Residents of Allred's Camp, Pottawattamie County, Iowa
Residents
1850 U. S. Census
Luke Johnson may have enumerated the Allred’s Branch area and Allred’s Camp beginning on October 29, 1850 with Dwelling #890. The following families with their age and occupation were listed. Corrected names are listed in parenthesis and typed in bold.
Dwelling #890
Eliston, Isaac, (age 43) (laborer) (Isaac Ellison)
Cindia (age 35) (wife) (Lucinda Clark Ellison)
Alexander (age 17) (laborer) (Mathew Alexander Ellison)
Calvin (age 15) (Calvin Ellison)
Lehi (age 13) (Lehi Merle Ellison)
Mary (age 12) (Mary Ann Ellison)
Alma (age 10) (Alma Ellison)
Lucinda (age 9) (Lucinda Ellison)
Alzina (age 7) (Alzina Ellison)
Caroline (age 6) (Caroline Ellison)
Isaac (age 4) (Isaac Calvin Ellison)
Rebecca (age 2) (Rebecca Ellison)
The family did not come west. They joined the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints and stayed in Harrison County, Iowa.
Dwelling #891
Brown, Cornelius (age 51) (labourer)
Hannah (age 28) (wife) (Hannah Parker Carter Brown)
Mary (age 9) (Mary Trueworthy Carter) (daughter of Richard Harrison Carter and Hannah Parker)
Samuel (age 7) (Samuel Parker Carter) (son of Richard Harrison Carter and Hannah Parker)
Franklin (age 2) (Franklin Fitzfield Carter)
Other family members not listed
Angelia Carter (daughter of Richard Harrison Carter and Hannah Parker) (died 1848)
Hannah died of smallpox in 1852. Mary and Samuel went west with the James C. Snow Company in 1852. Franklin was raised by William and Matilda Martindale.
Cornelius Brown married Sarah Hamer but when she came west with the Daniel A. Miller/John W. Cooley Company in 1853, he went back to New York.
Dwelling #892
McCord, Alexander (age 38) (labourer)
Cybel (age 34) (wife) (Sybil Vradenburg McCord)
Elizabeth (age 15) (Elizabeth McCord)
William (age 8) (William McCord)
Warrin (age 5/12) (Warren Luther McCord)
Other family members not listed
Ichabod Ewnias McCord (died 1849)
Hiram McCord (died 1846)
Alexander was a Sergeant in Company A of the Mormon Battalion. The family didn’t go west. They joined the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints and lived in Galland’s Grove, Shelby County, Iowa.
Dwelling #893
Attwood, Reubin (age 50) (labourer) (Reuben Atwood)
Elizabeth (age 50) (wife) (Lucy Turner Atwood)
Cealer (age 22) (Selah Bradford Atwood)
Dwiat (age 13) (Dwight Wellington Atwood)
Other family members not listed
Lucy Alvira Atwood (born 1821)
Desdemony Rebecca Atwood (born 1825)
Reuben Danford Atwood (born 1826)
Martha Ann Atwood (died 1845)
Most of the children went west but Reuben and Lucy stayed and resided in Harrison County, Iowa.
Dwelling #894
Jesse Mayson (age 38) (farmer) (Jesse Mason)
Eliza (age 18) (wife) (Elizabeth Ann Johnson Mason)
Jane (age 15) (Sarah Jane Mason) (daughter of Jesse Mason and Melinda Edwards)
Elizabeth (age 14) (Martha Elizabeth Mason) (daughter of Jesse Mason and Melinda Edwards)
Margaret (age 8) (Margaret Mason) (daughter of Jesse Mason and Melinda Edwards)
Angeline (age 7) (Angeline Mason) (daughter of Jesse Mason and Melinda Edwards)
Matilda (age 6/12) (Mathilda E. Mason) (daughter of Jesse Mason and Eliza Ann Johnson)
Other family members not listed
Melinda Edwards Mason (wife) (died 1845)
Mary Mason (died 1841)
Melinda Jane Mason (died 1840)
Affiliated with the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Stayed in Iowa. Resided in Crawford County.
Dwelling #895
Tippin, Isaac (age 57) (farmer) (Isaac Phippen)
Adah (age 52) (wife) (Ada Stewart Phippen)
James (age 31) (James Worthington Phippen)
Sylvester (age 16) (Sylvester Smith Phippen)
Adah (age 8) (Ada Louisa Phippen)
Other family members not listed
Joseph Freeman Phippen (born 1822)
Ester Permelia Phippen (born 1824)
Isaac Clark Phippen (died 1845)
Asa Stewart Phippen (died 1843)
Almon Sherman Phippen (died 1840)
Came west with the Harmon Cutler Company in 1852
Dwelling #896
Hammer, Nancy (age 45) (wife) (Nancy Jane Elston Hammer)
Austin (age 15) (Austin Hammer, Jr.)
