Approximately fifteen families who had lived since spring 1851 at a welfare "poor farm" forty miles north of Kanesville, Iowa, called Lanesborough, were organized into this company under the leadership of their bishop, William West Lane. The William West Lane Company departed from Kanesville, Iowa (present day Council Bluffs) and arrived in the Salt Lake Valley on September 24, 1852. The company totaled 34 pioneers. Marinda Elizabeth Mangum was among the members. Her death date is confirmed by the Benjamin Gardner notebook.
Approximately fifteen families who had lived since spring 1851 at a welfare "poor farm" forty miles north of Kanesville, Iowa, called Lanesborough, were organized into this company under the leadership of their bishop, William West Lane. The William West Lane Company departed from Kanesville, Iowa (present day Council Bluffs) and arrived in the Salt Lake Valley on September 24, 1852. The company totaled 34 pioneers. Marinda Elizabeth Mangum was among the members. Her death date is confirmed by the Benjamin Gardner notebook.
Gravesite Details
Burial on the Mormon Pioneer Trail, Nebraska.
Family Members
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