Hannah H. Brown Arrives in Utah

“Emigrants for Utah, Company which left Florence, Iowa, June 5^th. Elder Philemon C. Merrill, Captain”

Emigrants of interest are Elisha Edwards (Edwin’s Missionary Companion), Hannah H. Brown, Edwin Whiting.

Source 6 Aug 1856, pg 8 Deseret News Online

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A Second reference to this company is noted in the Mormon Overland Trail Records

Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel, 1847–1868

Philemon C. Merrill Company, Captain (1856)

Departure: 5-6 June 1856
Arrival: 13-18 August 1856

Company Information:
200 individuals and 50 wagons were in the company when it began its journey from the outfitting post at Florence, Nebraska (now Omaha).

Brown, Hannah H. ( Age Unknown)

Edwards, Elisha (49)

Whiting, Edwin (46

Hannah H. Brown Arrives in Utah