Residents of the Settlement at Sand Prairie, Lee County, Iowa

Residents

At the organization of the Sand Prairie Branch of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints on February 1, 1845, the residents were listed (1). Corrections to names and additional information are printed in bold type and parentheses.

David Able (age 38) (David Abel) (born 1807)
Jane Able (age 36) (Anna Ewens Abel) (born 1809) (wife)
Robert Able (age10) (Robert Abel) (born 1834)
James Able (age 10) (James Abel) (born 1835)
Oplelie Able (age 8) (Ophelia Abel) (born 1837)
Cordelie Able (age 7) (Cordelia Abel) (born 1839)
Joseph S. Able (age 5) (Joseph M. Abel) (born 1842)
David Able, Jr. (David Abel, Jr.) (born 1844)

It doesn’t appear that this family went west.

David Potter (age 52) (David Amasa Potter) (born 1793)
Charlott (age 50) (Charlotte Osborn) (born 1795) (wife)
Chester Potter (age 25) (born 1822)
Mervel Potter (age 17) (Newell Potter) (born 1830)
Almire Potter (age 15) (Amasa Potter) (born 1833)
Elisabeth Potter (12) (Elizabeth Potter) (born 1835)
Lenord Potter (Leonard Potter) (born 1840)

Other family members not listed
Benjamin Potter (born 1816) (died 1820)
Ester Potter (born 1818) (died 1820)
Sarah Corbin Potter (born 1820)
Lorenzo Potter (born 1824)
Vienna Potter (born 1825)
Calista Potter (born 1827)
Amasa Potter (born 1833)

The family traveled west with the Brigham Young Company in 1848.

Stewart Egan (age 21) (Stewart M. Agan, Sr.) (born 1824)
Marget Egan (age 19) (Margaret Jane Neyman Agan) (born 1826) (wife)
Joseph S. Egan (age 8m) (Joseph S. Agan) (born 1844)

Other family members not listed
Hiram Agan (born 1843)

Moved to Michigan.

David McKee (age 47) (born 1796)
Mary McKee (age 51) (Mary Tweed McMillian McKee) (born 1795) (wife)
Daniel McKee (age 27) (born 1818)
James McKee (age 25) (born 1820)
Jonathon McKee (age 24) (Jonathan McKee) (born 1821)
Hugh McKee (age 23) (born 1823)
William McKee (age 20) (born 1825)
Prisilla McKee (age 18) (Priscilla McKee) (born 1827)
Lettie McKee (age 17) (born 1828)
David McKee (age 15) (David D. McKee) (born 1830)
Elizabeth Ann McKee (age 13) (born 1832)
Martha Jane McKee (age 10) (born 1834)

Other family members not listed
David Thomas McKee (born 1817)

David McKee, father, and David D. McKee died at Mt. Pisgah. The family went to the Council Point settlement in 1846. Mary died in 1851 at Council Point. Martha and Lettie came west in 1851 and 1852 and James came with the Daniel A. Miller/John W. Cooley Company in 1853.

Thomas McKee (David Thomas McKee) (born 1817)
Persis McKee (Persis Moors Sweat McKee) (born 1820) (wife)
Luise Metilda McKee (Louisa Matilda McKee) (born 1844)

The family came west with the Daniel A. Miller/John W. Cooley Company in 1853.

John Brown (born in the state of New York)

No further details found.

Benjamin Taylor (born 1814)
Mary Ann Taylor (Mary Ann Fenner Taylor) (born 1817) (wife)
John Taylor (born 1838)
Sarah Taylor (born 1840)
William Taylor (born 1842)
Mary Ann Taylor (born 1844)

Came west with the Edward Stevenson Company in 1859. They settled in Willard, Box Elder, Utah.

Elizabeth Luther (Elizabeth Pickle Luther) (born 1826)
Elizabeth Jane Luther (born 1844)

No information on Elizabeth’s first husband. She married Owen Seeley in 1847 in Winter Quarters. Came west with the Jedediah M. Grant/Joseph B. Noble Company in 1847.

Elishe Willkox (Elisha Wilcox) (born 1809)
Ann Willkox (Ann Pickle Wilcox) (born 1814) (wife)

Other family members not listed
Miner Wilcox (born 1834)
Polly Ann Wilcox (born 1836)
Francis Wilcox (born 1838)
Margaret Wilcox (born 1840)
Emma Wilcox (born 1843)
Sally Wilcox (born 1845)

Mary Katherine Bishop (born 21 Sep 1828)

No further information found.

