1846
- Ava Riller Durban–Buried Missouri 1862–Looks like didn’t cross, but got endowments at Nauvoo, so not sure what happened
- Matilda Miner (Alison)–Buried Illinois 1860–Matilda Alison’s mother, church member?
- Benjamin Lewis Cutler–1852 –16–Harmon Cutler
- Ann Sarah Willes–evidence of crossing : father crossed, B. England, D. Utah
- Harmon Cutler–1852 –52–Harmon Cutler–wife (Susanna Barton) died in Nauvoo; Harmon led company
- Susanna Barton–Died Nauvoo 1840–Harmon’s Wife
- Royal James Cutler–unknown (probably 1852)–(Harmon Cutler)–Married in New York, child born in Utah 1853
- Theodosia Ann Morton
- William Willes–1855 –41–Milo Andrus
- Anne Kibby (Willes)–probable same–B. England, D. Utah husband crossed
- Warren Foote–1850 –32–Warren Foote–Led company, both parents buried in Nauvoo
- Artemisia Sidnie Myers (Foote)–1850 –20–Warren Foote–both parents also buried in Nauvoo
- David Foote–Died Nauvoo 1845–Warren Foote’s father
- Irene Lane (Foote)–Died Nauvoo 1846–Warren Foote’s mother
- John Hopwood Bleazard–1850 –46–Willford Woodruff–Married in Nauvoo
- Sarah Searcy (Bleazard)–1850 –46–Willford Woodruff
- Henry Bryant Manning Jolley–1852 –38–Henry Bryant Manning Jolley– led company
- Britanna Mayo Jolley–1852 –38–Henry Bryant Manning Jolley
- Wesley Jolley–1852 –13–Henry Bryant Manning Jolley
- Mary Ann Chambers (Jolley)–1853 –12–Claudius V Spencer
- Joseph Chambers–1853 –53–Claudius V Spencer–Died en route
- Mary Ann Watton (Chambers)–1853 –42–Claudius V Spencer
- John Pack–1847 –37 alone, 1848 –39 w/ family, possibly again 1852–Brigham Young, Heber C Kimball, Higbee/Bay–Father buried in Far West
- Julia Ives–1848 –31–Heber C Kimball–Mother died in Nauvoo
- Phylotte Greene (Pack)–unknown–unknown–Buried in Salt Lake Cemetery 1866
- George Pack–Died near Far West 1838
- Lucy Paine (Ives)–Died in Nauvoo 1839–Julia Ives mother
- Ward Eaton Pack–1848–14–Heber C Kimball–traveled trail multiple times assisting others
- Laura Cravath–1850 –10–Warren Foote
- Eliza Doty (Cravath)/(Brown)–1850 –42–Warren Foote–Husband died in Nauvoo, remarried Alfred Brown, later married Heber C Kimball
- Austin Cravath–Died Nauvoo 1844
- Allen Hall–unknown–unknown–may not have crossed in time, B. New York, son B. 1875 Utah
- Elizabeth Dowding–1866 –14–William Henry Chipman
- Thomas Dowding–1866 –49–William Henry Chipman
- Hannah Nash (Dowding)–1866 –36–William Henry Chipman
- William Henry Stevens–unknown–unknown–Born in England, married 1870 in Utah, brother born 1863 Utah
- Eliza Hortin–1860 –11–Franklin Brown
- Edmund Hortin–1860 –51–Franklin Brown
- Maria Mead (Hortin)–1860 –46–Franklin Brown
- William Stevens–unknown–unknown–From England, child born 1863
- Emma Crowdon–unknown–unknown–in Utah
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