Julia (age 13) (Julia Ann Hammer)
Other family members not listed
Austin Hammer, Sr. (husband) (died 1838)
Rebecca Ann Hammer (born 1827)
Nancy Jane Hammer (born 1829)
John Austin Hammer (born 1830)
Josiah Hammer (born 1831)
Isaiah Hammer (died 1837)
Came west with the Thomas C. D. Howell Company in 1852
Dwelling #897
Merrille, Gilman (age 43) (farmer) (Gilman Merrill)
Rebecca (age 37) (wife) (Rebecca Severe Merrill)
Orson (age 16) (farmer) (Lemuel Orson Merrill)
Hyram (age 12) (Hyrum Merrill)
Caroline (age 8) (Caroline Rebecca Merrill)
Marinda (age 4) Marinda Margaret Merrill)
Other family members not listed
Mary Ann Merrill (born 1830)
Frank Merrill (died 1850)
Rebecca Emaline Merrill (born 1851)
Came west with an unknown company in 1852
Dwelling #898
Willdegg, Chas. (age 44) (none) (Charles William Willden)
Elenor (age 40) (wife) (Eleanor Turner Willden)
Elliott (age 17) (Elliott Willden)
Chas. (age 14) (Charles Turner Willden)
John (age 12) (John Willden)
Feargus (age 10) (Feargus O’Connor Willden)
Ann (age 5) (Ann Jane Willden)
Other family members not listed
Eleanor Willden (died 1837)
Maria Willden (died 1850)
Mary Ellen Elizabeth Willden (born 1850)
Came west with the Thomas C. D. Howell Company in 1852
Dwelling #899
Merrill, Albert (age 35) (labourer)
Margartt (age 35) (wife) (Margaret Ann Richardson Merrill)
Clarence (age 9) (Clarence Merrill)
Francis (age 7) (Franklin Merrill)
Albert (age 2) (Albert Merrill, Jr.)
Other family members not listed
Amanda Merrill (died 1846)
Alonzo Merrill (died 1846)
Austin Merrill (died 1845)
Alfred Merrill (died 1846)
Margaret Eleanor Merrill (born 1850)
Came west with the Thomas C. D. Howell Company in 1852
Dwelling #900
Skinner, Levi L. (age 31) (none) (Levi Lewis Skinner)
Sarah (age 39) (wife) (Sarah Ann Davis Mowery Skinner)
Joseph (age 10) (Joseph Alma Skinner) (son of Catharine Burkett and Levi Lewis Skinner)
Sarah (age 7) (Sarah Elizabeth Skinner) (daughter of Catharine Burkett and Levi Lewis Skinner)
Other family members not listed
Catherine Burkett (died 1848) (wife)
Hannah Miriah Skinner (born 1845) (daughter of Catharine Burkett and Levi Lewis Skinner)
Eleanor Skinner (born 1848) ) (died 1850) (daughter of Catharine Burkett and Levi Lewis Skinner)
Sarah Ann Davis Mowery (age 39) (wife)
Mowery, Jas. (age 21) (none) (James A. Mowery) (son of Sarah Ann Davis and Fredrick Mowery) (married Hannah Miria Skinner)
Margaret (age 15) (Margaret Mowery)
Elizabeth (age 13) (Elizabeth Louisa Mowery)
Calob (age 11) (Caleb Richard Mowery)
Mary (age 7) (Mary Ann Mowery)
Martha (age 7) (Martha Jane Mowery)
Hannah (age 5) (Hannah Marie Mowery)
Other family members not listed
Fredrick Mowery (husband) (died 1842)
John Thomas Mowery
Eleanor Mowery (born 1848) (died1850)
Horr, Hannah (age 13) (Hannah Dyantha Horr) (daughter of Lorinda Marsh and Alvin Horr)
Other members of the family not listed
Alvin Horr (father) (died 1849)
Lorinda Marsh (mother) (died 1843)
No evidence of that the family went west. They moved to Mason’ Grove, Crawford County, Iowa and affiliated with the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.
