Residents of the Settlement of Davis Camp, Pottawattamie County, Iowa

Residents

1850 U. S. Census

The enumeration of the 1850 U. S. Census of Davis Camp was started on October 21st with Dwelling #832. It most likely ended on October 23rd and Dwelling #851. There may be some overlap with Big Spring on the front side and McOlney’s Camp on the back side. The following families with their ages and occupations were listed. Corrected names and additional information are listed in parenthesis and in bold print.

Dwelling #832
Box, Henry (age 46) (tailor) (John Henry Box) (born 1801) 
Box, Elizabeth (age 34) (Elizabeth Haynes Box) (born 1816) (wife)
Box, Lucinda (age 12) (born 1838)
Box, Martin (age 10) (Martin Luther Box) (born 1840)
Box, Malinda (age 8) (Melinda Box) (born 1843)
Box, Andrew (age 2) (William Andrew Box) (born 1848)
Box, Moroni (age 6/12 m) (born 1850)

Other family members not listed
William Henry Box (born 1845) (died 1847)

They came west with the John B. Walker Company in 1852. Elizabeth and Moroni both died on July 3, enroute to the Salt Lake Valley.

Dwelling #833
Reed, William (age 35) (William T. Reid) (born 1806)
Reed, Jane (age 35) (Jane Dyer Reid) (born 1804) (wife)
Reed, Rebecca (age 16) (Rebecca Reid) (born 1832)
Reed, Robert (age 14) (Robert Reid) (born 1835)
Reed, Anne (age 9) (Ann Jane Reid) (born 1843)
Reed, Fanny (age 4) (Mary Frances “Fanny” Reid) (born 1847)

Other family members not listed
Samuel Reid (born 1828)
Ellen Reid (born 1830)
Thomas Reid (born 1837) (died 1843)

Came west with an unknown company in about 1851.

Dwelling #834
Jackson, Daniel (age 35) (farmer) (Daniel Smith Jackson) (born 1814)
Jackson, Phoebe (age 33) (Phebe Lawrence Cowdery Jackson) (born 1817) (wife)
Jackson, Adelia (age 12) (Adelia Keziah Jackson) (born 1838)
Jackson, Seraph (age 7) (Seraph Lemira Jackson) (born 1842)
Jackson, Oliver (age 2) (Oliver Cowdery Jackson) (born 1848)
Jackson, William (age 8/12 m) (William Franklin Jackson) (born 1850)

Other family members not listed
Marcellus Jackson (born 1846) (died 1850)

This family did not go west until about the mid 1860’s when they moved to the Sacramento, California area.

Dwelling #835
Barron, Thomas (age 38) (baker) (Thomas Karren) (born 1810)
Barron, Catherine (age 30) (Ann Ratcliffe Karren) (born 1815)
Barron, John (age 16) (none) (John Karren) (born 1834)
Barron, Catherine (age 14) (Catherine Anne Karren) (born 1836)
Barron, Lydia (age 11) (Lydia Karren) (born 1838) 
Barron, Thomas (age 7) (Thomas Karren) (born 1840)
Barron, Hyrum (age 5) (Hyrum Karren) (born 1844)
Barron, Charles (age 1) (Charles Hopkins Karren) (born 1849)

Other family members not listed
Joseph Karren (born 1842) (died 1844)
Ann Karren (born 1846) (died 1846)

Thomas served as a Private in Company E of the Mormon Battalion. They went west with an unknown company in 1850.

Dwelling #836
McDonnell, John (age 45) (cabinet maker) (John Kilpatrick McDonald) (born 1797)
McDonnell, Rachael (age 45) (Rachel Burke Taaffe McDonald) (born 1801) (wife)
McDonnell, William (age 24) (cabinet maker) (William Taaffe McDonald) (born 1827)
McDonnell, John (age 21) (cabinet maker) (John Taaffe McDonald) (born 1830)
McDonnell, James (age 14) (James Kilpatrick McDonald) (born 1837)

Other family members not listed
Elizabeth Taaffe McDonald (born 1823)
William Taaffe McDonald (born 1825) (died 1826)
Alexander Taaffe McDonald (born 1833) (died 1840)
Washington McDonald (born 1835) (died 1847)
Jane Taaffe McDonald (born 1840) (died 1840)
Joseph Taaffe McDonald (born 1842) (died 1842)

John came west with the Ezra T. Benson Company in 1849. Rachel came west with the Warren Foote Company in 1850.

Dwelling #837
Ring, Joseph (age 26) (joiner) (Joseph King) (born 1817)
Ring, Mahala (age 23) (Mahala Carter King) (born 1823)
Ring, Cephina (age 4) (Cephina King) (born 1846)
Ring, Joseph (age 1) (Joseph King) (born 1849)

Joseph served in the Joseph Smith Presidential Campaign in 1844. The family came west with the Willard Snow/Joseph Young Company in 1850. Joseph died enroute in Nebraska Territory.

