Residents of Plum Hollow Settlement Pottawattamie County, Iowa
Residents
All family members of the head of the household living within the Branch boundaries are listed prior to their departure West. Some of these children may have been married or died and were not living with the family when the Branch census was taken. The names are listed as transcribed on the Ron Watt Iowa Branch Records which lists 84 members (1). The Plum Hollow Branch Records were recorded from 1850 through 1852 (2). Corrected spelling of the names is in parentheses and bold type. Age and occupation are added from information from the 1850 Pottawattamie County, Iowa U. S. Census.
Allred, Wily P. (age 32) (stone cutter) (Wiley Payne Allred)
Allred, Elizaith (age 36) (wife) (Sarah Elizabeth Zabriskie Allred)
Allred, James H. (age 13) (James Henry Allred)
Allred, Parley P. (age 11) (Parley Pratt Allred)
Allred, Wily, Jr. (age 3) (Wiley Payne Allred, Jr.)
Allred, Sarah (age 6/12) (Sarah Eleanor Allred)
Family members not listed
Allred, Elizabeth (age 7) (Elizabeth Hannah Allred)
Living in Dwelling #612
Came west with the Easton Kelsey Company in 1851
Ballo, D (age 46) (teacher of music) (Dominico Ballo)
Ballo Sarah Ann (age 47) (wife) (Sarah Ann Johnson Ballo)
Other family members not listed
Mary Thompson Ballo (born 1830)
Sarah M. Ballo (born 1831)
Nancy Johnson Ballo (born 1832)
Living in Dwelling #616 (transcribed as Domenico Balls)
Came west with an unknown company in 1851
Barnes, John C. (age 30) (found in Pottawattamie County on the 1851 Iowa State Census)
Other family member not listed
Andrew Barnes (age 5)
Beebe, William (age 36) (blacksmith) (William Albert Beebe)
Beebe, Louisa (age 33) (wife) (Louisa Newton Beebe)
Beebe, Harriet M. (age 15) (Harriet Mariah Beebe)
Beebe, Laura E. (age 13) (Laura Emily Beebe)
Beebe, Leroy H. (age 10) (Leroy Winslow Beebe)
Beebe, Lydiam (age 7) (Lydia Ann Beebe)
Beebe, Jane (age 2) (Ruth Jane Beebe)
Other family members not listed
Julia W. Beebe (died 1845)
William Albert Beebe, Jr. (died 1845)
Julia W. Beebe (died 1845)
Joseph Hyrum Beebe (born 1850)
Living in Dwelling #602
Came west with an unknown company in 1852
Butler, William F. (age 27) (laborer) (William Franklin Butler)
Butler, Sarah A. (age 24) (wife) (Sarah Ann Dewitt Butler)
Butler, John Thomas (age 2)
Butler, Mary (age 7/12) (Mary Adalinda Butler)
Living in Dwelling #831 (Surname listed as Butter)
Came west with an unknown company in 1852
Clements, Alvin (age 27) (none)
Clements, Rhoda (age 23) (wife) (Rhoda Gifford Clements)
Clements, Sarah (age 2) (Sarah Elizabeth Lyman) (daughter of George D. Lyman and Rhoda Gifford)
Other family members not listed
Alpheus C. Clements (died 1847, buried in Grave #90 at Winter Quarters Cemetery)
Henry Allen Clements (born 1851)
Living in Dwelling #604 (Surname was listed as Clemens)
Clements, Ady (age 48) (wife) (Aidah Winchell Clements)
Clements, James (age 17)
Clements, Elizabeth (age 15)
Clements, Aidah (age 10)
Clements, Nephi (age 8) (Albert Nephi Clements)
Other family members not listed
Albert Clements (husband) (was in Missouri on the 1850 U. S. Census)
Lucy Clements (born 1825)
James Clements (died 1827)
Paul Clements (died 1844)
Eliza Ann Clements (born 1836)
Living in Dwelling #605 (Surname was listed as Clemens)
Came west with an unknown company in 1852
Edward, Joseph B. (the original record is difficult to read, however this may not be the correct transcription) more likely it is Joseph Woodward.
