John Riggs Murdock History
John Riggs Murdock History
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Parkinson, William Chandler
Murdock, John Riggs, president of the Beaver Stake of Zion from 1877 to 1891, is the son of
John Murdock and Julia Clapp, and was born Sept. 13, 1826, in Orange township, Cuyahoga
county, Ohio. His father and mother joined the Church in November, 1830, being among the
first converts to "Mormonism" in Ohio; and they became closely associated with the Prophet
Joseph. The mother died in 1831, leaving a family of five children, including a pair of twins, a
boy and a girl (Joseph and Julia), born at their mother's death. The twins were adopted by the
Prophet and his wife and tenderly fostered. When the boy was a year and a half old, he caught
the measles, and through exposure took cold and died at the time the Prophet was mobbed at
Hiram in 1832. Julia remained in the family until she had grown to womanhood. After his
mother's death John R. was sent with [p.305] Caleb Baldwin, sen., to Jackson county, Mo.,
where he lived in the family of Morris Phelps. After the Saints were driven out of Jackson
county, he was baptized by his father in Clay county in the year 1834; he also passed through
the mobbings and persecutions in Caldwell county. His father, after spending about five years
on missions, married again, when John R. left Brother Baldwin and rejoined his father's family,
with which he removed from Quincy to Nauvoo. Here he worked on the Prophet Joseph's farm
about four years, and was still in the Prophet's employ at the time of the martyrdom; in the
exodus from Nauvoo in 1846, John R. came west with Father Cornelius P. Lott. On his way he
enlisted in the Mormon Battalion, and as a private in Company B he marched all the way to San
Diego in California. After serving his time he made his way, in company with many other
Battalion boys, to Great Salt Lake valley, and arrived on the present site of Salt Lake City, Oct.
12, 1847, after a tedious journey of twelve hundred miles with pack animals. He spent the
winter in the "Old Fort" and married Almira H. Lott, daughter of Cornelius P. Lott. In the spring
of 1851 he settled in Lehi, Utah county, being one of the early settlers of that place; and among
the several positions filled by him here was that of mayor of the city. In 1856 he took a most
active part in rescuing the hand-cart companies, who were perishing in the snow storms. When
he brought in some of the suffering emigrants he found the snow on the Big Mountain fifteen
feet deep. To many of those who crossed the plains before the Union Pacific Railroad was built,
the name of John R. Murdock is very familiar. He was sent east five times as a captain of
Church trains after the poor, namely in 1861, 1862, 1863, 1864 and 1868. He also carried the
mails from the Valley to Independence, Mo., as an employee of the B. Y. X. Company, and in
that capacity he made two round trips to the States in 1857, in unprecedented short time. In
1358 he went to Omaha as an escort to Col. Thos. L. Kane, making the round trip of 2,120 miles
with the same animals in 42 traveling days. He also brought trains of merchandise for
Livingston & Bell in the early days. Altogether "Captain Murdock," as he was familiarly called
in early days, made eleven round trips across the plains, and has brought more "Mormon"
emigrants to Utah than any other leader. He is credited with making a better record than any
other man known in bringing ox and mule trains across the plains and over the mountains. In the
spring of 1864 he was called and ordained to the office of a Bishop by President Brigham
Young and sent to preside in Beaver, Beaver county. He occupied that position until 1877, when
the Beaver Stake of Zion was organized, and he was chosen and set apart as its president. This
responsible position he filled for fourteen years. He has served eight terms in the Territorial and one in the State legislature. He was also a member of the Constitutional convention, which
framed the State constitution in 1895. He has also served as probate judge of Beaver county and
as a colonel in the Iron County Military District. From the first Elder Murdock was one of the
representative and leading men in the Church and community at large. He has occupied many
positions of honor and trust in the Territory and State, and is now in his old age highly respected
and beloved by the people.
Excerpted from Heart Throbs of the West
Heart Throbs of the West: Volume 6
Rugged Men of the West
Champion Horseman
John Riggs Murdock was born on the 13th of September, 1826, in the state of Ohio. His father
was John Murdock and was one of those men of New England who had the courage and the
hope to brave the undeveloped region of the West. His mother was Julia Clapp, a daughter of
Judge Horace Clapp of Mentor, Ohio. Such parentage gave the boy a rich inheritance that
marked his life. When he was but a small child, his parents were converted to Mormonism.