Dwelling #838
Price, Samuel (age 24) (Samuel Maxwell Price) (born 1823)
Price, Salina (age 22) (Abi Salina Burk Price) (born 1825)
Price, Samuel (age 2) (Samuel Burk Price) (born 1847)

Came west with an unknown company in 1849. Salina and Samuel, Jr. both died enroute.

Dwelling #839
Coolidge, Rebecca (age 22) (Desdemony Rebecca Atwood Coolidge) (born 1825) (wife of Joseph Wellington Coolidge)
Coolidge, Alvira (age 2) (Alvira Lucy Coolidge) (born 1848)

Other family members not listed
Joseph Wellington Coolidge (born 1814) (husband)
Oscar F. Coolidge (born 1850)

Joseph and Rebecca were divorced. Joseph did not come west. Rebecca and her children came west in 1864 with an unknown company.

Woodward, Mary (age 50) (Mary Hopkins Woodward) (born 1797) (widow of William Shinn Woodward)

Other family members not listed
William Shinn Woodward (born 1809) (died 1846)

Mary came west with an unknown company and settled in Smithfield, Cache County.

Dwelling #840
Robinson, John (age 35) (waggon maker) (John Rowlandson Robinson) (born 1815)
Robinson, Jane (age 19) (Jane Coupe Robinson) (born 1832) (wife)
Robinson, Sarah (age 8) (Sarah Ann Robinson) (born 1842) (daughter of John Rowlandson Robinson and Alice Coupe)
Robinson, Richard (age 5) (Richard Ammon Robinson) (born 1845) (son of John Rowlandson Robinson and Alice Coupe)
Robinson, James (age 1m) (James Coupe Robinson) (born 1849) (son of of John Rowlandson Robinson and Jane Coupe)

Other family members not listed
Alice Coupe Robinson (born 1818) (died 1847)

Came west with the Isaac Bullock Company in 1852.

Dwelling #841
Callister, John (age 66) (none) (John McAllister) (born 1783)
Callister, Elizabeth (age 62) (Elizabeth Logan McAllister) (born 1786) (wife)
Callister, William (age 28) (William Henry McAllister) (born 1821)
Callister, Ellen (age 20) (Helen McTwiggan McAllister) (born 1821) (wife of William Henry McAllister)
Callister, William (age 5) (William Robertson McAllister) (born 1846)
Callister, James (age 1) (James C. McAllister) (born 1849)

The families did not come west. William’s family lived in Grand Island, Hall County, Nebraska.

Dwelling #842
Lefevere, Ann (age 46) (Ann Dalton LeFevre) (born 1804) 
Lefevere, William (age 17) (William LeFevre) (born 1833)
Lefevere, Thomas (age 12) (Thomas LeFevre) (born 1838)

Other family members not listed
John LeFevre (born 1793) (died 1849)
Sarah LeFevre (born 1830) (died 1849)
Daniel LeFevre (born 1832) (died 1832)
Luke Dalton LeFevre (born 1835) (died 1836)
Susanna LeFevre (born 1837) (died 1837)
Susanna LeFevre (born 1839) (died 1839)
Amy Elizabeth LeFevre (born 1840) (died 1843)

Came west with the David Wood Company in 1852.

Dwelling #843
McAllister, James (age 36) (none) (James Alexander McAllister) (born 1815)
McAllister, Mary (age 33) (Mary Ann Carson McAllister) (born 1817)
McAllister, Elizabeth (age 15) (born 1834)
McAllister, James (age 13) (born 1837)
McAllister, John (age 11) (born 1840)
McAllister, William (age 3) (born 1847)
McAllister, Stephen (age 1) (born 1849)

Other family members not listed
Henry McAllister (born 1843)

Dwelling #844
Manle, Daniel (age 28) (laborer) (Daniel Maule) (born 1821)
Manle, Christena (age 19) (Christina Crawford Maule) (born 1831) (wife)
Manle, Charlotte (age 3) (Charlotte Gentle Maule) (born 1846) (daughter of Daniel Maule and Jean Fotheringham)

Other family members not listed
Jean Fotheringham Maule (born 1821) (died 1849) (wife)
John Maule (born 1847) (died 1849) (son of Daniel Maule and Jean Fotheringham)
Sarah Maule (born 1849) (daughter of Daniel Maule and Jean Fotheringham)
James Mathew Maule (born 1851) (son of Daniel Maule and Christina Crawford)
of Daniel Maule and Jean Fotheringham)

Daniel and Christina did not come west. They stayed in Harrison County, Iowa. Some of the children did continue west.