Ceisol, James
Gifford, Henry (age 25) (none) (Henry Dill Gifford)
Gifford, Almyra (age 21) (wife) (Almira Ann Braffett Gifford)
Gifford, Anna (age 7/12) (Anna Amanda Gifford)
Other family member not listed
Henry Alpheus Gifford (born 1852)
Living in Dwelling #603
Came west with the Uriah Curtis Company in 1852
Haile, James (age 23) (none) (James Ezra Hale)
Haile, Lucy (age 24) (wife) (Lucy Clements Hale)
Haile, Martha (age 4) (Martha Ann Hale)
Other family members not listed
Elijah Hale (died 1845)
Elizah Hale (died 1845)
Joseph Hyrum Hale (born 1849, died 1849)
Eliza Jane Hale (born 1850)
Living in Dwelling #606 (Surname was listed as Hail)
Came west with an unknown company in 1852
Jameson, Charles (age 40) (laborer)
Mary Jameson (age 49) (wife) (Mary Ann Hetrick Jameson)
Jameson, Nancy (wife) (Nancy Stanley Jameson)
Mary Jameson (age 25) (Mary Ann Jameson) (daughter of Charles Jameson and Mary Ann Hetrick)
Loucinda Jameson (age 20) (Lucinda Jameson) (daughter of Charles Jameson and Mary Ann Hetrick)
Eliza Jameson (age 7/12) (Eliza Jane Woolsey) (daughter of Joseph Hyrum Woolsey and Lucinda Jameson)
Other family members not listed
Mary Ann Hetrick Jameson (age 49) (wife)
Julia Ann Jameson (married Jehu Blackburn, died 1851)
Susannah Jameson (born 1828)
Alexander Jameson (born 1829)
Martha Ann Jameson (born 1833)
Agnes Jameson (died 1838)
David Jameson (died 1838)
Margaret Jameson (died 1841)
Charlotte Jameson (born 1841)
Hyrum Smith Jameson (born 1844)
Living in Dwelling #570 in the household of Abigail Brandon
Mary Ann and her children Susannah, Alexander, Hyrum Smith, and Charlotte came west with the Aaron Johnson Company in 1850.
Charles, Nancy, Sylvester and Charles came west with the Daniel A. Miller/John W. Cooley Company in 1853. Charles had previously been west in 1847.
LeBaron, David (age 25) (none)
LeBaron, Ester M. (age 22) (wife) (Ester Melita Johnson LeBaron)
LeBaron, David (age 4)
LeBaron, Joseph (age 1)
Family member not listed
Julia Ann LeBaron (died 1846)
Esther Ellis LeBaron (born 1853)
Living in Dwelling #608 (surname listed as LaBarrow)
Came west with an unknown company in 1854
Malcolm, David (age 29) (farmer)
Malcolm, Agnes (age 26) (wife) (Agnes Lavina Brown Malcolm)
Malcolm, Mary (age 6)
Malcolm, Agnes (age 4) (Agness Christina Malcolm)
Malcolm, James (age 2)
Malcolm, Elizabeth
Malcolm, David (age 7/12) (this name was listed on the 1850 Census, probably should have been Elizabeth)
Other family member not listed
Sarah Ann Malcolm (born 1852)
Living in Dwelling #610 with Archibald Scroggie as head of household
Came west with the Harmon Cutler Company or unknown company in 1852
Park, William (age 23) (none) (William Asbury Park)
Park, Matilda (age 25) (wife) (Matilda Katherine Wilson Park)
Martha Parks (born 1850) (Martha Jane Park)
Living in Dwelling #615
Came west with the John Reese Freight Train in 1851