Dwelling #901
Wood, Saml. (age 35) (waggon maker) (Samuel Wood)
Mary (age 37) (wife) (Mary Merrill Wood)
William (age 11) (William Wallace Wood)
Maria (age 8) (Helen Mariah Wood)
Sarah (age 6) (Sarah Phoebe Wood)
Caroline (age 4) (Emily Caroline Wood)
Mary (age 2) (Mary Etta Wood)
Family moved to Harrison County, Iowa and affiliated with the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
Dwelling #902
Shields, John (age 45) (waggon maker)
Primrose (age 45) (wife) (Primrose Cunningham Shields)
Robt. (age 18) (Robert Cunningham Shields)
Hachabel (age 16) (Archibald Shields)
Primrose (age 9) (Primrose Shields)
Jno. (age 7) (John Cunningham Shields)
Other family members not listed
Mary Cunningham Shields (married James Bevan)
Ann Shields (died 1830)
Primrose Shields (died 1839)
Came west with the Thomas C. D. Howell Company in 1852
Dwelling #903
Bevvins, Jas. (age 28) (sawyer) (James Bevan)
Mary (age 21) (wife) (Mary Cunningham Shields Bevan)
Hellen (age 20)
Other family members not listed
John Alexander Bevan (born 1851)
Served as a private in Company A of the Mormon Battalion
Came west with the Thomas C. D. Howell Company in 1852
Dwelling #904
Thorn, Joseph (age 28)
Lorania (age 26) (wife) (Lavina Malvina Camp Thorn)
Joseph (age 11) (Joseph Camp Thorn)
Lorania (age 4) (Helen Lorana Thorn)
Hyrum (age 6/12) (Hyrum A. Thorn)
Other family member not listed
Orissa Adelaide Thorn (born 1852)
The family went west in 1847 with the Abraham O. Smoot/Samuel Russell Company. However, at some point they returned to Iowa, and they stayed there until 1853 when they came west again with the Daniel A. Miller/John W. Cooley Company. Later they left for San Bernardino, California.
Daniels, William (age 16) (William O. Daniels)
Found living in Lee County, Iowa on the 1854 Iowa State Census
Dwelling #905
Ivie, Thos. (age 30) (farmer) (Thomas Celton Ivie)
Amanda (age 25) (wife) (Amanda Jane Moore Ivie)
Sarah (age 5) (Sarah Jane Ivie)
Harvy (age 2) (William Harvey Ivie)
Alma (age 9/12) (Amos Elmer Ivie)
Thomas served as a private in Company C of the Mormon Battalion. Came west with an unknown company in 1851.
Dwelling #906
Mour, Andrew (age 58) (laborer) (Andrew J. Moore)
Rebecca (age 56) (wife) (Rebecca Curry Moore)
Andrew (age 20) (Andrew Johnson Moore)
Other family members not listed
John Harvey Moore (born 1816)
Sarah Curry Moore (born 1817) (married Norval Marlin Head)
Robert Curry Moore (born 1821)
Amanda Jane Moore (married Thomas Celton Ivie listed above)
Mary Moore (born 1826)
Amos Barton Moore (born 1828) (listed below)
Came west with the Thomas C. D. Howell Company in 1852
The family later affiliated with the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
Dwelling #907
Mour, Amos (age 22) (laborer) (Amos Barton Moore)
Celia (age 18) (wife) (Cecilia Ambrozette Young Moore)
Came west with the Thomas C. D. Howell Company in 1852
The family later affiliated with the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
Dwelling #908
Follet, Wm. A. (age 26) (laborer) (William Alexander Follett)
Nancy (age 24) (wife) (Nancy Mariah Fausett Follett)
Warrin (age 2) (Warren King Follett)
Other family members not listed
William King Follett (died 1846)
Isaac Alfred Follett (born 1850)
William served as a private in Company C in the Mormon Battalion
Came west with the Thomas C. D. Howell Company in 1852
Dwelling #909
Fawcett, William (age 43) (William McKee Fausett)
Mahldia (age 41) (wife) (Matilda Caroline Butcher Fausett)
Harriet (age 17) (Harriet Catherine Fausett)
Sarah (age 15) (Sarah Louisa Fausett)
Joseph (age 13) (Joseph Smith Fausett)
Other family members not listed
Nancy Mariah Fausett (married William Alexander Follett)
Martha Jane Fausett (died 1838)
Narcissa Rebecca Fausett (married Louis Saunsosee)
Mary Ann Fausett
Amanda Caroline Fausett (died 1839)
William Calvin Fausett (died 1847)
Came west with the Easton Kelsey Company in 1851
Dwelling #910
Stodard, Emily (age 42) (wife) (Emily Griswold Stoddard)
George (age 12) (George Franklin Stoddard)
Other family members not listed
Benjamin Franklin Stoddard (husband)
George Stoddard (died 1836)
Benjamin, Emily and George Franklin came west with the Uriah Curtis Company in 1852
Dwelling #911
White, Wm. (age 26) (William Steven White)
Genet (age 21) (wife) (Jennet Reaves Head White)
Elizabeth (3/12) (Elizabeth White)
Other family members not listed
Mary Ann White (born 1852)
Caleb White (born 1853)
The family did not go west. They are listed on the 1851 and 1854 Iowa State Census in Pottawattamie County. In 1860 they were in Monona County, Iowa and then on the 1870 U. S. Census, Jennet was living in Atchison County, Missouri.
