William Lane 1852 Pioneer Company

1861 Wagon train in Echo Canyon

William Lane 1852 Pioneer Company

Company History

Approximately fifteen families who had lived since spring 1851 at a welfare "poor farm" forty miles north of Kanesville, Iowa, called Lanesborough, were organized into this company under the leadership of their bishop, William West Lane (1797-1852). Departure from Kanesville on 24 June 1852, arrived at Salt Lake City on 24 Sept 1852.

Reference Sources

• William West Lane 1852 Company - LDS History Pioneer Overland Companies

List of Passengers

Note: Maria Burr Clark Lane (1806-1852) was Bishop Lane's wife, who married after both had lost their previous spouse to illness. The Clark children are from her first marriage.

Name / Age / Birthdate / Deathdate

1. Clark, Davis 19 5 July 1832 5 July 1905
2. Clark, Enoch Alpheus 14 11 May 1838 28 October 1914
3. Clark, Flora 16 4 March 1836 1860
4. Clark, Maria 46 5 January 1806 5 July 1852 (wife of Bishop Lane)
5. Johnson, Ellen Amelia 4 12 December 1847 25 December 1903
6. Johnson, Emily Miranda 2 30 September 1849 29 June 1852
7. Johnson, Eunice Lucinda 16 8 November 1835 11 April 1873
8. Johnson, Harriet Fidelia 14 27 August 1837 20 September 1919
9. Johnson, John Wesley 12 9 September 1839 15 May 1891
10. Johnson, Julia Maria 9 14 September 1842 6 April 1915
11. Johnson, Lorenzo 39 17 April 1813 25 April 1871
12. Johnson, Mary 40 10 October 1811 7 January 1904
13. Johnson, William Dydamos 18 22 October 1833 1 June 1910
14. Lane, Merrill 15 1837-1865
15. Lane, Cecelia 5 10 February 1847 24 October 1924 (twin)
16. Lane, Cordelia 5 10 February 1847 4/5 December 1936 (twin)
17. Lane, Emma 2 11 May 1850 21 December 1942
18. Lane, Lavina 9 28 January 1843 1854
19. Lane, Sarah 7 10 September 1844 Unknown
20. Lane, William West 54 29 August 1797 8 July 1852
21. Mangum, Cyrus Franklin 11 29 September 1840 29 September 1896
22. Mangum, John 35 10 June 1817 23 May 1885
23. Mangum, John Wesley Infant 31 May 1852 4 July 1940
24. Mangum, Joseph Eslem 1 12 December 1850 7 December 1922
25. Mangum, Marinda Elizabeth 1 7 October 1850 30 June 1852
26. Mangum, Mary Ann 29 5 July 1822 9 May 1892
27. Mangum, Rebecca Frances 8 10 October 1843 13 April 1928
28. Mangum, Sarah Frances 13 11 September 1838 29 October 1889
29. Mangum, Sariah 36 27 December 1815 5 July 1852
30. Mangum, William 40 25 December 1811 26 February 1888
31. Scriggins, Elizabeth Ann 11 3 May 1841 2 March 1933
32. Scriggins, Mary Ellen 8 4 July 1843 12 January 1872
33. Scriggins, Samuel 43 9 December 1808 About 1879
34. Scriggins, Sarah Jane 12 13 August 1839 5 October 1926

Recap

1852 William Lane Wagon Company

Numbered amoung the participants in the William Lane 1852 Pioneer Company, a early Mormon pioneer wagon train traveling from to Salt Lake City in the early summer. Consisting of approximately fifteen families who had lived since spring 1851 at a welfare "poor farm" forty miles north of Kanesville, Iowa, called Lanesborough, were organized into this company under the leadership of their bishop, William West Lane (1797-1852). While the plains of Nebraska this party was hit hard by a cholera epidemic killing Bishop Lane, his wife and several other members of the company.