Their children were: Orrice C., John R., and Phoebe C., besides the historical twin babies, Julia
and Joseph, at whose birth the mother died. This was in April, 1831, in Warrensville, Ohio. This
same day twins were born to the Prophet and Emma Smith. These children died so to assuage
her grief over the loss of her twin babies, Emma took the motherless Murdock twins into her
home.
John Riggs Murdock was not yet eighteen years old when the Prophet and his brother Hyrum
were martyred, but he turned with loyalty to the new leadership. When the advance company of
Latter-day Saints left Nauvoo, he was about twenty years of age, yet he had met experiences of
a pioneer that fitted him for future endurance. He enlisted in the Mormon Battalion on the 16th
of July, 1846. John R. Murdock was selected to drive a company team of six mules, all wild and
unbroken for use, except one, the saddle mule. His love of animals now had a chance to prove
itself in training them. After making the most historic march in history, the Battalion reached
California and as their time of duty had expired, they were mustered out of service. With friends
in the Battalion, John R. Murdock then made his way to Salt Lake Valley by way of the
Humboldt River, Goose Creek and Fort Hall. As the "Old Fort" was the home of the pioneers
during the summer of 1847, John found his father and family there: In the following spring he
took up a piece of property in Mill Creek canyon near Neff's Mill. He had brought a half bushel
of wheat all the way from California. This he planted and reaped from it about ten bushels of
wheat. With the small quantity of immatured corn, which the family raised, this constituted the
next year's supply of breadstuff. Late in the fall of 1848, John was required to take a team and
go out to meet three new companies of Saints arriving from the Missouri. With other young
men, under the leadership of Ira Eldredge, they made roads through Parley's canyon and Park
down Silver Creek in order to intercept the other road at the mouth of Echo Canyon. They met
President Young and company, also President Kimball's company close in the rear. In the second
group John again met Almira Lott, to whom he was engaged before he enlisted in the Mormon
Battalion. That fall the young man cut hay, hauled it and supplied wood for his father's family.
He also engaged himself to work chopping timber waist-deep in snow and with the logs built a
fence for his employer, John P. Barnard. In the fall of 1849, gold seekers, in their eagerness to
reach California, sold very cheaply or abandoned their merchandise to the pioneers. John traded
one mule for a good yoke of oxen and a fine wagon. This provided him with a team so that he
could build a house. He married Almira Lott on the 12th of November, 1849. During the year of
1850 the Ute Indians made an attack upon the settlers in Provo. John R. Murdock was a member
of the General Robert T. Burton Company and took part in several skirmishes. On one occasion
his horse was shot as he stood beside it; he luckily escaped. Early in the spring of 1851 he took
his family and household effects and moved to Lehi where he secured forty acres of land and
commenced to cultivate it. His duties in the community were that of canal builder and guard and
Indian fighter. In 1852 he went on an Indian mission to Southern Utah for the purpose to
establish friendly relations with the Indians and to teach them farming. Later, he went on a
similar mission among the tribes near Green River. In the fall of 1856 he was one of the hardy
men who struggled through the snows and the mountains to rescue the tragic hand cart
companies. Through snow ten feet deep he and others made a road. It has been said that the
suffering of the rescued as well as the rescuers was beyond the imagination. In 1857 Brigham
Young called John to join the Young Express Company to carry mail from Salt Lake City to a
point in Missouri, a distance of twelve hundred miles. He accepted the contract and took his
mules to drive. Porter Rockwell was in charge of the company, which consisted of ten men.
They left Salt Lake City on the first day of March, 1857. Travel was so difficult and the snow
was so deep that it took eleven days to get with the pack mules to Fort Bridger, a distance of one
hundred and fifteen miles. After two months of travel over the most difficult of roads and new
trails they reached Independence, Missouri. The return trip was begun on the first day of May
with the U. S. mail and passengers, among whom were George A. Smith, Doctor Bernhisel,
Truman O. Angell, and several others. On the first day of July of that same year, 1857, John R.