Dwelling #845
Murry, John (age 37) (carpenter) (John Murray) (born 1814)
Murry, Sarah (age 41) (Sarah Elizabeth Bates Murray) (born 1807) (wife)
Murry, John (age 15) (John Bates Murray) (born 1836)
Murry, Richard (age 12) (Richard Murray) (born 1838)
Murry, Elizabeth (age 9) (Elizabeth Murray) (born 1840)
Murry, Jeremiah (age 6) (Jeremiah Hatch Murray) (born 1844)

Other family members not listed
Christine Murray (born 1834) (died 1835)
Edward Murray (born 1837) (died 1837)
Robert Murray (born 1842) (died 1849)
Edwin Murray (born 1850) (died 1850)

Family came west with the John Tidwell Company in 1852.

Dwelling #846
Raymond, Charles (age 36) (none) (Charles Jeremiah Raymond) (born 1811)
Raymond, Catherine (age 32) (Nancy Catherine Moore Raymond) (born 1820) (wife)
Raymond, Mary (age 11) (Mary Amelia Raymond) (born 1839)
Raymond, William (age 2) (William Grandison Raymond) (born 1848)

Came west with an unknown company in 1852.

Dwelling #847
Raymond, Ganderson (age 33) (none) (Grandison Raymond) (born 1818)
Raymond, Celia (age 27) (Celia Alice Hall Raymond) (born 1825)

Other family members not listed
Martha Raymond (born 1850)
Emma Raymond (born 1852)

Came west with an unknown company in 1852.

Dwelling #848
Sedon, John (age 32) (none) (John Seddon) (born 1818)
Sedon, Alree (age 27) (Alice Gerrard Seddon) (born 1822) (wife)
Sedon, Joseph (age 2) (Joseph Seddon) (born 1847)
Sedon, Rachael (age 6/12 m) (Rachel Ann Seddon) (born 1850)

John died in 1850. Alice stayed in Shelby County, Iowa and remarried in 1855 and affiliated with the Reorganized Church.

Dwelling #849
Hopkins, Ezekial (age 49) (farmer) (born 1801)
Hopkins, Eliza (age 36) (Elizabeth Kirkpatrick Hopkins) (born 1807)
Hopkins, Sarah (age 15) (Sarah Sophia Hopkins) (born 1835) (daughter of Ezekiel Hopkins and Lydia Gravatt)
Hopkins, Robert (age 13) (Robert Gravatt Hopkins) (born 1837) (son of Ezekiel Hopkins and Lydia Gravatt)
Hopkins, Ezekiel (age 10) (Ezekiel Hopkins, Jr.) (born 1839) (son of Ezekiel Hopkins and Lydia Gravatt)
Hopkins, Daniel (age 8) Daniel Hopkins (born 1841) (son of Ezekiel Hopkins and Lydia Gravatt)

Other family members not listed
Lydia Gravatt Hopkins (born 1804) (died 1845) (wife of Ezekiel Hopkins)
John Wesley Hopkins (born 1825) 
Hector Hopkins (born 1827) (son of Ezekiel Hopkins and Lydia Gravatt)
Mary Ann Hopkins (born 1829) (daughter of Ezekiel Hopkins and Lydia Gravatt)

Whitesides, Sarah (age 18) (Sarah Whitesides) (born 1832) (daughter of James Whitesides. Jr. and Eliza Kirkpatrick)
Whitesides, Mark (age 12) Mark Whitesides (born 1838) (son of James Whitesides, Jr. and Eliza Kirkpatrick)
Whitesides, Parley (age 8) (Parley Pratt Whitesides) (born 1840) (son of James Whitesides, Jr. and Eliza Kirkpatrick)

Other family members not listed
James Whitesides, Jr. (born 1794) (died 1842) (husband of Eliza Kirkpatrick)
Oliver Whitesides (born 1830) (died 1842) (son of James Whitesides, Jr. and Eliza Kirkpatrick)
Margaret Whitesides (born 1834) (died 1842)

Came west with the John B. Walker Company in 1852.

Dwelling #850
Gibbins, Andrew (age 30) (Andrew Smith Gibbons) (born 1825)
Gibbins, Risper (age 22) (Rizpah Gibbons) (born 1829) (wife)
Gibbins, Martha (age 4) (Martha Sarah Gibbons) (born 1846)
Gibbins, Andrew (age 2) (Andrew Vinson Gibbons) (born 1849)

Other family members not listed
William Hoover Gibbons (born 1851)

Andrew went with the Brigham Young Vanguard Company in 1847 and went back east and brough his family west with the Robert Wimmer Company in 1852.

Dwelling #851
McBride, Elizabeth (age 45) (Elizabeth “Betsey” Mead McBride) (born 1802)
McBride, Henriette (age 25) (Henrietta McBride) (born 1821)
McBride, Nathaniel (age 8) (Mathaniel Knight McBride) (born 1840)

Other family members not listed
James McBride (born 1793) (died 1839)

Came west with an unknown company in 1851.

