![]() 5 digital image, California Digital Newspaper Collection ( : accessed 7 July 2020). ![]() “Deaths on the Plains this Season,” Sacramento Daily Union, 2 November 1852, p. For those interested in more about pioneer justice on the trails, be sure to read Langum’s article.īut even for those whose relatives might have disappeared in a less dramatic fashion, I hope this post might inspire researchers to not stop at just the local paper in their ancestral locations, but consult even far-off papers for details on their families’ lives. According to the diaries Langum cited, the brother who originally fought with Miller was allowed to continue on with the company. Witnesses were examined, Tate was found guilty and thirty minutes later hanged. Based on multiple diary accounts cited by Langum, we learn about the speedy frontier justice – with quickly assembled jury, judge, prosecutor and defense counsel. The driver's brother, Lafayette Tate, 19, ran up, stabbed Miller in the back, then slit his throat. Miller, (unnamed in Langum’s article,) was a cattle overseer in the Brown emigrant party who fought with one of the drivers by the name of Tate. Langum’s “Pioneer Justice on the Overland Trails” with more news about two of those 250 deaths in the 1852 newspaper - T. Sadly, I struck out on the handful I investigated.īut a Google search led me to David J. I tried to find the back story on some of the faceless names from the column, searching 1850 census records to see if I could identify any of those who had a specific location and an age associate with their names. Baxton, born about 1830? He died – somewhere on the plains – 24 June 1852. When I first ran across the article I considered how many genealogists who’ve had ancestors “just disappear” have thought about searching newspapers in far-flung locations? Does anyone researching the Baxton family from Ohio City, Ohio wonder what became of G. Louis, Pike county Mo., Harvard, Ind., Rarrington, Ohio, and Fairfield, Whoknowswhere all lost sons and daughters who once called those places home. Nelson from Monroe, Michigan died 26 May at age 25. Foster who died 18 May at age 25 hailed from Cumberland, Md. Who were these people who shared a surname? Where were they from? Where did they hope to make their new home?Ī portion of names are associated with locations. The Hardcastles were hit hard in their migration – W. He was from Wisconsin, age 1 year, 2 months and 15 days. Tate received his due – “Lafayette Tate, hung June 15, for murder of T. Carter, June 5.” Some, like “John Holeman, June 5, age 19” are accompanied by a bit more information, but with “Joseph Langley, age 47,” readers don’t know when he passed.Ī man known only as “Battsford” died July 26, “shot by his captain.” T Miller, age 26, was murdered June 15 by R. Nearly all the names are associated with a death date, such as “C.S. ![]() I will continue to try to fill in the blanks with photos, burial information, and/or obits.I recently stumbled upon a random newspaper article, “Deaths on the Plains this Season.” Other than the title, the article provides little in the way of detail about why, or how, or from where came the list of names of 250 people who perished as they journeyed to a new life in the west. I have been able to identify many photos that were not posted online until now. I received the first batch of records for Block 1 and matched them to the photos I took. Sue Ader of the Morris Cemetery Association is transcribing the Evergreen Cemetery burial records. ECR – Evergreen Cemetery Records at Morris Library.
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