William Prece (William Preece) (born 1812)
Lovery Preece (Luvera Ellen Ensign Preece) (born 1826) (wife)
John Preece (John W. Preece) (born 1844)

Came west with the Claudius V. Spencer Company in 1853.

Heeman Able (Herman Abel) (born 1805)
Sarah Able (Sarah Ross Abel) (born 1807) (wife)
Heeman Able (Herman Abel) (born 1835)
William Able (William Ross Abel) (born 1836)
Thomas Able (Thomas Jefferson Abel) (born 1838)
John Able (John L. Abel) (born 1840)
Charles Able (Charles W. Abel) (born 1842)
Carlos Able (Don Carlos Abel) (born 1845)

The family did not come west. Herman and Sarah stayed in Mills County, Iowa.

George G. Redin (George Grant Redden) (born 1790)
Adalia Redin (Adelia Higley Redden) (born 1794) (wife)
Return J. Redin (Return Jackson Redden) (born 1817)
William H. Reding (William Harrison Redden) (born 1819)
Laure Ann Redin (Laure Ann Redden) (born 1820)
Marget L. Redin (Margaret Louisa Redden) (born 1823)
Nancy Ann Redin (Nancy Ann Redden) (born 1825)
Ellinor A. Redin (Adelia Ellen Redden) (born 1827)
George G. Redin (George Grant Redden, Jr.) (born 1830)
Christopher G. Redin (Christopher Redden) (born 1834)

The family came west with the David Wood Company in 1852. George Grant Redden, Sr. died enroute.

Daniel P. Foster (Daniel Perry Foster) (born 1815)
Hariett Foster (Maryette Perry Foster) (born 1815) (wife)
Sarah Foster (Sarah Melinda Foster) (born 1839)
Perlyan Foster (Purely A. Foster) (born 1842)
Francis Foster (born 1844)

By 1850 the family was living in Weston, Platte County, Missouri. By 1860, they were living in Arcadia, Morgan County, Illinois. Daniel was a Captain for the Illinois Cavalry during the Civil War. On the 1870 U. S. Census they had a farm in Osage, Neosho County, Kansas. Salt City, Sumner County, Kansas was their home in 1880.

Arnold Potter (born 1804)
Almire Potter (Almira Smith Potter) (born 1798) (died 1840) (wife)
Julie Potter
Elisabeth Potter (Elizabeth Ann Birch) (born 1822) (wife) (married in 1843)
Hariet Potter (Harriet Potter) (born 1824) (daughter of Arnold Potter and Almira Smith)
William Potter (William W. Potter) (born 1826) (son of Arnold Potter and Almira Smith)
Delight Potter (Sarah Delight Potter) (born 1828) (daughter of Arnold Potter and Almira Smith)
Ann Potter (Ann P. Potter) (born 1830) (daughter of Arnold Potter and Almira Smith)
John M. Potter (born 1832) (son of Arnold Potter and Almira Smith)
Cinthe Potter (born 1835) (daughter of Arnold Potter and Almira Smith)

Arnold and Elizabeth came west with the Silas Richards Company in 1849. Elizabeth divorced Arnold and moved from California to Beaver, Utah and then married Francis Brown. Arnold went back to Council Bluffs.

Sarah Delight went to live at Potter’s Camp with her uncle Martin Potter, the founder of Potter’s Camp in Pottawattamie County, Iowa. There she married William Booth.

William W. Potter went to Potter’s Camp and married Mary Thompson (maiden name Anderson) from Big Grove on April 1, 1850. Mary was the widow of Samuel Thompson. William died in about 1859 possibly in Mills County, Iowa.

Possible Births

Name	Father	Mother	Birth Date
Joseph M. Abel	David Abel	Anna Ewans	20 Feb 1842
Charles Abel	Herman Abel	Sarah Ross	16 May 1842
Hiram Agan	Stewart Agan	Margaret Jane Neyman	1 Nov 1843
Louisa Matilda McKee	David Thomas McKee	Persis Moors Sweat	13 Jan 1844
John W. Preece	William Preece	Luvera Ellen Ensign	22 Apr 1844
David Abel	David Abel	Anna Ewans	23 Apr 1844
Francis Foster	Daniel Perry Foster	Maryette Perry	27 Aug 1844
Joseph S. Agan	Stewart Agan	Margaret Jane Neyman	3 Sep 1844
Don Carlos Abel	Herman Abel	Sarah Ross	5 Feb 1845

Bibliography

1. Sand Prairie Branch (Iowa). Sand Prairie Branch membership roster, 1845 , https://catalog.churchofjesuschrist.org/record/fdcdd7e9-65e6-4eab-a14f-c5687d07f43b/0?view=summary&lang=eng (accessed: March 11, 2024)