Edith was born near the Loop Fork, Platte River, Nebraska, along the Mormon Trail.
Her family had immigrated from England with other members of the LDS Church and were traveling with the Hunt Wagon Company, in-tandem with the Willie/Martin Handcart Companies of Utah Pioneers.
Her parents, Mary Penfold and William Goble, were still grieving from the loss of their two year old daughter, Fanny, just two months earlier.
It was bitter cold when the family camped with the wagon company near Greasewood Creek [now Horse Creek] on the night of November 3rd.
The Hunt Company Journal reads: "The company started at 10:30 a.m., the weather being very cold. Fourteen or fifteen oxen were left on the road. The night encampment was formed on Greasewood Creek, half a mile from the [Platte River] crossing, at 8 p.m. after traveling 11 miles during the day. The infant child of William Goble died at 9 o'clock p.m."
Source: Journal of the Trail p 73
* Note the photo of descendants: Doreen Pay Lloyd and JoAnn Pay Baird talk about a marker for Edith Goble that was found in a yard in Idaho. The marker is made from a board taken from a covered wagon and believed to be authentic. It's unknown how the marker got to Idaho from Wyoming.
(From this day on, the camp journal was written with lead pencil which at this late day, February 25, 1926, can scarcely be read. It would appear that the ink used by the scribe had frozen, and the journal from there on only contained a few entries.)
Her sister, Mary, was just 13 and recorded in her journal, "When my little sister died at Sweet Water, Bro. Pay helped my father when she was buried by the roadside. I felt like I couldn't leave her, for I had seen so many graves opened by the wolves. The rest of the company had got quite away when my father came back for me. I told him I could not leave her to be eaten by the wolves it seems too terrible. But he talked to me and we hurried on."
Leaving another tiny grave along the trail, the Goble family did the only thing they could do - they trudged on together. Three days later...another of their children would succumb to the bitter elements.
"WE'LL MEET AGAIN"
A blanket wraps your tiny form,
As if it's presence can make you warm.
We cannot stop our freezing tears,
Nor think of future, empty years.
Nor even take the time to grieve,
For we must surely take our leave.
The handcarts slowly move along;
We, among the tattered throng.
We trudge along, behind the carts;
Choking sobs, with broken hearts.
Blinding sleet now numbs our pain;
Our only hope, "We'll meet again".
...............~Shirleen C. Farley 2011
Her family had immigrated from England with other members of the LDS Church and were traveling with the Hunt Wagon Company, in-tandem with the Willie/Martin Handcart Companies of Utah Pioneers.
Her parents, Mary Penfold and William Goble, were still grieving from the loss of their two year old daughter, Fanny, just two months earlier.
It was bitter cold when the family camped with the wagon company near Greasewood Creek [now Horse Creek] on the night of November 3rd.
The Hunt Company Journal reads: "The company started at 10:30 a.m., the weather being very cold. Fourteen or fifteen oxen were left on the road. The night encampment was formed on Greasewood Creek, half a mile from the [Platte River] crossing, at 8 p.m. after traveling 11 miles during the day. The infant child of William Goble died at 9 o'clock p.m."
Source: Journal of the Trail p 73
* Note the photo of descendants: Doreen Pay Lloyd and JoAnn Pay Baird talk about a marker for Edith Goble that was found in a yard in Idaho. The marker is made from a board taken from a covered wagon and believed to be authentic. It's unknown how the marker got to Idaho from Wyoming.
(From this day on, the camp journal was written with lead pencil which at this late day, February 25, 1926, can scarcely be read. It would appear that the ink used by the scribe had frozen, and the journal from there on only contained a few entries.)
Her sister, Mary, was just 13 and recorded in her journal, "When my little sister died at Sweet Water, Bro. Pay helped my father when she was buried by the roadside. I felt like I couldn't leave her, for I had seen so many graves opened by the wolves. The rest of the company had got quite away when my father came back for me. I told him I could not leave her to be eaten by the wolves it seems too terrible. But he talked to me and we hurried on."
Leaving another tiny grave along the trail, the Goble family did the only thing they could do - they trudged on together. Three days later...another of their children would succumb to the bitter elements.
"WE'LL MEET AGAIN"
A blanket wraps your tiny form,
As if it's presence can make you warm.
We cannot stop our freezing tears,
Nor think of future, empty years.
Nor even take the time to grieve,
For we must surely take our leave.
The handcarts slowly move along;
We, among the tattered throng.
We trudge along, behind the carts;
Choking sobs, with broken hearts.
Blinding sleet now numbs our pain;
Our only hope, "We'll meet again".