High Priests

Pottawattamie High Priests Quorum minutes gives the names of the High Priests from Davis Camp (1).

Joseph W. Coolidge (Joseph Wellington Coolidge) (see Dwelling #839)

Charles Hopkins (Charles A. Hopkins) (born 1810)
Lydia Okie Van Dyke Hopkins (born 1803) (wife)

Charles served in the Joseph Smith Presidential Campaign in 1844. He volunteered for the Mormon Battalion as a Private in Company E. He and Lydia came west with the Ezra T. Benson Company in 1849.

Residents from Biographies

William Black Davis (born 1795)
Rebecca Kerrs (born 1794) (died 1825) (wife)
William James Davis (born 1821) (died 1822)

Sarah McKee Davis (born 1799) (wife)
George David Varner Davis (born 1823)
Eleanor Jane Davis (born 1824)
Joseph McKee Davis (born 1826)
Sarah Belle Davis (born 1829)
Mary Dickens Davis (born 1830) (died 1846)
James Spencer Davis (born 1831)
John Fowler Davis (born 1832) (died 1837)
Sarah Ann Dickens Davis (born 1834) (died 1846)
Margaret Ann Davis (born 1835)
Alma Davis (born 1838) (died 1839)
Jared Moroni Davis (born 1839)
Nephi Davis (born 1842) (died 1842)

William was probably the man for whom the settlement was named. He was a blacksmith by trade. He went west with the Brigham Young Company in 1848.

Chapman Duncan (born 1812)
Rebecca Rose Duncan (born 1816) (died 1843) (wife)
Ellen Jane Duncan (born 1840) 
Homer Duncan (born 1841) (died 1842)
Rebecca Duncan (born 1842) (died 1843)

Lauratha Martha Jones Duncan (born 1812) (wife)
Stillborn son Duncan (born 1846) (died 1847)
William Duncan (born 1847)

A biography of Chapman Duncan states that he resided at Davis Camp (2). His family came west with the Willard Richards Company in 1848.

William Van Dyke (born 1830) (son of Lydia Okie Van Dyke Hopkins) 

A biography about William Van Dyke mentioned that he was a resident of Davis Camp (3). The family came west with the Samuel Gully/Orson Spencer Company in 1849.

Henry Reuben Randall (born 1784) (died 1849)
Sarah Robinson Randall (born 1784)
Reuben Randall (born 1810)
Betsey Randall (born 1811)
Elry Randall (born 1813)
Almena Randall (born 1814)
Roswell Randall (born 1816)
Anne Randall (born 1818) (died 1842)
Daniel W. Randall (born 1820)
Robinson C. Anson Randall (born 1822)
William Riley Randall (born 1823)
Elvira Corinda Randall (born 1825)

Only Almena came to Utah. Most of the rest of the siblings lived in Michigan. Almena came west with the William Snow/Joseph Young Company in 1850.

Possible Births

Name	Father	Mother	Birth Date
Martha Sarah Gibbons	Andrew Smith Gibbons	Rizpah Knight	26 Dec 1846
William Duncan	Chapman Duncan	Laurath Martha Jones	1847
Oliver Cowdery Jackson	Daniel Smith Jackson	Phebe Lawrence Cowdery	Jan 1848
William Andrew Box	John Henry Box	Elizabeth Haynes	12 Jan 1848
Andrew Vinson Gibbons	Andrew Smith Gibbons	Rizpah Knight	3 Apr 1849
James Coupe Robinson	John Rowlandson Robinson	Jane Coupe	9 Oct 1849
Edwin Murray	John Murray	Sarah Elizabeth Bates	1850
William Franklin Jackson	Daniel Smith Jackson	Phebe Lawrence Cowdery	Feb 1850
Martha Raymond	Grandison Raymond	Celia Alice Hall	2 Jun 1850
Moroni Box	John Henry Box	Elizabeth Haynes	Oct 1850
William Hoover Gibbons	Andrew Smith Gibbons	Rizpah Knight	23 Jan 1851

Possible Marriages

Groom	Bride	Date
John Rowlandson Robinson	Jane Coupe	24 Aug 1847
Daniel Maule	Christina Crawford	1850

Bibliography

1. Pottawattamie High Priests Quorum. Pottawattamie High Priests Quorum minutes , https://catalog.churchofjesuschrist.org/assets/166b5a84-3e69-40f5-9774-1049977096a9/0/105?lang=eng (accessed: May 23, 2023)
2. Biography of Chapman Duncan—Parowan City, 1852. https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/memories/KWJY-48Q (accessed April 14, 2024).
3. Tullidge, Edward William. "Tullidge's Quarterly Magazine." Salt Lake City, Utah. July 1882, Vol. II, page 224.