Murdock with six men in his party and using three vehicles, left Salt Lake City carrying U. S.
mail. A large amount of money was carried on this trip; John himself had thirteen thousand
dollars in Church drafts. Upon reaching Grand Island the party met a war party of Cheyenne
Indians. Only through the strategy of Murdock was a fight averted and the money saved. At Fort
Kearney the mail was delivered into the custody of officials. This was the last mail carried by
the pioneer people for the government in early days. In the fall of 1857 word was received that
Johnston's army was approaching. John R. Murdock was one of five President Young appointed
to convey Colonel Kane across the plains as expeditiously as possible to intercede for the
Mormons in Washington. They made the whole trip, a distance of one thousand and sixty miles,
to the Missouri, in twenty-two days without a change of animals. When they reached the
Missouri, Howard Egan went on to Washington with the Colonel. On the return journey, and
upon arriving at Fort Bridger, it was learned that important documents from Washington to
Brigham Young must be delivered immediately. The distance was one hundred and fifteen miles
and Murdock was given the responsibility. He immediately left the Fort and covered the
distance in twenty-four hours, riding his faithful horse, Painter. An unbroken record on
horseback was accomplished by this superhorseman in the summer of 1857. "In the mail
service, sixty miles a day was about the average speed of these carriers after the system went
into operation. One of them—John R. Murdock—in the summer of 1857, traveled from Salt
Lake City to Independence, Missouri, in 15 days. This was at the surprising rate of 80 miles per
day—the distance between those points being 1,200 miles. It was accomplished with but three
changes of animals, grass-fed; four twenty-mile drives being made each day."—(Whitney's
History of Utah.) In 1861 he was called to take charge of a church train consisting of fifty
wagons and as many drivers. This was a mission to go to the Missouri and bring emigrants to
Utah. They loaded their wagons with provisions to aid the emigrants, cached them at points
along the way to aid in the return journey. It took about eighteen weeks for a round trip and
John went on four of these important missions. On the second one, he went to Nauvoo to visit
Emma Smith and her family; also he enjoyed meeting his sister, whom he had not seen for
eighteen years. In 1864 President Brigham Young called John R. Murdock to leave his home in
Lehi and move to Beaver, where he was to act in the capacity of Bishop. John became a
legislator in about 1870 and later became probate judge of Beaver County. He was again in the
legislature in 1874. In 1878 he was called to mourn the loss of his first wife, the lovable mother
of a large family, though only forty-nine years old. In 1880 he responded to a call to preach the
gospel in the Southern States. Upon his return he was-made the president of Beaver Stake. For
many years this was a trying position because a military post, Fort Cameron, was located two
and one-half miles east of Beaver. A military post, under ordinary circumstances, so near a
community is always a source of friction. However, when Phil Sheridan, the military hero of
Shenandoah Valley, came to Milford in order to reach Beaver, John R. Murdock proved himself
a gallant citizen and met him at the train, placing at the General's service the Murdock carriage.
The government had expended about two hundred thousand dollars in the construction of the
fort. When the War Department finally decided to abandon Fort Cameron, its buildings were
offered for sale at public auction. Feeling that these buildings and land should be put to public
use, John R. Murdock and Philo T. Farnsworth purchased them for $4,800.00. Fort Cameron
was contributed to the Brigham Young Academy in order that a branch school might be
established. The gift was accepted and John R. Murdock, with other leading gentlemen, pledged
himself to render support to the extent of twelve hundred dollars annually for a number of years.
The school was later called the Murdock Academy. The Jubilee Year for Utah was celebrated in
1897. Fifty years had passed since the Mormons first entered the Rocky Mountains. It was most
fitting that one of the honored men in that celebration was John R. Murdock. He was assigned
to the command of the survivors of the Mormon Battalion, about thirty-five in number, a
distinction he truly merited. His long and adventuresome life ended on November 12, 1913.
After 87 years of vigorous life, one of the most useful and honored Mormon men was placed at
rest.—(Leona G. Holbrook.)