Robertson, Joseph (age 23) (farmer) (Joseph Robinson)
Robertson, Elisabeth (age 20) (wife) (Elizabeth Hobson Robinson)
Other family member not listed
Joseph Hyrum Robinson (born and died 1851)
Living in Dwelling #617
Came west with the John B. Walker Company in 1852
Scroggie, Archibald (age 43) (farmer)
Scroggie, Mary (age 30) (Mary Alderdice) (died 1851)
Other family members not listed
Agnes Lindsay Scroggie (wife)
Euphemia Scroggie
Archibald Scroggie
Betsey Scroggie
Heber Scroggie
Marion Scroggie (born 1837)
Living in Dwelling #610
By 1860, they were living in Utah
Stow, James P. (age 45) (none) (James Philemon Stowe)
Stow, Jamina (age 36) (wife) (Jemima Burton Stowe)
Stowe, William (age 20) (William Henry Stowe)
Stowe, Samuel (age 18)
Stow, Andrew (age 15) (Andrew Stowe)
Stow, Daniel (age 14) (Daniel Stratton Stowe)
Stow, Hyrum (age 7) (Hyrum Stowe)
Stow, George (age 5) (George Stowe)
Stow, Mary A. (age 4) (Mary Ann Stowe) (she should have been listed as age 7 instead of Hyrum)
Stow, Sarah (age 2) (Sarah Matilda Stowe)
Ether Stowe (died 1847; buried in grave #237 at Winter Quarters)
Jemima Stowe (born 1850)
Living in Dwelling #609
Came west with the David Lewis Company in 1851
Taggart, Thomas (Thomas McTaggart)
Taggart, Loucindia (wife) (Phillis Siddall McTaggart)
Found on 1851 Iowa State Census and the surname was listed as McTaggart
Came west with the Claudius V. Spencer Company in 1853
Williams, Andrew B. (age 32) (none) (Andrew Bokman Williams)
Williams, Abigail (age 27) (wife) (Abigail Celecity Lewis Williams)
Williams Julia Ann (age 10)
Williams, Lemuel (age 8) (Lemuel Lewis Williams)
Williams, Weighty (age 2) (Weighty Selecta Williams)
Williams, Andrew K. (should have been transcribed as Andrew K. Park)
Other member of family not listed
Amos Williams (born 1852)
Living in Dwelling #932
Came west with an unknown company in 1853
Wilson, Miles (age 51) (laborer)
Wilson, Martha J. (age 21)
Wilson, Henry W. (age 19)
Wilson, Sarah M. (age 17)
Wilson Amanda E. (age 13)
Other family members not listed
Martha Holly Cherry Wilson (wife) (died 1843)
Matilda Katherine Wilson (married William Asbury Park)
Lucinda Jane Wilson (born 1826)
Evaline Margaret Wilson (born 1836)
Libbious Thadeus Wilson (died 1845)
John Cherry Wilson (died 1843)
Living in Dwelling #615 with son-in-law William Asbury Park
Came west with an unknown company in 1852
Joseph Woodward (age 39) (none)
Woodword, Margaret (age 34) (wife) (Margaret Molyneux Barnes Woodward)
James (age 12)
Betsy (age 7)
Joseph (age 6/12)
Other family members not listed
Henry Woodward (died 1839)
James Woodward (died 1847)
Living in Dwelling #607 (Surname was listed as Woodard)
Came west with an unknown company in 1852
Zabriskie, Lewis (age 43) (LDS preacher)
Zabriskie, Jane (age 34) (wife)
Zabriskie, Alva (age 24) (farmer) (son of Lewis Zabriskie and Amelia Burton)