Dwelling #912
Head, Norvell (age 35) (Norval Marlin Head)
Sarah (age 33) (Sarah Curry Moore Head)
Mary (age 12) (Mary Arthusa Head)
Willard (age 9) (Willard Richards Head)
Rebecca (age 6) (Rebecca Jane Head)
Norvil (age 5) (Norval Marlin Head)
Sarah (age 3) (Sarah Catharine Head)
Andrew (age 1) (Andrew Moore Head)
Other family member not listed
William Harvey Head (died 1851)
Dwelling #913
Binham, Lucious (age 46) (none) (Lucius Augustus Bingham)
Rebecca (age 31) (wife) (Rebecca White Bingham)
Augustus (age 19) (Augustus Bingham)
Perry (age 17) (Levi Perry Bingham)
Emaline (age 12) (Mary Emiline Bingham)
Lucy (age 7) (Lucy Bingham)
Other family members not listed
Sarah Stone Bingham (wife) (died 1849)
Calvin Bingham (born 1827)
Benjamin Bingham (died 1830)
Baby Bingham (died 18350
Prosper Bingham (died 1845)
After Lucious died, Rebecca and the younger children moved to Little Sioux, Harrison County, Iowa.
Calvin and Augustus Bingham and their families came west with the Daniel A. Miller/John W. Cooley Company in 1853.
Dwelling #914
Watkins, William (age 57) (none)
Maria (age 50) (wife) (Hannah Maria Lampard Watkins)
Joseph (age 12) (Joseph Hilliard Watkins)
Henry (age 11) (Henry Steadman Watkins)
Hyrum (age 6) (Hyrum Watkins)
Other family members not listed
William Watkins (died 1822)
Maria Watkins (died 1824)
Walter Watkins (died 1829)
William Lampard Watkins (Dwelling #915)
Joseph Watkins (died 1831)
Henry Watkins (born 1831)
Emma Watkins (died 1842)
Mary Watkins (died 1836)
Martha Watkins (died 1835)
John Watkins (died 1836)
Came west with the Thomas C. D. Howell Company in 1852
Dwelling #915
Watkins, William (age 25) (none) (William Lampard Watkins)
Mary (age 23) (wife) (Mary Almina Hammond Watkins)
Susan (age 3) (Susan Elizabeth Watkins)
Maria (age 5/12) (Maria Lovisa Watkins)
Other family member not listed
Mary Ann Watkins (died 1846)
Came west with the Thomas C. D. Howell Company in 1852
Dwelling #916
Spencer, Richd (age 56) (none) (Richard Spencer)
Mary (age 25) (age 55) (wife) (Mary Earnshaw Spencer)
Martha (age 21) (Martha Orissa Spencer)
Richard (age 16) (Richard Spencer, Jr.)
John (age 14) (John Henry Spencer)
Rachel (age 11) (Rachel Spencer)
Jacob (age 7) (Jacob Hyrum Spencer)
Other family members not listed
George Spencer (born 1820)
Elizabeth Spencer (died 1844)
Hannah Spencer (born 1823)
Ann Matilda Spencer (born 1826)
Sarah Jane Spencer (born 1828)
William Spencer (born 1840)
Matthew Spencer (died 1840)
Came west with the Thomas C. D. Howell Company in 1852
Dwelling #917
Brackin, James (age 34) (laborer) (James Bennett Bracken)
Sarah (age 32) (wife) (Sarah Head Bracken)
Martha (age 6) (Martha Ann Bracken)
James (age 5) (James Bennett Bracken, Jr.)