Pvt John Riggs Murdock
Birth: Aug. 13, 1826
Orange (Cuyahoga County)
Cuyahoga County
Ohio, USA
Death: Nov. 12, 1913
Milford
Beaver County
Utah, USA
Son of John Murdock and Julia Clapp
Married Almira Henrietta Lott, 13 Nov 1849, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah
Married Polly Emeline Lamb, 27 Jan 1857, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah
Married Mary Ellen Wolfenden, 10 Jan 1863, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah
Married Margery May Bain, 10 Jan 1863, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah
History - John Riggs Murdock, president of the Beaver Stake of Zion from 1877 to 1891.
His father and mother joined the Church in November, 1830, being among the first converts to
"Mormonism" in Ohio; and they became closely associated with the Prophet Joseph. The
mother died in 1831, leaving a family of five children, including a pair of twins, a boy and a girl
(Joseph and Julia), born at their mother's death. The twins were adopted by the Prophet and his
wife and tenderly fostered. When the boy was a year and a half old, he caught the measles, and
through exposure took cold and died at the time the Prophet was mobbed at Hiram in 1832.
Julia remained in the family until she had grown to womanhood.
After his mother's death John R. was sent with Caleb Baldwin, Sr., to Jackson County, Missouri,
where he lived in the family of Morris Phelps. After the Saints were driven out of Jackson
county, he was baptized by his father in Clay county in the year 1834; he also passed through
the mobbings and persecutions in Caldwell county.
His father, after spending about five years on missions, married again, when John R. left
Brother Baldwin and rejoined his father's family, with which he removed from Quincy to
Nauvoo. Here he worked on the Prophet Joseph's farm about four years, and was still in the
Prophet's employ at the time of the martyrdom; in the exodus from Nauvoo in 1846, John R.
came west with Father Cornelius P. Lott.
On his way he enlisted in the Mormon Battalion, and as a private in Company B he marched all
the way to San Diego in California. After serving his time he made his way, in company with
many other Battalion boys, to Great Salt Lake valley, and arrived on the present site of Salt
Lake City, Oct. 12, 1847, after a tedious journey of twelve hundred miles with pack animals.
He spent the winter in the "Old Fort" and married Almira H. Lott, daughter of Cornelius P. Lott.
In the spring of 1851 he settled in Lehi, Utah county, being one of the early settlers of that
place; and among the several positions filled by him here was that of mayor of the city.
In 1856 he took a most active part in rescuing the hand-cart companies, who were perishing in
the snow storms. When he brought in some of the suffering emigrants he found the snow on the
Big Mountain fifteen feet deep.
To many of those who crossed the plains before the Union Pacific Railroad was built, the name
of John R. Murdock is very familiar. He was sent east five times as a captain of Church trains
after the poor, namely in 1861, 1862, 1863, 1864 and 1868.
He also carried the mails from the Valley to Independence, Mo., as an employee of the B. Y. X.
Company, and in that capacity he made two round trips to the States in 1857, in unprecedented
short time.
In 1358 he went to Omaha as an escort to Col. Thos. L. Kane, making the round trip of 2,120
miles with the same animals in 42 traveling days. He also brought trains of merchandise for
Livingston & Bell in the early days. Altogether "Captain Murdock," as he was familiarly called
in early days, made eleven round trips across the plains, and has brought more "Mormon"
emigrants to Utah than any other leader. He is credited with making a better record than any
other man known in bringing ox and mule trains across the plains and over the mountains.
In the spring of 1864 he was called and ordained to the office of a Bishop by President Brigham
Young and sent to preside in Beaver, Beaver county. He occupied that position until 1877, when
the Beaver Stake of Zion was organized, and he was chosen and set apart as its president. This
responsible position he filled for fourteen years.
He has served eight terms in the Territorial and one in the State legislature. He was also a
member of the Constitutional convention, which framed the State constitution in 1895. He has
also served as probate judge of Beaver county and as a colonel in the Iron County Military
District.
