Statistics of the Winter Quarters Seventh Ward

All family members of the head of the household living within the Ward boundaries are listed prior to their departure West or through 1853, whichever occurred first. Some of these children may have been married or died and were not living with the family when the Ward census was taken. The Winter Quarters wards were only in place from 1846-1848, at which time the government required the Latter-day Saints, who were on Indian lands, to move back to the east side of the Missouri River.

To view and/or download the GEDCOM for the Winter Quarters Seventh Ward Residential Area, click here: WARD 7

*Please note that all individuals included in the GEDCOM file did not necessarily live at Winter Quarters. They are only included as family members of those who did reside at Winter Quarters.

Bishop: Joseph Lee Robinson
Counselor: James M. Flake
Counselor: Joseph Mathews
Clerk: John P. Thomas

Number of members: 68 as of 31 December 1846
This list includes only widows and soldier’s wives and is incomplete.

# Indicates members of the ward as listed by “Winter Quarter Wards Index to Membership Lists: 1846-1848”.
( ) indicates spelling, if different.

The term "widow" does not necessarily mean the husband has died.  It just means that the woman is living alone.

Those members in “bold type” are most likely the ones in the current family.

Multiple wives are indicated by ( ) after the name.

Residents: #Braley, Dr. Jesse Charles (Braley, _______) Braley, Sarah Jane Frazier #Burton, John Campbell, Jonathan (Serving in Company E of the Mormon Battalion) #Campbell, Charity Fuller (Cambell, Charity) Campbell, William Abail Campbell, Abail Campbell, Nephi Campbell, Louisa Jane Campbell, Emma Lucinda Campbell, Alma Campbell, William Campbell, Charity A. #Chapman, Charles Perry (Chapman, Charles) Chapman, Martha Maranda Fuller Chapman, Juliett Chapman, Martha Ann Chapman, Francis Theodore Chapman, Sylvia Chapman, Sophia Chapman, Charles Perry, Jr. Chapman, Amanda M. Chapman, Orson H. Chapman, John Chapman, Lucy Chapman, Cynthia Jessie Chapman, John Hartman Church, Haden Wells (serving in the Mormon Battalion as a private in Company B) #Church, Sarah Ann Arterbury (Church, Sarah A.) #Church, Hyrum Smith (Church, Hiram S.) #Collins, Albert Washington (Collins, A. W.) Collins, Susan Newman Thomas Collins, Sarah Adeline Collins, Susan Elizabeth #Covington, Robert Dockery (Covington, Robert) Covington, Elizabeth Thomas Covington, John Thomas Covington, Emily Jane Covington, Sarah Ann #Covington, William Berrill (Covington, William) Covington, Elizabeth Gill Heaward Covington, Berrill (father) Covington, Elizabeth Hodges (mother) Covington, Elizabeth Covington, Mary Ann Covington, Josiah Covington, Elizabeth Covington, Edward Covington, Henry Covington, Sarah Elizabeth Covington, Priscilla #Cox, Andrew Jackson (Cox, Jackson) Cox, Elizabeth Ann Agnew Cox, Silas Cadman Cox, Phelina #Flake, Green #Flake, James Madison (Flake, James M.) Flake, Agnes Haley Flake, Carlotty L. Flake, William Jordan Flake, Charles Love Flake, Thomas Flake, Richmond Flake, Samuel Flake, Frederick Flake, Sarah James Huff, Henry (died before WQ records) Huff, Mary Magdelena Wiekel Huff, Caroline Sarah Huff, Jeremiah Huff, Susannah Huff, Lavina Huff, Martha Huff, Eugene #Jones, Hannah Jones, Henry Jones, John #Mathews, James Nicholas (Mathews, James N.) Mathews, Mahala Jane Mathews, Mary Catherine (Matthews, Mary C.) Mathews, Sarah Ann (Matthews, Sarah) #Matthews, Joseph Lazarus (Mathews, Joseph) Matthews, Rhoda Carroll Matthews, Mahalia Ann Rebecca Matthews, Julia Antoinette Matthews, Ann Holton Matthews, Anson #McGee, Henry Taylor (McGee, Henry) McGee, Susan Jane Bird Noah, Pleasant D. #Noah, Martha Ann Nicholas Mathews (Noe/Noah, Martha) #Peck, Hezekiah Peck, Jemima Smoot Peck, Phoebe Ann Peck, Semira Peck, Margret #Robinson, Joseph Lee (Robinson, Joseph L.) Robinson, Maria Wood (1) Robinson, Oliver Lee Robinson, Ebenezer Jay Robinson, Anna Maria Robinson, Joseph Robinson, Jeremiah Wood Robinson, Mary Elizabeth Robinson, Joseph Elijah Robinson, Susan McCord (2) Burton, William Parley Burton, Sidney Rigdon Robinson, Susan Aseneth Robinson, Laurinda Maria Atwood (3) #Sanders, Moses Martin (Sanders, Martin) Sanders, Amanda Armstrong Fausett (1) Sanders, William Carroll Sanders, Richard Twiggs Sanders, John Franklin Sanders, Rebecca Ann Sanders, Martha Brown Sanders, David Walker Sanders, Joseph Moroni Sanders, Sidney Rigdon Sanders, Emma Sanders, Eliza Jane Sanders, Hyrum Smith Sanders, Mary Jane Sparks Sanderson (2) Sanderson, Henry Weeks (child from previous marriage) Sanderson, Maria Louisa (child from previous marriage) Sanderson, Mary Jane (child from previous marriage) #Tanner, Nathan Tanner, Rachel Winter Smith Tanner, Lydia Jane Tanner, Romelia Tanner, Helen Alcy Tanner, John William Tanner, Nathan Tanner, Rachel Winter #Thomas, John Pledger Thomas, Mahala Jane Mathews #Warrick, Thomas Warrick, Louisa Taylor Warrick, Calysta Ward Members in Mormon Battalion Campbell, Jonathan (Private, Company E) Church, Haden W. (Private, Company B)

Residents Who Died at Winter Quarters (9) (13% of members) *Click on the grave number to see a map of the Winter Quarters Pioneer Cemetery Campbell, Charity Fuller Grave #63 Campbell, Charity A. Grave #70 Covington, Sarah Ann Cutler's Park #25 Cox, Phelina Cutler's Park #14 Flake, Frederick Cutler's Park #47 Flake, Samuel B. Grave #114 Noah, Pleasant D. Grave #22 Robinson, Susan A. Grave #101 Sanders, Eliza Jane Grave #123   Information taken from Jensen, Carlyle B. and Gail Geo. Holmes, A “Grave” Experience at the Mormon Pioneer Winter Quarters Cemetery, October 1999.   Number of Deaths by Age Group   0-8 yrs   9-16 yrs   17-60 yrs   Over 60 yrs   Causes of Death For Residents of the Winter Quarters Seventh Ward   Canker   Chills   Inflammation and Bowel Complaint   Spasms   Summer Complaint   Whooping Cough   Winter Fever   Worms   Unknown