William (age 3) (William Albert Bracken)
Other family members not listed
Elizabeth Ann Faucett (wife) (died 1842)
David Extene Bracken (born June 2, 1850)
Levi Clarence Bracken (born June 2, 1850)
Norvil Extine Bracken (born February 8, 1852)
Came west with the Thomas C. D. Howell Company in 1852
Dwelling #918
Ausburn, David (age 43) (laborer) (David Osborn)
Cyntha (age 40) (wife) (Cynthia Butler Osborn)
Mary (age 19) (Mary Eleanor Osborn)
Elizabeth (age 17) (Elizabeth Osborn)
David (age 12) (David Osborn)
Margaret (age 10) (Nancy Margaret Osborn)
Rebecca (age 8) (Rebecca Ann Osborn)
Jane (age 4) (Harriet Jane Osborn)
Cyntha (age 1) (Cynthia Adeline Osborn)
Other family members not listed
Thomas Jefferson Osborn (born 1829)
William Osborn (born 1838)
John Osborn (died 1845)
Infant Osborn (died 1852)
Came west with the Thomas C. D. Howell Company in 1852
Dwelling #919
Young, David (age 45) (farmer) (Daniel Parks Young)
Martha (age 38) (wife) (Martha Angeline Ford Young)
John (age 16) (John Gerwin Young)
Ancel (age 13) (Ansel Bacon Young)
Delazon (age 9) (Francis Delason Young)
Chloa (age 6) (Chloe Amelia Young)
Ransen (age 4) (Daniel Ranson Young)
Albeon (age 6/12) (Alburn Barton Young)
Other family members not listed
Cecilia Ambrozette Young (born 1833)
Delmar Elijah Young (died 1848)
Altron Young (died 1845)
David Deloss Young (born July 18, 1851)
Came west with the Thomas C. D. Howell Company in 1852
Dwelling #920
Allred, William (age 31) (farmer) (William Moore Allred)
Orissa (age 26) (wife) (Orissa Angelia Bates Allred)
William (age 8) (William Lansing Allred)
Mary (age 5) (Mary Adaline Allred)
Byron (age 3) (Byron Harvey Allred)
Marvin (age 1) (Marvin Adelbert Allred)
Came west with the James W. Cummings Company in 1851
Corbage, Mary (age 14) (Mary Ann Corbridge)
Her father died in Nauvoo. She came west with an unknown company in 1852.
Dwelling #921
Soncecee, Louis (age 28) (Louis Saunsosee)
Rebecca (age 20) (Rebecca Narcissus Fausett Saunsosee)
Isaiah (age 4) (Isaiah Barkdull Lott) (son of Rebecca Narcissus Fausett and Cornelius Peter Lott)
Other family member not listed
Susan Amelia Saunsosee (born November 28, 1850)
Came west with the Thomas C. D. Howell Company in 1852
Dwelling #922
Worsley, Sarah (age 33) (wife) (Susan Hamer Worsley)
Sidney (age 13) (Sidney Wallace Worsley)
Sarah (age 11) (Sarah Jane Worsley)
Fanny (age 9) (Francis Amelia Worsley)
Elizabeth (age 6) (Elizabeth Ann Worsley)
John (age 4) (John Henry Worsley)
Ellen (age 2) (Mary Ellen Worsley)
Other family members not listed
John Worsley (husband) (died 1849)
Susan married Cornelius Brown August 20, 1852
Alvira D. Brown was born 1853
The families came west with the Daniel A. Miller/John W. Cooley Company in 1853.
Dwelling #923
Brim, Alfred (age 36) (tanner) (Alfred Wallace Brim)
Mary (age 19) (Mary Ann Merrill)
Other family member not listed
Alfred Gilman Brim (born November 6, 1850)
Came west with the Harmon Cutler Company in 1852
Dwelling #924
Taylor, Nathaniel (age 71) (none) (Nathanial Taylor)
Sophia (age 68) (wife) (Surviah Ballwick Taylor)
Alfred (age 27) (Alfred A. Taylor)
Sarah (age 23) (wife) (Sariah Mariah Taylor)
Sophia (age 1) (Sophia Taylor)
Other family member not listed
Alfred Taylor (born 1849)
The family stayed in Iowa and are listed in the 1851, 1852, and 1860 Iowa State Census.
Dwelling #925
Lish, Timothy (age 50) (wagon maker)
Betsy (age 44)
Timothy Lish was the brother of Joseph Lyons Lish and Harriet Ann Tripp Lish whose children were listed on the census. Timothy and Betsey may never have traveled west.
Timothy (age 18) (Timothy Clark Lish)
Henry (age 10) (Henry Doctor Lish)
Angeline (age 9) (Harriet Angeline Lish)
Rhoda (age 6) (Rhoda Jane Lish)
Charles (age 5) (Charles Lish)
Joseph (age 4) (Joseph Lish)
Other family members not listed
Joseph Lyon Lish (husband) (born 1803)
Harriet Ann Tripp Lish (wife) (born 1807)
William Seely Lish (born 1825)
Everett Lish (born 1826)
Enos Lyman Blakesly Lish (born 1828)
Peter Lish (born 1830)
Jonathan Hustus Lish (born 1834)
George Wood Lish (born 1841)
Alma Lish (died 1846)
Nine members of the Lish family traveled west with the Warren Foote Company in 1850
Dwelling #926
Williams, Samuel (age 60) (none) (Samuel Williams, Jr.)