From the first Elder Murdock was one of the representative and leading men in the Church and
community at large. He has occupied many positions of honor and trust in the Territory and
State, and is now in his old age highly respected and beloved by the people.
Mormon Battalion, Company B
Family links:
Parents:
John Murdock (1792 - 1871)
Julia Clapp Murdock (1790 - 1832)
Spouses:
May Margery Bain Murdock (1833 - 1911)
Mary Ellen Woolfenden Murdock (1842 - 1921)
Almira Henrietta Lott Murdock (1829 - 1878)*
Children:
Julia Permelia Murdock Farnsworth (1852 - 1938)*
Joseph Riggs Murdock (1860 - 1941)*
George Carlos Murdock (1862 - 1931)*
Charles Edward Murdock (1864 - 1931)*
Orrice Abraham Murdock (1866 - 1929)*
Abram Ezra Murdock (1875 - 1876)*
Albert P Murdock (1877 - 1877)*
Arthur W Murdock (1877 - 1877)*
Burial:
Mountain View Cemetery
Beaver
Beaver County
Utah, USA
Plot: B_205_2
Created by: SMSmith
Record added: May 20, 2007
Find A Grave Memorial# 19456590
Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel, Trail
Excerpt by John Riggs Murdock
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Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel, 1847–1868
Source of Trail Excerpt:
Murdock, John Riggs, [Reminiscences], in Tanner, J. M., A Biographical Sketch of John
Riggs Murdock [1909], 136-40.
Read Trail Excerpt:
"In the year 1861 I was called," he says, "to take charge of a Church train consisting of fifty
wagons and as many drivers. There were four yoke of oxen to each wagon. It was our mission
to go down to the Missouri river and bring emigrants to Utah. After making our preparations,
we started about the first of May, 1861. Grass was short, consequently we had to use great care
in providing suitable food for our teams, and to drive prudently until the grass improved. Before
leaving Salt Lake City we loaded up with flour and other provisions to meet the needs of the
emigrants with whom we were to return. These supplies we deposited at certain points along the
road, so that we could use them on our return.
"It generally took about nine weeks to cross the plains, and though it was a laborious trip, we
had a great deal of enjoyment out of it. We had musicians with their instruments and would
sometimes have what the boys called 'stag dances,' as there were no ladies with us on the 'down'
trip. There were always several trains on the road which frequently camped close to ours, so the
drivers often mingled with each other and engaged in such contests as wrestling, racing, and
jumping. I took a great deal of pleasure in such association with the boys."
These trains were generally made up from different sections of the territory, and there would
naturally be some feelings of rivalry among them. As these rivalries took on the form of
honorable contests, they naturally gave rise to sympathies and friendships that lasted throughout
life. How often in after years men were wont to say, when introduced to a supposed stranger.
Yes, I know him. We were old friends together on the plains." To know each other on the plains
was the badge of friendship and the assurance of hospitality. How these old-time friends were
men and women who underwent trials together and rejoiced in lasting friendships, those of later
generations can hardly realize. There is an old adage which says: "If you would know a man
you must first travel with him."
How unlike, however, were the Mormon travelers on the plains in those early days when
compared with other travelers! The latter were quite contentious from the familiarity of their
associations with their fellow men. Their companies were frequently broken up, hatreds were
engendered, and sometimes men fought to the death. On the other hand, the Mormons were men
and women of religious convictions, who deeply sensed their obligations and desired to live in
harmony with their fellow men. They were under the watch-care of God and were taught unity
and brotherly love by humbly submitting themselves to the direction of a kind Providence, both
morning and night, in an attitude of prayer. They were taught to feel the need of divine
protection, and the approbation of their God. How could they have, then, they asked themselves,
these blessings, if in their midst there were not brotherly love and willingness to make sacrifice
for the good and happiness of others. The relationship of these Mormon emigrants was both,
instructive and joyful. What, therefore, John R. Murdock has to say of those days on the plains
is full of interest. He gives us some insight into a life far from anything that we have ever
experienced, but into a life that had much to do in laying the foundations of that faith, love, and
friendship that characterized the beginning of the Church in the early history of Utah.