...............~Shirleen C. Farley 2011
Edith was born near the Loop Fork, Platte River, Nebraska, along the Mormon Trail.
Her family had immigrated from England with other members of the LDS Church and were traveling with the Hunt Wagon Company, in-tandem with the Willie/Martin Handcart Companies of Utah Pioneers.
Her parents, Mary Penfold and William Goble, were still grieving from the loss of their two year old daughter, Fanny, just two months earlier.
It was bitter cold when the family camped with the wagon company near Greasewood Creek [now Horse Creek] on the night of November 3rd.
The Hunt Company Journal reads: "The company started at 10:30 a.m., the weather being very cold. Fourteen or fifteen oxen were left on the road. The night encampment was formed on Greasewood Creek, half a mile from the [Platte River] crossing, at 8 p.m. after traveling 11 miles during the day. The infant child of William Goble died at 9 o'clock p.m."
Source: Journal of the Trail p 73
* Note the photo of descendants: Doreen Pay Lloyd and JoAnn Pay Baird talk about a marker for Edith Goble that was found in a yard in Idaho. The marker is made from a board taken from a covered wagon and believed to be authentic. It's unknown how the marker got to Idaho from Wyoming.
(From this day on, the camp journal was written with lead pencil which at this late day, February 25, 1926, can scarcely be read. It would appear that the ink used by the scribe had frozen, and the journal from there on only contained a few entries.)
Her sister, Mary, was just 13 and recorded in her journal, "When my little sister died at Sweet Water, Bro. Pay helped my father when she was buried by the roadside. I felt like I couldn't leave her, for I had seen so many graves opened by the wolves. The rest of the company had got quite away when my father came back for me. I told him I could not leave her to be eaten by the wolves it seems too terrible. But he talked to me and we hurried on."
Leaving another tiny grave along the trail, the Goble family did the only thing they could do - they trudged on together. Three days later...another of their children would succumb to the bitter elements.
"WE'LL MEET AGAIN"
A blanket wraps your tiny form,
As if it's presence can make you warm.
We cannot stop our freezing tears,
Nor think of future, empty years.
Nor even take the time to grieve,
For we must surely take our leave.
The handcarts slowly move along;
We, among the tattered throng.
We trudge along, behind the carts;
Choking sobs, with broken hearts.
Blinding sleet now numbs our pain;
Our only hope, "We'll meet again".
...............~Shirleen C. Farley 2011
Her family had immigrated from England with other members of the LDS Church and were traveling with the Hunt Wagon Company, in-tandem with the Willie/Martin Handcart Companies of Utah Pioneers.
Her parents, Mary Penfold and William Goble, were still grieving from the loss of their two year old daughter, Fanny, just two months earlier.
It was bitter cold when the family camped with the wagon company near Greasewood Creek [now Horse Creek] on the night of November 3rd.
The Hunt Company Journal reads: "The company started at 10:30 a.m., the weather being very cold. Fourteen or fifteen oxen were left on the road. The night encampment was formed on Greasewood Creek, half a mile from the [Platte River] crossing, at 8 p.m. after traveling 11 miles during the day. The infant child of William Goble died at 9 o'clock p.m."
Source: Journal of the Trail p 73
* Note the photo of descendants: Doreen Pay Lloyd and JoAnn Pay Baird talk about a marker for Edith Goble that was found in a yard in Idaho. The marker is made from a board taken from a covered wagon and believed to be authentic. It's unknown how the marker got to Idaho from Wyoming.
(From this day on, the camp journal was written with lead pencil which at this late day, February 25, 1926, can scarcely be read. It would appear that the ink used by the scribe had frozen, and the journal from there on only contained a few entries.)
Her sister, Mary, was just 13 and recorded in her journal, "When my little sister died at Sweet Water, Bro. Pay helped my father when she was buried by the roadside. I felt like I couldn't leave her, for I had seen so many graves opened by the wolves. The rest of the company had got quite away when my father came back for me. I told him I could not leave her to be eaten by the wolves it seems too terrible. But he talked to me and we hurried on."
Leaving another tiny grave along the trail, the Goble family did the only thing they could do - they trudged on together. Three days later...another of their children would succumb to the bitter elements.
"WE'LL MEET AGAIN"
A blanket wraps your tiny form,
As if it's presence can make you warm.
We cannot stop our freezing tears,
Nor think of future, empty years.
Nor even take the time to grieve,
For we must surely take our leave.
The handcarts slowly move along;
We, among the tattered throng.
We trudge along, behind the carts;
Choking sobs, with broken hearts.
Blinding sleet now numbs our pain;
Our only hope, "We'll meet again".
...............~Shirleen C. Farley 2011
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