Known rescuers of the Willie, Martin, Hodgett, Hunt Pioneer Emigrating Companies of 1856
Adams, Henry (39)
Adams, Nathan (24)
Alexander, Thomas Murphy (26)
Allen, Marshall Franklin (23)
Allen, Frank (36)
Allred, Harry
Allred, Paulinas H. (27)
Allred, Reddick N. (34)
Alvord, Joseph B. (26)
Amussen, Captain
Atkinson, William (42)
Bailey, John
Bain, Robert Angus (26)
Bankhead, (Tom, Dan, or Nathan)
Baker, Amenzo White (24)
Barker, James (29)
Barlow, Israel (50)
Baum, George (27)
Baum, Isaac (22)
Bean, George Washington (25)
Beck, T.H.
Beckstead, Henry
Bell, William Milton (23)
Bennett, Brother
Bennion, Samuel (38)
Berry, John W. (32)
Bigler, Mark
Billingham, Daniel (daughter, Eliza in Martin Co.)
Bingham, J.
Blackburn, Elias (29)
Blackham, John
Blair, Brother
Blair, Seth M. (37)
Booth, Edwin
Bowman, George
Boyce, William (33)
Brimhall, Noah (30)
Broomhead, William K.
Brown, Gurnsey (32)
Brown, Newel Abraham (19)
Brown, Thomas Dunlop (35)
Buckwalter, Henry (25)
Bullock, Isaac (32)
Bullock, Thomas (40
Bunnell, George Henry
Bunnell, Stephen I. (22)
Burton, Robert T. (36) Clerk
Robert T. Burton, General Authority
Utah State History
Butler, Taylor (25)
Call, Anson (46)
Carter, William (35)
Clawson, George (29)
Cloward, Jack (James Mason Cloward (30)?)
Cluff, Joseph (22)
Cluff, Harvey H. (20)
Cole, James Barnet (28))
Cole, Moroni (23)
Cole, John (36)
Comish, John
Condie, Gibson (21)
Cooper, Isaac (49) wagon of own flour
Cordingly, William
Cornia, Peter (Pierre) (27)
Cousins, Samuel (19)
Cowley, William Michael (19)
Crandall, Martin (26)
Dalton, George
Davis, James (30)
Dawson, William
Decker, Charles F. (32) Scout, Captain 1st 10
Devenish, Henry (50)
Driggs, Benjamin Woodbury (19)
Duke, James
Dunn, George (44)
Dunn, James (Jimmy) (46)
Dunyon, John Lewis (56)
Durfee, H.D.
Earl, Jacob Syher (33)
Ekins, John
Elder, Joseph (21)
Ellis, Joseph
Elmer, Elijah (46)
Elmer, William (36)
Ensign, Rufus Bronson (33)
Ensign, Lorin
Evans, Israel (28)
Everett, Schuyler (21)
Fairbanks, Amos
Farmer, James (32)
Ferguson, James (28)
Follett, Brother
Forsyth, George James (12)
Forsyth, Thomas Robert (43)
Foss, Brother (Ezra (23)?)
Fuller, Sanford (25)
Gardner, Alfred
Gardner, Elias (49)
Gardner, Henry (16)
Garr, Abel (22)
Garr, David
Garr, John (29)
Gibbs, Gideon D.
Goddard, George
Goldsbrough, Henry (33)
Gould, Brother
Grant, George D. (44) Captain
Grant, George W. (16) – Son of George D. – 1 of 4 named boys who carried Martin Co. members across Sweetwater into Martin’s Cove
Grant, Lewis McKeachie (18)
Green, Alonzo
Grey, Charles
Haight, William Van Orden (15)
Hampton, Benjamin (19)
Handsome Cupid (unknown man referred to by Dan W. Jones) (NOT Spencer Condie as indicated in book Second Rescue by Susan A. Madsen)
Hanks, Ephraim K. (29)
Harvey, John
Hawkins, John Bennett
Hawley, Asa (21)
Hill, Brother
Hinckley, Arza Erastus (30)
Hogan, Goudy (27)
Horne, Henry James (19)
Hubbard, Elisha (18 or 40)
Huffaker, David (44)
Hunting, Nathan (17)
Hunting, William (17)
Huntington, Clark Allen (24) – 1 of 4 named boys who carried Martin Co. members across Sweetwater into Martin’s Cove
Huntington, Oliver (33)
Hyde, William
Ivie, James (26)
Ivins, Israel (Corbett)
Jack, James
Jeremy, Thomas Jr. (16)
Johnson, Daniel
Jones, Daniel W. (26)
Jones, William Robert
Judd, Riley (33)
Kilbourne, Ozias Jr. (46)
Kimball, David Patton (17) – 1 of 4 named boys who carried Martin Co. members across Sweetwater into Martin’s Cove
Kimball, Heber Parley (21)
Kimball, William H. (31) Sargeant of the Guard
King, R. Edison (22)
Knight, Gates A.