Clarinda (age 60) (wife) (Rebecca Pierce Raymond Williams)
Newman (age 23) (Newman Bishop Williams) (son of Ruth Bishop and Samuel Williams)
Clarinda (age 20) (Clarinda G. Raymond) (daughter of Rebecca Pierce and Pearis Raymond)
Louisa (age 16) (Louisa Elizabeth Raymond) (daughter of Rebecca Pierce and Pearis Raymond)
Other family members not listed
Ruth Bishop Williams (wife) (died 1846)
Mary Azubah Williams (born 1811)
Sarah Marinda Williams (born 1813)
Alanson Atwater Williams (born 1815)
Asa N. Williams (born 1816)
Samuel Ely Williams (died 1822)
Charlotte Warner Williams (born 1819)
Samuel Ely Williams (born 1827)
Pearis Raymond (husband of Rebecca Pierce) (died 1846)
Alonzo Pearis Raymond (born 1821)
Abigail Saretta Raymond (born 1823)
William Wallace Raymond (born 1824)
Nelson Raymond (born 1825)
Oscar P. Raymond (born 1826)
Came west with the David Evans Company in 1850
Dwelling #927
Williams, Samuel (age 25) (none) (Samuel Ely Williams)
Mary (age 28) (wife) (Mary Galloway Williams)
Came west with the David Evans Company in 1850
Frontier Guardian
William Moore Allred was the Frontier Guardian representative (1). Other residents were added from notices in the newspaper. The following advertisements appeared in that newspaper.
Samuel Milton Hough (age 32) (blacksmith) (2)
Eliza (age 27) (Eliza Jane Allen Hough)
Martha (age 8) (Martha A. Hough)
Esther (age 6) (Esther Jane Hough)
Russel (age 2) (Russell Morgan Hough)
Warrin (age 1) (Warren Milton Hough)
Other family members not listed
Mortimer Delbert Hough
Samuel Byron Hough (died 1843)
Adelaide Hough (died 1846)
Living in Dwelling #1042 on 1850 U. S. Census
No further information found on James Maycock (3).
This family was listed above (4)
Pottawattamie High Council
The Pottawattamie High Council minutes listed the following from Allred’s Branch: (5)
Isaac Allred
Moses Harris
Thomas Richardson
Nathaniel H. Riggs
William Aldridge
John Hammond
Phinny Fisher
Edmund Fisher
John Walker
William Faucett
______ Allred, Jr.
Nathaniel Taylor
Isaac Phippen
Those families not previously enumerated are described here. Family members are listed but their presence at Allred’s Camp is unknown.
Isaac Allred
Julia Ann Taylor Allred (wife)
William Alma Allred
John Allen Allred
Eliza Maria Allred
James Martin Allred
Sidney H. Little Allred
Amanda Jane Allred
Julia Ann Allred
Hannah Elizabeth Allred
Mary Leona Allred
Came west with the Easton Kelsey Company in 1851
Moses Harris
Frances Smith Harris (wife)
Silas Harris
Kesiah Harris (died 1827)
John Smith Harris
Anna Retta Harris
Lydia Harris
Thomas Jefferson Harris
William Jones Harris
Samuel Harris (died 1843)
Mary Ann Harris (died 1842)
Cynthia Ann Harris (died 1848)
Came west with the R. N. Allred Company in 1849
Thomas Richardson
Mary Mullalieu Richardson (wife) (died 1846)
Jenny Richardson
James Richardson (died 1832)
Mary Richardson
John Richardson
Robert Richardson
Susannah Richardson
Sarah Richardson (died 1839)
Violet Richardson
Benjamin Richardson
Thomas Joseph Richardson
Anna Owen Richardson (wife)
Came west with the Thomas C. D. Howell Company in 1852
Nathaniel Riggs, Sr.
Rachel Welding Riggs (wife)
Samuel Riggs
Margaret Riggs
Stephen Riggs
Elizabeth Riggs
Eliza Ann Riggs
Leonard Riggs
Rebecca Riggs
Mary Riggs
Hannah Parsons Riggs (wife)
Nathaniel, Hannah, and Hannah’s child, Elizabeth Jane Page, came west with the Allen Taylor Company in 1849.
