Members of the Hunt Wagon Company

From Iowa City, Iowa, to Salt Lake City, Utah

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Allen, George R. (24), b. England, butcher

Ashbrook, Ann (25), b. England

Austin, George (20), b. England, laborer

Barman, James, brother
Barman, May, sister (joined wagons with Goble family at Devil’s Gate), Mary Goble journal says May froze to death

Barton, William (26), b. England, laborer

Bauer, Alois (25), b. Switzerland, wagonmaker, teamster and eyes for blind friend, Hans Ulrich Bryner, in Hunt Co.

Baxter, Henry (50), b. Scotland, miner
Baxter, Agnes Grant (49), b. Scotland
Baxter, Magdalen (or Magdalenae) (21), b. Scotland
Baxter, Jane (18), b. Scotland
Baxter, Agnes (15), b. Scotland (may have married Charles Roper of the Hunt Company)

Beasley (Beesley) William (48), husband, b. England, bootmaker; family turned back to Ft. Laramie Oct. 12
Beasley, Ann Robinson (58), b. England
Beasley, Mary A. (17), b. England
Beasley, Sarah F. (11), b. England

Beesley, William (22), b. England

Bell, William (41 or 44), husband, b. England, biscuit baker; family returned to Ft. Laramie Oct. 12, 1856
Bell, Sarah Clark (50), wife, b. England
Bell, Sarah (8), daughter, b. England

Billington, Ruth (64), b. England, was blind, possible connection to Wiseman family in Hunt Co., spinster, also traveling with Elizabeth Gaskell of Hunt Co.

Bowen, David (33), husband, b. Wales
Bowen, Jane Foster (35), wife, b. Wales
Bowen, William Parry (11), son, b. Wales
Bowen, George Foster (7), son, b. Wales
Bowen, Eleanor Jane (or Ellen Jane) (4), daughter, b. Wales
Bowen, John Evans (1), son, b. Pennsylvania

Braby, George (21), husband, b. England, baker
Braby, Sarah Cook (24), wife, b. England

Brenchley, Caroline (26), b. England, traveled with Wiseman family

Broderick, Thomas B. (31), husband, b. England, brickmaker
Broderick, Elizabeth Hillard (22), b. England

Bryner (or Briner), Hans Ulrich (29), husband, b. Switzerland, butcher, blind
Bryner, Anna Maria Dorothea Mathis (28) wife, b. Switzerland
Bryner, Mary Magdalena (called Maria) (5), child, b. Switzerland
(3 yr. old son, Gottfried stayed in Switzerland with grandparents; came next year)
Bryner, Susannah (66), b. Switzerland, (Hunt Co. journal lists as Hans’ mother), died about Oct. 4

Brooks, Edmund J. (24), husband, b. England, seaman
Brooks, Eliza White (28), wife, b. England; mother is Mary Ann Syer White of Hunt Co.

Brooks, Thomas, husband
Brooks, Elizabeth Harper, wife, b. England
Brooks, George Finley (22), son, b. England, seaman

Brown, Esther (24), b. Isle of Man, milliner, friend of Elizabeth White of Hunt Co.; came with two sisters, Elizabeth & Jane who were with the Martin Company; married rescuer, Joseph Gurnsey Brown

Burton, William (26), died of ague and cold on Nov. 6, 1856 at Devil’s Gate

Busley, William

Chapple (Chaple), John (45), stayed at Devil’s Gate
Chapple, Elijah (25), son, b. England, painter and glazier

Clark, Rebecca (22), b. England, later married James Reece, Jr. of Hunt Co.

Cotton, Elizabeth (15), b. England

Crick, James (34), b. England, lawyer, Captain of 10 and assistant to the Captain of the Guard

Cunison, John, b. Scotland (older man, possibly died)

Cutcliff, Mary J. (21), b. England

Dalrymple, Henry Harrison (31), Captain of 10, stayed at Florence

Davis, Elias (44), husband, b. England, laborer, d. Sept. 21 on Platte River, 58 miles past Fort Kearny
Davis, Ann Jones (47), b. England, d. Nov. 7, Devil’s Gate

Davis, David Thomas (36), b. Wales, collier
Davis, Elizabeth (42), b. Wales, sister to David

