FAMILY SEARCH. When Lorenzo Carter was born on 9 April 1844, in Lima Township, Carroll, Illinois, his father, John Harrison Carter (1816-1896), was 27 and his mother, Elizabeth Runnels Sweat (1818-1881), was 25. He died in 1850, at the age of 6. There is no documentation of Lorenzo during the trek. He may have died before the family left Winter Quarters or after the family arrived in the Utah Territory but before the collection of the 1850/1851 census.
MORMON PIONEER OVERLAND TRAIL. Lorenzo Carter was part of the Utah Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel migration during 1847-1868. The family … John Harrison Carter, 33; Elizabeth Runnells Carter, 31; Sophia Eldora Carter, 22; Maryette Carter, 7; John Hirum Carter, 3; Harrison Mastin Carter, infant; and Amos Libby Carter, infant … were traveling with the William Snow/Joseph Young Company. This church wagon train departed from Kanesville, Iowa (present day Council Bluffs) on June 21, 1850 and arrived between October 1-4 in the Salt Lake Valley. Initially organized near the Missouri River, there were 42 wagons in the company when it began its journey, but the size of the company more than tripled as it made its way across the plains.
MORMON PIONEER OVERLAND TRAIL. Lorenzo Carter was part of the Utah Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel migration during 1847-1868. The family … John Harrison Carter, 33; Elizabeth Runnells Carter, 31; Sophia Eldora Carter, 22; Maryette Carter, 7; John Hirum Carter, 3; Harrison Mastin Carter, infant; and Amos Libby Carter, infant … were traveling with the William Snow/Joseph Young Company. This church wagon train departed from Kanesville, Iowa (present day Council Bluffs) on June 21, 1850 and arrived between October 1-4 in the Salt Lake Valley. Initially organized near the Missouri River, there were 42 wagons in the company when it began its journey, but the size of the company more than tripled as it made its way across the plains.
FAMILY SEARCH. When Lorenzo Carter was born on 9 April 1844, in Lima Township, Carroll, Illinois, his father, John Harrison Carter (1816-1896), was 27 and his mother, Elizabeth Runnels Sweat (1818-1881), was 25. He died in 1850, at the age of 6. There is no documentation of Lorenzo during the trek. He may have died before the family left Winter Quarters or after the family arrived in the Utah Territory but before the collection of the 1850/1851 census.
MORMON PIONEER OVERLAND TRAIL. Lorenzo Carter was part of the Utah Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel migration during 1847-1868. The family … John Harrison Carter, 33; Elizabeth Runnells Carter, 31; Sophia Eldora Carter, 22; Maryette Carter, 7; John Hirum Carter, 3; Harrison Mastin Carter, infant; and Amos Libby Carter, infant … were traveling with the William Snow/Joseph Young Company. This church wagon train departed from Kanesville, Iowa (present day Council Bluffs) on June 21, 1850 and arrived between October 1-4 in the Salt Lake Valley. Initially organized near the Missouri River, there were 42 wagons in the company when it began its journey, but the size of the company more than tripled as it made its way across the plains.
MORMON PIONEER OVERLAND TRAIL. Lorenzo Carter was part of the Utah Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel migration during 1847-1868. The family … John Harrison Carter, 33; Elizabeth Runnells Carter, 31; Sophia Eldora Carter, 22; Maryette Carter, 7; John Hirum Carter, 3; Harrison Mastin Carter, infant; and Amos Libby Carter, infant … were traveling with the William Snow/Joseph Young Company. This church wagon train departed from Kanesville, Iowa (present day Council Bluffs) on June 21, 1850 and arrived between October 1-4 in the Salt Lake Valley. Initially organized near the Missouri River, there were 42 wagons in the company when it began its journey, but the size of the company more than tripled as it made its way across the plains.
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