William Aldridge, III
Agnes Hume Aldridge (died 1825) (wife)
Aquilla Aldridge
John Aldridge
James Harrison Aldridge
William Aldridge
Elizabeth Van Blaricum Aldridge (died 1838) (wife)
Peter Aldridge (died 1828)
Mary Aldridge
Nancy Lydia Aldridge
Sariah Aldridge
Charles Aldridge
David Lehi Aldridge
Sophia Coleman Aldridge (wife)
Came west with the Allen Taylor Company in 1849
John Hammond
Mary Louisa Parker Hammond (wife)
Joseph Hammond
Mary Almina Hammond (married William Lampard Watkins)
Sarah Loanna Hammond
Sophrona Ann Hammond
Cornelia Hammond (died 1835)
Flora Hammond
Came west with the Allen Taylor Company in 1849
Pliny Fisher
Sally Cook Fisher (died 1845) (wife)
Pliny Fisher, Jr.
Willard Fisher
Sally Ann Fisher
Edmund Fisher
Rufus Fisher
Mary Fisher
George Harry Fisher (died 1812)
Nancy Fisher (died 1834)
Eliza Fisher
Hannah Calkins (wife)
Came west with the Abraham O. Smoot/George B. Wallace Company in 1847
Edmund Fisher
Cornelia Jane Sherman Fisher (wife)
Mary Jane Fisher
Lyman L. Fisher
Asenath Ann Fisher
Eliza C. Fisher
Edmund Willard Fisher
Moved to Fremont County, Iowa and became affiliated with the Cutlerites
John Walker
Lydia Holmes Walker (died 1842) (wife)
William Holmes Walker
Lorin Edwin Walker
Catherine Walker
Lucy Walker
Edwin Walker
Henry Walker
Jane Walker
Lydia Walker (died 1834)
John Walker, Jr.
Mary Electa Walker
Elizabeth Walmsley Walker (wife)
Joseph Edward Walker
Solomon Walker
Came west with an unknown company in 1850
William Fawcett
Jane Corner Smith Fawcett (wife)
Mary Ann Fawcett (died 1839)
John Fawcett (died 1845)
Nephi Robert Fawcett
Thomas Fawcett
Hannah Isabel Fawcett
George William Fawcett
Came west with the David Evans Company in 1850
_________ Allred, Jr.
Could be James Tillman Sanford Allred
Eliza Bridget Mainwaring (wife)
Fent F. Allred (died 1846)
Came west with an unknown company in 1850
Others
The person for whom the Camp was named, was James Allred
James Allred
Elizabeth Ann Warren Allred (wife)
William Hackley Allred
Martin Carroll Allred (died 1840)
Hannah Carolina Allred (died 1850)
Elizabeth Allred
Sally Allred (died 1834)
Reuben Warren Allred
Wiley Payne Allred
Nancy Chummy Allred (died 1842)
Eliza Marie Allred (died 1842)
James Tillman Sanford Allred
John Franklin Allred
Andrew Jackson Allred
Came west with the Easton Kelsey Company in 1851
Possible Births
| Name | Father | Mother | Date |
| Emily Caroline Wood | Samuel Wood | Mary Merrill | 16 Apr 1846 |
| Joseph Lish | Joseph Lyon Lish | Harriet Ann Tripp | 6 Aug 1847 |
| William King Follett | William Alexander Follett | Nancy Mariah Fausett | 22 Aug 1846 |
| Daniel Ranson Young | Daniel Parks Young | Martha A. Ford | 29 Mar 1847 |
| Eliza C. Fisher | Edmund Fisher | Cornelia Jane Sherman | 7 Nov 1847 |
| Russell Morgan Hough | Samuel Milton Hough | Eliza Jane Allen | 15 Dec 1847 |
| Frank Merrill | Gilman M. Merrill | Rebecca Severe | 1848 |
| Eleanor Skinner | Levi Lewis Skinner | Catharine Burkett | 1848 |
| Rebecca Ellison | Isaac Ellison | Lucinda Clark | 4 Mar 1848 |
| Warren Milton Hough | Samuel Milton Hough | Eliza Jane Allen | 24 Apr 1848 |
| Mary Etta Wood | Samuel Wood | Mary Merrill | 11 Jun 1848 |
| Hannah Elizabeth Allred | Isaac Allred | Julia Ann Taylor | 24 Aug 1848 |
| Warren King Follett | William Alexander Follett | Nancy Mariah Fausett | 15 Sep 1848 |
| Albert Merrill, Jr. | Albert Merrill | Margaret Ann Richardson | 10 Oct 1848 |