"Our first trip down," he says, "was without any particular incident. We remained at the river a
short time and then loaded the luggage of the emigrants into our wagons. There were from
sixteen to twenty persons, men, women, and children, assigned to each wagon. Those who were
old enough to walk were expected to do so the greater party of the way. They would ride,
occasionally, when the roads were good. I always appointed two men whose duty it was to look
after the passengers. It was certainly novel to see a train starting out with everything that could
be put into wagons and everything that could be tied to the outside, such as buckets, cans and all
kinds of cooking utensils. It reminded one of an old turkey with a brook of young ones keeping
her company. Generally there were about seven hundred passengers in one train. The
organization was systematic and complete. It consisted of a captain, an assistant, a chaplain, a
quarter-master, hospital steward, a camp guard, and a night guard for the stock. The chaplain
took charge of the religious services, and we had prayer night and morning. We also had a choir
with its leader. The people were called together by means of a bugle."
This description applies to all the companies, which required about nine weeks going and
coming. The experiences of the emigrants were educational as well as fraternal. Frequently the
teamsters, who were usually unmarried men, formed attachments for the young ladies among
the emigrants. These attachments resulted in life-long friendships, and sometimes in matrimony.
On reaching home from his trip across the plains in 1861, he returned to Lehi to pass the winter
of 1861 and 62. This gave him no opportunity to till his fields and harvest his crop. His stay at
home was at a season of the year in which it was most difficult to provide means of sustenance
for his family. John R. Murdock was a thoughtful man-a man who could forsee possible dangers
and was therefore constantly on his guard to escape troubles that forsight and prudence might
protect him from. There is seen in his narratives of those early experiences a deep-seated
satisfaction which he felt in the fact that he and those in his charge escaped accidents and
avoided both danger and trouble. The personal conquests of his life were the conquests of
peace. He put great store upon timely prudence, which was a protection to himself and others;
and although he was pre-eminently helpful in assisting others out of difficulty, he found greater
satisfaction in keeping them from it. He had, therefore, a right to speak of that particular
satisfaction which he felt in the fact that he had lost few passengers among all those whom he
had helped across the plains.
[SECOND CHURCH TRAIN.]
CAPT. JOHN MURDOCK’S COMPANY.
Cecilia and Kiersten Anderson; Celia, Caron, Moron, Caron M., Enger C., and Sarah Anderson;
Owla and Mary Anderson; Paul, Kerstina, Cecilia, Engre, Mary, and Christina Anderson; Mary
Anderson; Peter and Anna Adamson; Henry T. and Andrew Adamson; Hougar [Hakan] ,
Marian, Oscar, Elnora [Catherine Elnors], and Hakan Anderson; Susannah Anderson; Derah
Amasen; Martin C., Ellen, and Anders M. Anderson; Johanes Anderson; Sarah L, Augusta, and
Andora J. Adamson; Maile, Sophia, Sarah, and Victoria Anderson; Anne Ashman; Pricilla
Allquist.
Caron, Bene, Anna, and Anna Benson; Jas., Hanna, James, Margaret Briant [Bryant]; Susan
Banker; Hans Jens, Anna, and Maron Brown; Christian, Aena, Jens, Marrinos, Karl, Nels,
Augusta, and Franklin [Frances]Barrigos [Beauregard]; John Bowen; John, Sarah, William,
Thomas, and James Berks; Hannah and Jons Boy [Borg]; Thomas Bryan; Samuel, Mary, and
William Bardsley; Betsey and Mary Buckley; Ann, Christiana Maria, Christian, and Anne C.
Bramson; Charles and Maria Broadfield; Elizabeth Butler; Nels Bergreen.
