A young man by the name of
Ephraim Barton
took great interest in the baby-Mercy Ann and carried
her in his arms almost continuously, but the weather and exposure proved too much for
the little one, and she died on October 6, 1862, and the young man died the same night.
Mary Ann was so sick that she did not realize that her baby (Mercy Ann) had passed
away. A hymn was sung and a prayer offered.
Ephraim Barton and the baby (Mercy
Ann) were placed in a blanket and buried together in a crude grave. He had the baby in
his arm. A fire was lighted over the grave to keep animals away and the grave was
covered with rocks and the company moved on. This was near the Utah Wyoming
boarder.
Mercy Ann was traveling with her mother, Mary Ann Barker Virgin, in the Horton D. Haight Wagon Company of LDS Church members headed for the Salt Lake Valley in Utah Territory. Her father, George Thompson Virgin, had died in England the previous December. They departed Florence Nebraska on 10 August 1862. She died along the Mormon Trail, just west of the boundary of Wyoming Territory and in Utah Territory. Her burial was recorded in the Trail Journal of that Wagon Company.
Ephraim Barton
took great interest in the baby-Mercy Ann and carried
her in his arms almost continuously, but the weather and exposure proved too much for
the little one, and she died on October 6, 1862, and the young man died the same night.
Mary Ann was so sick that she did not realize that her baby (Mercy Ann) had passed
away. A hymn was sung and a prayer offered.
Ephraim Barton and the baby (Mercy
Ann) were placed in a blanket and buried together in a crude grave. He had the baby in
his arm. A fire was lighted over the grave to keep animals away and the grave was
covered with rocks and the company moved on. This was near the Utah Wyoming
boarder.
Mercy Ann was traveling with her mother, Mary Ann Barker Virgin, in the Horton D. Haight Wagon Company of LDS Church members headed for the Salt Lake Valley in Utah Territory. Her father, George Thompson Virgin, had died in England the previous December. They departed Florence Nebraska on 10 August 1862. She died along the Mormon Trail, just west of the boundary of Wyoming Territory and in Utah Territory. Her burial was recorded in the Trail Journal of that Wagon Company.
A young man by the name of
Ephraim Barton
took great interest in the baby-Mercy Ann and carried
her in his arms almost continuously, but the weather and exposure proved too much for
the little one, and she died on October 6, 1862, and the young man died the same night.
Mary Ann was so sick that she did not realize that her baby (Mercy Ann) had passed
away. A hymn was sung and a prayer offered.
Ephraim Barton and the baby (Mercy
Ann) were placed in a blanket and buried together in a crude grave. He had the baby in
his arm. A fire was lighted over the grave to keep animals away and the grave was
covered with rocks and the company moved on. This was near the Utah Wyoming
boarder.
Mercy Ann was traveling with her mother, Mary Ann Barker Virgin, in the Horton D. Haight Wagon Company of LDS Church members headed for the Salt Lake Valley in Utah Territory. Her father, George Thompson Virgin, had died in England the previous December. They departed Florence Nebraska on 10 August 1862. She died along the Mormon Trail, just west of the boundary of Wyoming Territory and in Utah Territory. Her burial was recorded in the Trail Journal of that Wagon Company.
Ephraim Barton
took great interest in the baby-Mercy Ann and carried
her in his arms almost continuously, but the weather and exposure proved too much for
the little one, and she died on October 6, 1862, and the young man died the same night.
Mary Ann was so sick that she did not realize that her baby (Mercy Ann) had passed
away. A hymn was sung and a prayer offered.
Ephraim Barton and the baby (Mercy
Ann) were placed in a blanket and buried together in a crude grave. He had the baby in
his arm. A fire was lighted over the grave to keep animals away and the grave was
covered with rocks and the company moved on. This was near the Utah Wyoming
boarder.
Mercy Ann was traveling with her mother, Mary Ann Barker Virgin, in the Horton D. Haight Wagon Company of LDS Church members headed for the Salt Lake Valley in Utah Territory. Her father, George Thompson Virgin, had died in England the previous December. They departed Florence Nebraska on 10 August 1862. She died along the Mormon Trail, just west of the boundary of Wyoming Territory and in Utah Territory. Her burial was recorded in the Trail Journal of that Wagon Company.
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