Davis, Sarah (33), b. Wales

Davis, Nathan, captain of 10., stayed at Florence

Dee, John (56), husband, b. Wales, crutemaker
Dee, Margaret Williams (56), wife, b. Wales
Dee, Hannah (12), daughter, b. Wales
Dee, John (8), son, b. Wales

Dee, Thomas (23), son of John, b. Wales, potter
Dee, Ann (21), b. Wales, (wife of Thomas)
Dee, Dan C. (3 mos.), b. Wales, born on ship Samuel Curling, son of Thomas and Ann

Derry, George (30), husband, b. England, harnessmaker
Derry, Louisa Wheldal (31), wife, b. England
Derry, Charles H. (6), son, b. England
Derry, Moroni Wheldal (3), son, b. England

Derry, Joseph, (34), b. England

Dow, Alexander (56), b. Scotland, coppersmith
Dow, John Alexander (3), b. Scotland (or possibly Missouri), son

Ellis, John Francis (38), b. Wales, carpenter, stayed at Devil’s Gate

Ennion, John (50), b. England, gardener
Ennion, Mary E. Hopwood (50), wife, b. England (Maren Larsen or Johansen was with this couple)

Evans, Hannah (37), b. Wales, spinster
Evans, Samuel (36), husband, b. Wales, collier
Evans, Sarah (46), wife, b. Wales

Farmer, Elizabeth Morris (68), mother of James, died July 5 in Chicago
Farmer, Mary Jane (26), b. England, sister to James
Farmer, James Morris (39), husband, b. England, mason, former widower
Farmer, Mary Ann Biddle (26), 2nd wife, b. England (Taken in by family of Margaretta Clark of Martin Co. when young orphan)
Farmer, Emma Jane (12), daughter of James, b. England
Farmer, Agnes A.(10), daughter of James, b. England
Farmer, Elizabeth Ann (7), daughter of James, b. England
Farmer, Willard Biddle (1 mo.), b. England, son of James and Mary Ann, died 26 July 1856

Frederickson, Hans Peter (or Lars Peter) (15), b. Denmark

Galbraithe, John (27), b. Scotland, engine driver, stayed at Devil’s Gate

Gardner, William (26), b. England

Gaskell, Elizabeth (31), b. England, was traveling with a blind woman, Ruth Billington

Gilbert, Brother

Giles, Joseph (7), b. Wales
Giles, Hyrum Lorenzo (6), b. Wales
(These boys started out with Bunker Handcart Co. After their mother died, their blind father sent them back to travel with Hannah E. Bowen of Martin Co. Hannah and their father were later married.)

Goble, William (39), husband, b. England, gardener
Goble, Mary (43), wife, b. England, died Dec. 11, 1856, between Little and Big Mountains
Goble, Mary (13), daughter, b. England; later married Richard Pay of this company; became grandparents of Marjorie Pay Hinckley
Goble, Edwin (11), son, b. England
Goble, Caroline (8), daughter, b. England
Goble, Harriet (6), daughter, b. England
Goble, James (4), son, b. England, died at Devil’s Gate, Wyoming
Goble, Fanny (2), daughter, b. England, died July 19, 1856 at Iowa City of measles
Goble, Edith (infant), daughter, b. Sept. 24, 1856, died Nov. 3, 1856 near Greasewood Creek

Goodey, Louisa (or Lousee) (30), b. England

Grant, Susan Hamilton (56), Scotland, widow of Robert Collier Grant
Grant, Thomas Tarns (18), b. Scotland
Grant, Elizabeth (13), b. Scotland

Griffiths, Richard (40), b. Wales, collier, miner
Griffiths, Elizabeth (51), on ship with Richard, listed occupation - wife

Hancock, William James (21), b. England, painter and glazier

Handy, William (39), b. England, laborer, stayed at Devil’s Gate

Hardcastle, Ann Hall (46), and family (Husband, William Hardcastle, Sr., died on ship William Tapscot 22 Jan 1862)
Hardcastle, Elizabeth (25), b. England
Hardcastle, Joseph (24), b. England
Hardcastle, John B. (18), b. England, engine driver, stayed at Devil’s Gate
Hardcastle, Emma (8), b. England
Hardcastle, Levi (5), b. England
(This family also traveled with Martin Co.)

Haycock, Elizabeth (44), widow, b. England

Haycock, William, (32), b. England

Hemming (or Henning), Jane Ambrosia (21), spinster b. England, confectioner

Hicks, John (31), b. England, shoemaker
Hicks, Harriet (26), b. England (May be related to Annie Hicks of Martin Co.)