Lee, Edward
Lee, Edwin (24)
Lee, Thomas (28 or 33)
Lemon, Brother
Linton, Samuel (29)
Lott, John S. (30)
Maddison, John F. (24)
Matson, George B. (29)
Maxfield, Elijah
Maycock, Amos
McAllister, John D. T. (29) – Wrote Handcart Song
McDonald, John (26)
McDonnell, Henry
McFarlin, James ?
McKenzie, George (abt. 20)
McLelland, Thomas (37)
Mecham, Brother
Mercer, John (38)
Merrill, George G. (15)
Miles, E. R. (18)
Mills, William G. (abt. 45)
Morrison, Brother
Moss, John (36)
Mott, Daniel (30)
Moyes, Brother
Murdock, John Riggs (30)
Nebeker, Ira (17)
Neibaur, Joseph William (21)
Newell, Horace
Nicol, Alexander
Nowlan, C.
Odekirk, Isaac Carter (47)
Odekirk, Thomas (16)
Odekirk, Heber (11)
Osborn, Dave (49)
Packard, Milan (26)
Palmer, Zemira (25) Staff
Parker, William (35)
Parrish, Joel (29)
Partington, William Edward
Partridge, Jonathan
Patten, George (28)
Peck, Edwin Martin (28)
Perkins, Brigham Young
Perkins, Franklin Monroe (27)
Perkins, Jesse (37)
Perkins, R. W. (Reuben?)
Perry, Alonzo Orson (20)
Poole, John Rawlston
Porter, Lyman Wight (23)
Pulsipher, Charles (26)
Pulsipher, William (18)
Pulsipher, John (29)
Reynolds, William Pitt (40)
Reynolds, Warren Ford
Rhodes, Alonzo D. (30)
Rice, Oscar (22)
Richardson, Ebenezer (42 or 19)
Ricks, Thomas Edwin (28)
Roberts, William D. (22)
Robinson, Edward
Robinson, William
Robison, Lewis (40)
Ross, James D. (32)
Roundy, Loren
Russell, H. M. (27)
Samson, Charles
Sanders, Moses Martin
Sanderson, Henry W. (28)
Sevy, George (24)
Shupe, James Wright (33)
Simmons, Joseph Marcellus (22)
Singleton, John (32)
Shipham, Thomas
Skeen, John
Skeen, Joseph (40)
Slater, Thomas
Smith, James
Smith, Joseph F. (Miller)
Smith, Lot (26)
Smith, William B. (42)
Smithies, Roberts
Soper, Richard
Southword, Henry
Spafford, William Nelson (29)
Spencer, Claudius Victor
Spencer, George (16)
Spencer, Hiram Theron (21)
Sperry, Harrison (24)
Staker, Brother
Standley, Franklin (25)
Stanton, D. W.
Steed, Thomas (29)
Stewart, Moroni (21)
Stout, Hosea (46)
Streeper, William Henry
Stringham, George (19)
Summers, George
Sumsion, William (18)
Sutherland, Edwin
Tait, William (38)
Talcott, Brother (Asahel? 44?)
Taylor, Stephen Wells (20)
Teeples, Sidney (19)
Terry, Joshua (32)
Thomas, Solomon
Tidwell, Peter (abt. 25)
VanCott, John (42)
Wachman, H. H.
Wadsworth, Abiah
Wadsworth, Joseph Warren (24), son of Abiah Wadsworth
Warren, William
Webb, Chauncey G. (19)
Webb, Edward Milo (18)
Wheelock, Angus (19?)
Wheelock, Cyrus H. (43) Chaplain
Whitbeck, John (abt. 35)
Whitman, Albert
Whitney, John
Wilken, David
Wilkens, Brother
Williams, Alexander (53)
Williams, James V. (25)
Wilson, H. W.
Wilson, Robert (37)
Wilson, Thomas Henry
Winn, Dennis Wilson (24)
Winn, Thomas Griffin (27)
Winn, William H. (23)
Winters, Jacob (32)
Winters, Oscar (31)
Winward, Peter (23)
Wood, David
Woolley, Franklin (22)
Woolley, Henry (35)
Woolley, John Wickersham (25)
Workman, Albert
Workman, Cornelius
Young, Brigham, Jr. (20)
Young, Joseph A. (22)
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List of names from the handcart and wagon companies
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