Ancestors from the Nelson Family Tree

The following is a list of Companies that Mormon Pioneer Emigrants traveled west in to Utah from 1847 - 1868. The names that follow each company are OUR Ancestors from the Evan Nelson Family Tree. Read the Trail Excerpts from each company so you can learn more about  the company and the trials they had to go through to get to UTAH.  

Joseph Horne Company (1862)   Departure: 27 July 1862 Arrival: 1 October 1862 Company Information: 570 individuals and 52 wagons were in the company when it began its journey from the outfitting post at Florence, Nebraska (now Omaha). View a list of individuals known to have traveled in this company. Trail Excerpts to learn more about this company.

                                                             
Hans Nielsen - Great Great Great Grandfather
Ole Nielsen - Great Great Great Grandmother
Nils Hans Nelson
Ake Nielsen - Great Great Grandfather
Maria Neilsen 

Unidentified Companies (1848)

Departure: unknown Arrival: View a list of individuals known to have traveled in this company.  Trail Excerpts to learn more about this company.

James Buchanan Porter (43) - Great Great Great Grandfather 
Elizabeth Slaughterback Porter (48) 2nd Wife of James Buchanan's
Elizabeth Sophia Porter (16) (James and Elizabeth's Daughter)
George Porter (14) (James and Elizabeth's Son)
Martha Jane Porter (10) (James and Elizabeth's Daughter)
James Henry Porter (5) (James and Elizabeth's Son)

Thomas C.D. Howell Company (1852)

Departure: 7 June 1852 Arrival: 2, 11-12, 27 September 1852 Company Information: 293 individuals plus 10 families and about 65 wagons were in the company when it began its journey from the outfitting post at Kanesville, Iowa (present day Council Bluffs). View a list of individuals known to have traveled in this company. Trail Excerpts to learn more about this company.

Mary Ann Leslie (17) Great Great Great Grandmother, Married to James Buchanan Porter
Helen Leslie (16) (Sister of Mary Ann)
Andrew Franklin Leslie (13) (Brother of Mary Ann)