Hill, Mary Ann Syer Smith White (63), b. England (Duplicate of Mary Ann Syer White, traveling with her children Bernard, Elizabeth and Richard White)

Hill, Mary (48)

Holley, Charles F. (35), b. England, stonemason, Captain of the Guard, husband, brother of James and Henry Holley
Holley, Mary E. (26), b. England

Holley, Henry Cecil (28), husband, b. England, laborer, brother to James and Charles Holley
Holley, Lucy Meadmore (22) wife, b. England, died Sept. 26

Holley, James (31), b. England, laborer, Captain of 10 after James Creek, husband, brother to Charles and Henry Holley
Holley, Lucy Jane Ingram (21), b. England, wife, kept Hunt Company Journal for part of time
Holley, Ann (3) b. England
Holley, James Hyrum (1) b. England
Holley, Lucy Belinda, born 19 Oct. at Platte River

Hookey, Thomas (60), b. England, blacksmith
Hookey, Hannah (47), b. England

Hopkin, Mary (7), b. Wales, Mary’s mother was Hannah Jones, newly widowed and remarried to Elias Jones

Horten (or Hortin), John B. (21), b. England

Hunt, John Alexander (41), b. England, returning missionary from Gr. Britain, began as Captain of 50, succeeded Dan Jones as Captain of entire wagon train

Hutchinson, Mary (70), widow, b. England, died Nov. 11, 1856, just three days after leaving Devil’s Gate
Hutchinson, Edward, son

Jakeman, Henry (23), b. England, printer, stayed at Devil’s Gate

James, Ruth (21), b. Wales, traveling with Morris Jenkins family of Hunt Co.
James, Sarah (15) traveled with Ruth on ship

Jenkens (or Jenkins), Rosser (21), collier, stayed at Devil’s Gate

Jenkins, Morris (35), b. Wales, farmer, captain of 10
Jenkins, Margaret (34), b. Wales
Jenkins, Eliza (14), b. Wales
Jenkins, John (10), b, Wales
Jenkins, Thomas (4), b. Wales
Jenkins, Joseph (1), b. Wales
(David Jenkins (7), son, was left behind with Jenkins grandparents in Wales)
Ruth James traveled with this family

Johansen (Larsen), Maren Kjirstine (7), b. Denmark, orphaned at Mormon Grove, Kansas, 1855, traveled with John and Mary Ennion of Hunt Company

Johnson, Ann (20), b. England
Johnson, Esther, sister to Ann

Jones, Dan, Captain of 100, was in charge of both the Hunt and Hodgett Companies from July 13 to Aug. 11, 1856. He then was released and Captain Hunt was put in charge; b. Wales, (45)

Jones, Ellis

Jones, Joel

Jones, John (41), b. Wales, coal proprietor, brother of Elias
Jones, Elias (46), b. Wales, coal proprietor, newly married to Hannah. Had been married to her sister who died.
Jones, Hannah Williams Hopkin (38), wife, b. Wales
Jones, Mary (18), b. Wales, daughter of Elias
Jones, John (14), b. Wales, son of Elias
Jones, Llewellen (12), b. Wales, son of Elias
Jones, Annie (10), b. Wales, daughter of Elias
Jones, Elias (7), b. Wales, son of Elias
Jones, Ruth (5), b. Wales, daughter of Elias
Jones, Thomas (4), b. Wales, son of Elias
Jones, Hannah (2), died on train
(See Mary, also called Polly, Hopkin (7); was Hannah’s daughter from previous marriage)

Jones, Thomas (70), b. Wales
Jones, Sister
Jones, Ruth, daughter, b. Oct. 6, 1856, just past Scottsbluffs, Nebraska

Jub (or Jubb), Ann (33), widow, b. England

Kingman, Ann (20), b. England (Ann came on the ship “Horizon” with the Martin Co. Her mother, Elizabeth, age 42, and sister Anna Maria, age 13, came ahead of her on the “Thornton” with the Willie Co. Elizabeth died somewhere along the way and it is not known what became of Anna Maria.)

Knight, Hannah (27), b. England

Latey, William (20), b. England, carpenter, stayed at Devil’s Gate, had two brothers with Hodgett Co.