| Solomon Walker | John Walker | Elizabeth Walmsley | 20 Nov 1848 |
| William Harvey Ivie | Thomas Celton Ivie | Amanda Jane Moore | 8 Dec 1848 |
| Mathilda E. Mason | Jesse Mason | Elizabeth Ann Johnson | 1849 |
| Byron Young | Daniel Parks Young | Martha A. Ford | 29 May 1849 |
| Amos Elmer Ivie | Thomas Celton Ivie | Amanda Jane Moore | 28 Dec 1849 |
| Alburn Barton Young | Daniel Parks Young | Martha A. Ford | 30 Apr 1850 |
| Mary Leona Allred | Isaac Allred | Ann Taylor | 5 May 1850 |
| Levi Clarence Bracken | James B. Bracken | Sarah Head | 2 Jun 1850 |
| Isaac Alfred Follett | William Alexander Follett | Nancy Mariah Fausett | 12 Jun 1850 |
| Mary Ann White | William Steven White | Jennet Reaves Head | Jul 1850 |
| Sarah Elizabeth Watkins | William L. Watkins | Mary Almina Hammond | 10 Aug 1850 |
| Warren Luther McCord | Alexander McCord | Sibyl Vradenburg | 12 Sep 1850 |
| Mary Ellen Elizabeth Willden | Charles William Willden | Eleanor Turner | 5 Nov 1850 |
| Alfred Gilman Brim | Alfred Wallace Brim | Mary Ann Merrill | 6 Nov 1850 |
| Susan Amelia Saunsosee | Louis Saunsosee | Rebecca Narcissus Faucett | 28 Nov 1850 |
| Margaret Eleanor Merrill | Albert Merrill | Margaret Ann Richardson | 19 Dec 1850 |
| John Alexander Bevan | James Bevan | Mary Shield | 4 Feb 1851 |
| Hyrum Alonzo Walker | John Walker | Elizabeth Walmsley | 2 Mar 1851 |
| Norvil Extine Brackin | James B. Bracken | Sarah Head | 8 Feb 1852 |
| Orissa Adelaide Thorn | Joseph Thorn | Lorana Camp | 8 Jul 1852 |
| Rebecca Emaline Merrill | Gilman M. Merrill | Rebecca Severe | 16 Jul 1851 |
| David Deloss Young | Daniel Parks Young | Martha A. Ford | 18 Jul 1851 |
| Caleb White | William Steven White | Jennet Reaves Head | 1853 |
| Alvira D. Brown | Cornelius Brown | Sarah Hamer | 27 Jan 1853 |
Possible Marriages
Pottawattamie County Marriages (6)From Allred’s Branch the following marriages were listed:
| Groom’s Name | Bride’s Name | Marriage Date |
| Pliny Fisher | Hannah Calkins | 8 Mar 1848 |
| Jesse or Jason Mason | Eliza Ann Johnson | 21 Apr 1849 |
| Alfred Brim | Mary Ann Merrill | 8 Nov 1849 |
| Henry H. Williams | Elizabeth Hand | 13 Dec 1849 |
| James A. Mowery | Margaret A. Smith | 12 Feb 1850 |
From Allred’s Camp the following marriages were possible:
| Groom’s Name | Bride’s Name | Marriage Date |
| Samuel Williams, Jr. | Rebecca Pierce | 3 Apr 1847 |
| Jesse Mason | Elizabeth Ann Johnson | 21 Apr 1849 |
| Samuel Ely Williams | Mary Galloway | 3 Jun 1849 |
| Amos B. Moore | Celia Young | 2 Jul 1849 |
| Levi Lewis Skinner | Sarah Ann Davis | 1 Oct 1849 |
| Cornelius Brown | Hannah Parker Carter | 13 Dec 1849 |
| Lewis Sansorsece | Rebecca Fossett | 7 Mar 1850 |
| James Bevan | Mary Shield | 9 May 1850 |
| Josiah Hammer | Elizabeth Osborn | 31 Aug 1851 |
| Cornelius Brown | Sarah Hamer | 20 Aug 1852 |
Bibliography
- Hyde, Orson, Editor. Frontier Guardian [Kanesville, Iowa], April 4, 1851.
- Hyde, Orson, Editor. “$10 Reward” Frontier Guardian [Kanesville, Iowa], April 4, 1851.
- Hyde, Orson, Editor. “Estray Notice” Frontier Guardian [Kanesville, Iowa], December 19, 1850.
- Hyde, Orson, Editor. “Oh Yes! Oh Yes!!” Frontier Guardian [Kanesville, Iowa], February 6, 1852.
- 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)
- “Pottawattamie County Marriage Records,” Pottawattamie County Genealogical Society, 2000.