Zabriskie, Elizabeth (age 21)
Zabriskie, Sarah (age 19)
Zabriskie, Julian (age 7)
Zabriskie, Arvilla (age 2) (Mary Arvilla Zabriskie)
Zabriskie, Lucindia (age 11/12) (Lucinda Jane Zabriskie)
Other family members not listed
Amelia Burton Zabriskie (wife) (died 1835)
William Zabriskie (died 1823) (son of Lewis Zabriskie and Amelia Burton)
Susannah Zabriskie (died 1842) (daughter of Lewis Zabriskie and Amelia Burton)
Amy Zabriskie (died 1835) (daughter of Lewis Zabriskie and Amelia Burton)
Synthia Ann Zabriskie (died 1845) (daughter of Lewis Zabriskie and Jane Porter Reed)
Phoebe Zabriskie (born 1846) (daughter of Lewis Zabriskie and Jane Porter Reed)
Living in Dwelling #613
Came west with the Warren S. Snow Company in 1852
Zabriskie, Lewis C. (Lewis Curtis Zabriskie)
Zabrisky, William (William Zabriskie)
Zabriskie, James H. (John Henry Zabriskie)
Other family members not listed
Mary Keziah Higbee Zabriskie (wife) (died 1847)
Isaac Zabriskie (died 1841)
Eleanor Keziah Zabriskie (born 1842)
Hulda Charlotte Zabriskie (born 1844)
Mary Amanda Zabriskie (died 1847)
Living in Dwelling #613
Came west with the James S. Snow Company in 1852
The 1850 U. S. Census of District 21, Pottawattamie County, Iowa may have added a few more residents. It appears that the enumeration of Plum Hollow began with Dwelling #600.
Dwelling #600
Chapin, Adolphus (age 51) (carpenter)
Chapin, Laura (age 37) (wife) (Laura Mills Fisher Chapin)
Chapin, Luther (age 18) (Luther Van Horn Chapin) (son of Adolphus Chapin and Catherine Billings)
Chapin, Lucy (age 9) (Lucy C. Chapin)
Chapin, Lyman (age 5) (Lyman Fisher Chapin)
Chapin, Willard (age 3) (Jefferson Willard Chapin)
Other family members not listed
Catharine “Katey” Billings Chapin (died 1831)
Marinda Chapin (died 1827)
Fredus Chapin (died 1833)
George Edward Chapin (died 1841) (son of Adolphus Chapin and Laura Miller Fisher Chapin)
Mary Jane Chapin (died 1846)
Affiliated with the RLDS Church and stayed in Nebraska
Dwelling #601
Clingger, James (age 35) (James Clinger)
Clingger, Harriet (age 22) (wife) (Harriet Chapin Clinger) (daughter of Adolphus Chapin and Catharine Billings)
Clingger, Martha (age 3) (Martha Ann Clinger)
Clingger, James (age 1) (James Henry Clinger)
Came west with the Thomas C. D. Howell Company in 1852
Dwelling #614
Allen, Daniel R. (age 35) (miller) (Daniel Rapyelle Allen)
Allen, Eliza (age 27) (wife) (Eliza Martin Allen)
Allen, Marinda (age 12)
Allen, Arminth (age 9) (Araminta Cherbury Allen)
Allen, Mary (age 4) (Mary Elizabeth Allen)
Other family members not listed
Theodore Allen (died 1843)
Juliet Allen (died 1848)
Ophelia Allen (died 1849)
Sarah Ann Allen (born 1850)
Janetta Amelia Allen (born 1853)
Came west with the Daniel A. Miller/John W. Cooley Company in 1853
From an article by William Mulder, Eric Hogan was also a resident of Plum Hollow (3).