Latrille (or Latrielle), Mary Matilda (21), b. England
Latrille, Rachel (or Rachael) (56), b. England

Leaing, Elizabeth (72), b. Scotland; mother of Margaret McMurrin (see Martin Co.)

Lewis, John (33), husband, b. Wales, ladler, Captain of 10
Lewis, Elizabeth David (34), wife, b. Wales
Lewis, George Henry (7), son, b. S. Wales
Lewis, Elizabeth (3), daughter, b. Wales

Lewis, Rufus (26), b. Wales, wool spinner, husband
Lewis, Ann Llewellyn (16), spinner, wife, b. S. Wales

Linforth, James “Charles” (29), b. England
Linforth, Mary Jane Paul (29), b. England (Brother, William Paul and wife in Company)
Linforth, Frank Orson (3), b. England
Linforth, Edward W. (2), b. England
Linforth, Alfred (17 mos.), b. England (brother to James?)

Malin, Ann (24), b. England, cook for Hunt Company

May, George (24), b. England, husband, clerk
May, Jane Whitehead, d. near Devil’s Gate, 1856; Rose Pears of Martin Co. may be sister

McDonald, George Rusht (28), b. Scotland
McDonald, Martha R. (35), b. Scotland
McDonald, Lemuel I. (1), b. Scotland

McMurrin (see Martin Co.)

Mitchell, Henry, (41), b. England, laborer
Mitchell, Hariet (or Harriet) (46), b. England

Newman, Henry James, Sr. (27), husband, b. England, tinman
Newman, Maria Louisa Penn (26), wife, b. England
Newman, Maria Louisa (4), daughter, b. England
Newman, Henry James (3), son, b. England
Newman, Priscilla Penn (1), daughter, b. England
Newman, Hannah, born and died Nov. 13, 1856 on the plains

Parker, Thomas (30), husband, b. England, ironmonger
Parker, Elizabeth Jane Paul (30), wife, b. England
Parker, Thomas J. (7), son, b. England
Parker, Elizabeth A. (4), daughter, b. England
Parker, Olive F. (2), daughter, b. England
Parker, Edith U. (6 mos.), daughter, b.Canada
Ester Singleton may have traveled with this family

Parry, Thomas (21), b. Wales, d. Aug. 13, 1856 of inflammation of the brain, mason
Parry, Eleanor (26), wife

Paul, William (27), b. England, joiner, brother to Mary Jane Linforth in Hunt Co.
Paul, Sarah Georgiana Burrows (27), b. England
Paul, Child, died from weakness and diarrhea

Pay, Richard (35), husband, b. England, shoemaker (Later married Mary Goble of this company, became grandparents of Marjorie Pay Hinckley)
Pay, Sarah (30), wife, b. England, d. Oct. 4, 1856 at Green River, Utah Territory near Bridger, Wyoming
Pay, Marinda (or Marietta) Nancy, daughter, b. July 10, 1856, at Iowa Camp, Johnson, Iowa; d. Oct. 4, 1856, near Chimney Rock, Nebraska

Petty, John Edward (53), b. England, lawyer

Player, Elizabeth A. (17), b, Wales, dressmaker, sister
Player, Emily (15), b. Wales, sister

Price, John (36), husband, b. Wales, miner, marshal
Price, Margaret Edwards (23), 2nd wife, b. England
Price, John William (4), son, b. Wales
Price, Joseph (1), died on ship and buried at sea, 22 May 1856
Price, Elizabeth, b. Oct.30, 1856, near Platte River, d. Nov. 1, 1856

Price, Samuel (22), b. England, painter

Quinney, Mary A. (23), b. England

Reading (or Redding), Ida Emma(24), b. England

Reece (or Reese), James (51), b. England, farmer, d. Nov. 11, three days after leaving Devil’s Gate, father
Reece, James, Jr. (26), b. England, blacksmith, later married Rebecca Clark of Hunt Co., son
Reece, Mary (23), b. England, daughter

Rees, Ann (28), b. Wales

Roper, Charles (32), Captain of 10, b. S. Africa (may have later married Agnes Baxter of Hunt Co.)
Roper, Catherine Rogers (28), b. S. Africa

Routledge, Jassamine (or Jassemine) Elizabeth (22) (may have also traveled with Martin Co.)