Peter Christiansen; Peter, Anna, Hannah, Ellen, Mary, Anders, Niels, Kersti, and Johan Carlson;
Rebecca Crowder; George Collin; Anne M. Christiansen; Christian Clousen; Jens Clousen;
Anna K., Jens, Havly, and Christina Christensen; Owla, Anna, Bearta, Anna Maria, and Maron
Carlson; Mads and Anna Christian; Franz, Sophy, Anne Hans, Anna, and Hans Christianson;
Soren Jens and Kerslen Cortzen [Cortsen]; Neils, Besti, Maryoni, Anne C., and Jens
Christenson; Thomas, Sarah, Emily, Jane, Charley, and Hannah Cobley; Thomas D. Hannah,
Thomas, Charlotte, Arthur, and Reuben Constant, Christian, Ann, Medisophia, Louisa, and
Anne C. Christiansen; Ann Clowson; Eliza Crew; Loren, Maron, and Christina Christiansen;
Marthia Cook; John and Emma Clarke; Joseph Cook; Mary and David Coolbear.
Simon and Peter Dalguist, Hannah and Maria Devenport.
Lars, Hannah, Owla, Hannah, and John Elison; Anders and Henrid Elison [Eliason]; Sophia
Ervolder; Isaac and Ana Edinberg; Mary, Hyrum, Joseph, Thomas, Elizabeth, and George Blair
Ely.
John and Mary Anne Francis; James and Lorenzo Fowler; Nathan, Zillah and Amy Fox; Mary
Anne Firth; Anne Froyer; Maria and Martha Filer; Inger and Charlotte Foss; Emma Ford; Ann
Foster.
John A., Elizabeth, and Mary Gledell; Mary and Margaret Green.
Kiersten Hagstrom; Catrina Henson; Peter N. Hagstrom; John Halegrin; John, Nancy, Isabella,
and Margerat Harrison; Thomas, Sophia, and Cyrus A Horsley; George and Mercy Harinon
[Harmon]; Thomas, Sarah, and Hannah Hardy; Johana Horkinsen [Hakanson]; Edward
Christian Hendrickson; Meti F. Henison; Jabod [Jacob] and Hans Hansen; Hans Hansen;
Jonathan, Eliza, Hannah, Catherine, Hugh, Joseph, Mary A., and Alma Householder; Sarah J.
Holder; Henry Haslam; James, Sarah and Emma Hibbard; Ann Holland; Jens, Mary, Maron,
Owlen, Anne M., Sarah, Niels, Hansina, and Martin Hansen; Christian, Gertrude, Hans,
Rassussen and Maron Hansen; Caston Holson; Joseph and Ellen Huntington; Christian,
Frederick, Stena, and Jens Houlson; Harriett Hopkin.Willielmon Ipsen.
Anders and Kiersten Jogomoson; Niels, Else, Anne, Michael, Sophia, Caron, Elle C., Lortia,
Lars L., Marion Else and Soporana [Sophrania] Jensen; Ela Jepson; Bodel Jensen; Richard Jons;
Hans Christian Jensen; Maria Catrina, Keyso Anders Custo [Gustaf] and Carl Johnson;
Gustavia, Lovisa, Sophia and Ida Johansen; Sarah Jenson; Josias and Medi Jensen, Neils
Johansen; Christian and Maria Jendersen; Johan Peter, Jens, Lars, Jen, Joseph and Sophia,
Johansen; Sene Jensen; Jens and B[o]wl, Jensen; Nels and Eager Jensen; Anna Maria Jousen;
Hanna Jerrison; Henry Jervis; Jens, Maron, Jenkins, Antolie and Jens P. Jepson [Jeppesen].
Edward Kibby; Maron Larson and Ellen Kjer.
Peter and Metz C. Larson; Maria Larsen, Margreta and Dortha Larson; Swen Nielsen, Elvina,
Carolina and Anna Lonigreen; Kiersten Leonsen; John and Mary Lindsey; Jenn C. Laritzen;
Anna C. and Maron Larson; Lowe E. Lega; Morgon Larsen; Andrea M. Larsen; Neils P., Else
and Neils Lunstrom; Henry and George Longmore; Peter Larsen.
Wm. and Margery Mate; William Morfew; Anna C. Mattison; Jens Frederick, Meti, and
Christian Mortinson; Meti M. Marson, Else Sophia Megelson; Else M. and Jansina Mortisen;
Adolph Peter, Ingeborg, Fratz, Alexander, Hans Peter, and Lina Milorf; Christian Mortinsen;
William, Sarah, Mary Anne, Sarah Jane, Elizabeth, Emma, William T., and Ann Morris;
William, Anne and Mary Anne Mitchell; Erasuvy and Mary Michelson; Marina ******;
Thomas Memetri [Memmott].