Eric Gautesson Midboen Hogan
Helga Knudsdatter Hogan (wife)
Goudy Hogan
Caroline Hogan
Helge Hogan (died 1837)
Margit Hogan (died 1837)
Lavina Hogan
Harriet Hogan
Elizabeth Hogan
Margaret Hogan (died 1847)
Regena Hogan
Paul Hogan
Charles Peter Hogan
Came west with the Brigham Young Company in 1848
Possible Births
| Name | Father’s Name | Mother’s Name | Birth Date |
| David Tully LeBaron | David Tully LeBaron | Esther Melita Johnson | 25 Jan 1847 |
| Wiley Payne Allred, Jr. | Wiley Payne Allred | Sarah Elizabeth Zabriskie | 19 Jan 1847 |
| Arvilla Cecelia Zabriskie | Lewis Zabriskie | Jane Porter Reid | 14 Apr 1848 |
| Jefferson Willard Chapin | Adolphus Chapin | Laura Mills Fisher Chapin | 26 Jun 1848 |
| Ruth Jane Beebe | William Albert Beebe | Louisa Newton | 22 Jul 1848 |
| Joseph Hills LeBaron | David Tully LeBaron | Esther Melita Johnson | 10 Dec 1848 |
| Weighty Selecta Williams | Andrew Bokman Williams | Abigail Celecity Lewis | 25 Jan 1849 |
| Mary Phillis McTaggart | Thomas McTaggart | Phillis Siddall | 5 Mar 1849 |
| Joseph Hyrum Hale | James Ezra Hale | Lucy Clements | 5 Apr 1849 |
| Sarah Matilda Stowe | James Philemon Stowe | Jemima Burton | 9 Sep 1849 |
| Jemima Stowe | James Philemon Stowe | Jemima Burton | 1850 |
| Elizabeth Malcolm | David Malcolm | Ages Lavina Brown | 16 Feb 1850 |
| Eliza Jane Woolsey | Joseph Hyrum Woolsey | Lucinda Jameson | 8 Mar 1850 |
| Ann Amanda Gifford | Henry Dill Gifford | Almira Ann Braffett | 11 Mar 1850 |
| Mary Adalinda Butler | William Franklin Butler | Sarah Ann Dewitt | 1 Apr 1850 |
| Lucinda Jane Zabriskie | Lewis Zabriskie | Jane Porter Reid | 14 Apr 1850 |
| Sarah Eleanor Allred | Wiley Payne Allred | Sarah Elizabeth Zabriskie | 10 Jun 1850 |
| Joseph Hyrum Beebe | William Albert Beebe | Louisa Newton | 5 Jul 1850 |
| Joseph Barnes Woodward | Joseph Hague Woodward | Margaret Molyneux Barnes | 23 Jul 1850 |
| Eliza Jane Hale | James Ezra Hale | Lucy Clements | 20 Aug 1850 |
| Sarah Ann Allen | David Rapyelle Allen | Eliza Martin | 2 Sep 1850 |
| Henry Allen Clements | Alvin Clements | Rhoda Gifford | 13 Mar 1851 |
| Sylvester Jameson | Charles Jameson | Nancy Stanley | 1852 |
| Sarah Ann Malcolm | David Malcolm | Ages Lavina Brown | 16 Apr 1852 |
| Henry Alpheus Gifford | Henry Dill Gifford | Almira Ann Braffett | 26 Apr 1852 |
| Sarah Ann McTaggart | Thomas McTaggart | Phillis Siddall | 19 Jul 1852 |
| Janetta Amelia Allen | David Rapyelle Allen | Eliza Martin | 31 Mar 1853 |
| Esther Ellis LeBaron | David Tully LeBaron | Esther Melita Johnson | 27 Nov 1853 |
Possible Marriage
| Groom’s Name | Bride’s Name | Date |
| Henry Dill Gifford | Almira Ann Braffett | 5 Nov 1848 |
| Charles Jameson | Nancy Stanley | 8 Aug 1851 |
Bibliography
- Watt, Ronald G., Iowa Branch Index 1839-1859. (Salt Lake City, Church History Library, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, 1991).
- Plum Hollow Branch (Iowa). Plum Hollow Branch record, https://catalog.churchofjesuschrist.org/assets/3236092b-ed16-4196-8ee0-a968da1a30f0/0/0 (accessed: November 20, 2022)
- Mulder, William, Norwegian Forerunners Among the Early Mormons. The Norwegian-American Historical Association, Vol. 19, p. 46.