Rowe, Charlotte Elizabeth Jane Ravill (34), mother, b. England (widow)
Rowe, Robert William (10), son, b. England
Rowe, Charlotte Jane (8), daughter, b. England

Salisbury, William (39), husband, b. England, carpenter
Salisbury, Ann Morris (37), wife, b. England
Salisbury, William Thomas (14), son, b. England
Salisbury, Henry (12), son, b. England
Salisbury, Joseph Morris (4), son, b. England

Singleton, Susannah Esther (19), b. South Africa, may have died enroute (John Stock, her half-brother and guardian, immigrated in 1860, listed as Esther or Susanah Stock on some records)

Sinnette (or Sinnatt), George (40), b. Wales, farmer, laborer
Sinnett, Martha Walkins (46), wife, b. Wales

Smith, James (29), husband, b. England, clerk
Smith, Mary J. (29), wife, b. England
Smith, Frank P. (or Frank O.) (3), son, b. England
Smith, Edward W. (2), son, b. England
Smith, Alfred (18), b. England
Smith, Mary Hobson (64), mother, b. England
Smith, Robert (37), son, b. England, machine filler
Smith, Emma Hobson (26), daughter, b. England
Smith, Esther Elizabeth (9), daughter of Robert, b. England

Smith, Sarah Ann (22), England

Spencer, George (27), b. USA, Captain of 10; also listed as rescuer

Spicer, William (29), b. England
Spicer, Elizabeth Mary (30), b. England

Standing (or Standring), Robert (23), b. England, laborer

Stephenson, Joshua (20), b. England, surgical instrument maker

Strut (or Street), Amelia (62), b. England

Summers, Edwin (23), b. England, laborer, stayed at Devil’s Gate (sister, Emma, in Martin Co.; brother, George rescuer)

Summers, George (25), b. England

Sutherland, Edwin (24), b. England

Taxford (or Tuxford), Sarah (29), b. U.S.

Thomas, Thomas (41), b. Wales, carpenter, Captain of 10

Thomas, William (51), b. Wales, farmer

Thorten, John B. (20), b. England, stone layer

Tripp, Margaret (23), b. England

Turner, John (43), father, b. England, farmer, d. Oct. 6, 1856, shortly before Scottsbluff, Nebraska (wife died before they left England, 29 Apr 1856)
Turner, Sophia (14), daughter, b. England, d. Nov. 12, 1856, four days past Devil’s Gate
Turner, John Henry (12), son, b. England, d. Nov. 16, 1856, between Devil’s Gate and South Pass, Wyoming

Upton, William (in 30’s), died (Not same person as William Upton in Martin Co.)

Van Schoonhoven, Gilbert (29), assistant to Captain Hunt

Wadsworth, James (48), b. England, miner
Wadsworth, Elizabeth (50), b. England
Wadsworth, James (8), b. England, great-nephew

Walters, John (47), b. Wales, tailor
Walters, Esther Callfield (32), wife, b. Wales, died Oct. 7, 1856, when oxen attached to broken yoke stampeded
Walters, Adelaid (called Ady) (6), daughter, b. Wales
Walters, Jane, daughter, born Sept 6, 1856, at Shell Creek, Nebraska, and died Nov. 5, 1856, just before the company arrived at Independence Rock

Whitaker, John (27), b. England, laborer, stayed at Devil’s Gate

White, Elizabeth (18), daughter, b. England
White, Bernard (or Barnard) (17), son, b. England
White, Richard (14), son, b. England (Hill (3rd husband), Mary Ann Syer Smith White (60), mother of Elizabeth, Bernard, and Richard; b. England, married daughter, Eliza Brooks, also in the Hunt Company)

Whitehead, Richard (47), husband, b. England, coppersmith
Whitehead, Elizabeth Walsh (52), wife, b. England
Whitehead, Jane (20), daughter, b. England
Whitehead, Margaret (18), daughter, b. England, married Joseph A. Young, rescuer, 19 Feb 1857

Williams, Emily Grave (18), b. England
Williams, Jane (13), b. Wales

Wiseman, John (54), b. England, surgeon
Wiseman, Mary Ann (42), b. England
Wiseman, John Joseph (5), b. England, d. Oct. 9, 1856, near Ft. Laramie
Wiseman, Henry H. (2), b. England, died Aug. 30, 1856, at Florence, Nebraska
(Caroline Brenchley of Hunt Co. reportedly traveled with Wiseman family to help care for their “blind daughter.” This was more likely Ruth Billington of company.)