Residents of the Settlement of Farmersville, Pottawattamie County

History

Several sources have been used to compile a possible list of residents. Other members of the family are listed but may not have been in Farmersville. Some had died before that time and some of the children had married and were living with their own families elsewhere.

From the Pottawattamie County Marriages, the following were listed as coming from Farmersville (1):

James A. McCall and Dorothy Muir married June 8, 1849
William C. McClellan and Almeda Day married July 14, 1849
Sheldon B. Cutler and Sarah Wright married February 10, 1850
Charles Wight (from Kanesville) and Sarah E. Loveless married June 20, 1850
John R. Blanchard and Charlotte Eynon married June 13, 1850
John B. Burrell and Mary Pulsipher married January 12, 1851
John W. Lusk (from Big Pigeon) and Mary Park married May 20, 1851

The High Council Minutes confirm that Horace Burgess was the Bishop of the Farmersville Branch (2).

The Pottawattamie High Priests Quorum minutes add (3):

Daniel H. Redfield (Daniel Harvey Redfield)
John Loveless
George Thompson

The ‘Tabernacle Post Office' Petition for the Saints of Kanesville, Iowa recorded Horace Burgess as being from Farmersville (4).

A list that was compiled in February, 1848 to indicate which families were ready to travel west was discovered in Camp of Israel schedules and reports (5).

Alvin Nichols (age 27) (Alvin Sheldon Nichols) was appointed as the Captain
Lucyanna Nichols (age 17)(Lucy Anna Olney)

Editha M. Anderson (age 42)(Edith Melissa Merrill)
Warren L. Ball (age 13)

Jane Booth (age 26) a widow (Jane Hawley)
Maryann Weatherby (age 9)(Mary Ann Weatherby)
Sabra Weatherby (age 5)(Caroline Cynthia Weatherby)
Lorenzo Booth (Harrison Lorenzo Booth)

John Day (age 38)(Hugh Day)
Susanna E. Day (age 33)(Susannah Content Judd)
Almeda Day (age 16)
Lydia M Day (age 14) (Lydia Maria Day)
William Day (age 12) (William Sheldon Day)
John Boyce (age 6)
Susan Boyce (age 1)(Susan Content Boyce)

Solomon Freeman (age 51)
Hannah Freeman (age 35) (Hannah Sheldon Freeman)
Mathoni Freeman (age 5)
Sheldon Freeman (age 2)(Cuman O. Freeman)

Lucy Norton (age 59) (Lucy Wilkinson) a widow of Alan Norton
Alanson Norton (age 33)
Sally M. Norton (age 30) (Sarah Maria Freeman)
Harriet Norton (age 10) (Harriet Emeline Norton)
Lucy E. Norton (age 7) (Lucy Ellen Norton)
Martha Norton (age 1) (Martha Elmina Norton)
Charles Waterbury (age 10) (adopted son)

Daniel H. Redfield (age 41)(Daniel Harvey Redfield)
Panna Redfield (age 36) (Frances M. Atherton)
Samuel Redfield (age 9) (Samuel H. Redfield)
Panna C. Redfield (age 4) (Sarah Gould Redfield)
Elizabeth M. Redfield (Mary Elizabeth Redfield)

Alfred Walton (age 50) (Alfred Benjamin Walton)
Sarah Walton (age 37) (Sarah Buys)
Darwin Walton (age 17)(Darwin Mosier Walton)
John Walton (age 12) (John Byce Walton)
Mary Walton (age 8) (Mary Elizabeth Walton)
Prusia Walton (age 6) (Prussia Walton)

Thomas G. Wilson (age 31) (Thomas Green Wilson)
Helen Wilson (age 25) (Helen Copley)
Adaline Wilson (age 10)
Martha Jane Wilson (age 5)
Helen Wilson (age 3) (Ellen Wilson)
Thomas B. Wilson (Thomas Brigham Wilson)

ther members of the family are listed but may not have been in Farmerville. Some had died before that time and some of the children had married and were living with their own families elsewhere.

Bibliography

1. Pottawattamie County Marriage Records,” Pottawattamie County Genealogical Society, 2000.
2. Pottawattamie High Council minutes, 1846-1852; 1850 December-1851 March; Church History Library, https://catalog.lds.org/assets?id=dff41a9e-b768-40b7-bde1-98b2c19f8c90&crate=0&index=7 (accessed: June 11, 2019)
3. Pottawattamie High Priests Quorum. Pottawattamie High Priests Quorum minutes, https://catalog.churchofjesuschrist.org/assets/166b5a84-3e69-40f5-9774-1049977096a9/0/106 (accessed: September 21, 2021), page 107.
4. Maurine Carr Ward and Fred E. Woods, “The ‘Tabernacle Post Office' Petition for the Saints of Kanesville, Iowa,” Mormon Historical Studies, Spring 2004, pp. 156-193.
5. Camp of Israel schedules and reports, 1845-1849; Brigham Young's 1848 emigration division; Companies of 10, schedules, 1848 February; Church History Library, https://catalog.churchofjesuschrist.org/assets/1d0e9d2e-c256-4ef0-9dbd-5148b21b3c2f/0/6 (accessed: September 21, 2021) pages 7-8.