Soren Christian Nielsen; David and Harriett Nelson; Carl Christian, Mary, Jens, Niels, Christian
Nielsen; David and Harriett Nelson; Carl Christian, Mary, Jens, Niels, Christian, Jens P. Joanna,
Anders, Catrina and Stena Nielson; Peter Norfur; Lizzie Nielson; Anderson, Sarah, Caroline,
Anton, Neils P. Mary A. and Johannes Nielson.
Oga [Ake], Hannah and Carolina Oulson [Olsson]; Annie Olsen; Neils Peter, Juliana S., Jens,
Hans and Christian Olsen.
Anders, Carton, Purie, Bent, Neils, Botilda, Cecilia, Rasmus and Peter R. Peterson; Christiana
Paulson; Kerstie, Anna, Ellen, Ellen and Ida Peterson; Daniel Sarah, Hannah, Christina and
Paulina Pegstrom, Peter, Gustava, Jonas, Alfred and Paulina Peterson; Jonas, Elizabeth,
Elizabeth, Jonathan, William, Sarah E. and Marintha Platt; Erasmus, Annie, Karen M.,
Christina, Christina, Anders, Marie Annie, Christian and Johannes Peterson; Charles Pearson;
James W., Sarah, Henry and Anna Pogson; David, Cecilia, Catherina, Brigham, Jared A. and
Mary Pollock; Mary Ann Pointer; Elsie M. Peterson; Anna M. and Karen Pausion [Paulson];
Lars, Maren, Oval [Ova], Karen and Hans Peterson; Mary Pearson; Peter, Maren, Jens, Anna
and Jesima Pertleson.
Clara Ruberra; Elsie, Nelly, Annie, Anna and Hans Rosenquist, John, Maria, Mary J., Anna M.
and Rebecca Robinson; William, Jane, John, Jane, Henry and John J. Reid; George, Ruth.
William and Ruth Reid; Elizabeth and Elizabeth Reidson; Henry Rowlandson; Mary and Betsy
Ramsbottom; Hans and Lars Rasmussen; Mati Christiana Rasmussen; C. P., Margreda, Laurena
and Sophia Ranow; Grace Robinson.
Maron Sorenson; Christian, Maria, Andrea, Stephena and Christina Stels [Stek]; Mary
Spendlove; Anna Stokes; Mary, George and Joseph South; Christian Peter and Marea Sorenson;
Christian, Anna, Carolina, Anna and Anna Margueritta Swaps [Schwalbe]; Hans Peter W.,
Matilda, Vegar, Carl and Leon Lena Schmidt; Kerstina, Nels Larsen, Elsie and Johanna
Swenson; Peter Christian, Anna, Christiana, Reastan, Andreas, Anna C. and Elsie Skone [Skou];
Anna E. Solar; Herbert and Mary Savage; Elizabeth, John, Elizabeth, Heber, Emma and Cyrus
Stanfield; Alice Straw; Ann Sorenson; Jene, Lizzie, Nels P. and Vilat Sk-n-en [Skousen]; Peter,
Mary, Peter Jr., Hans and Annie M. Sanson; Thomas Jeter and Kerstina Schoder; Anna Scevena;
Robert Shotham; Samuel Stringfellow; Cecilia Sanberg; Anders Swenben[Swensson].
Peter and Magdelina Turgreen [Torngren]; Peter Tomander; Joseph, Penelope, Eliza, Joseph,
Anne, Henry, John, James, Richard and Samuel Thompson; Maron Catrina and Carolina
Thomson; Rietian [Ristian] and Maria Tusen.
Lydia Wilkinson; Abraham, Emma, Mary and Margaret Whitaker; Sophia Warillow; Elizabeth,
Mary, Ann, Hyrum and Joseph Williams; Jane Withers; Mary, Sarah Ann, Mary Ellen, Francis
and Thomas Wolfindum.