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Leon Parson
Leon Parson artist- We left Florence, Nebraska as happy a lot of people. We didn’t realize the suffering, sickness and death we were destined to pass through. It never occurred to my young mind, that we should experience anything but joy and happiness on our pilgrimage to that promised land. When we crossed the Platte River. I was the only female that drew a handcart through the icy waters of the river. The day after we reached the Salt Lake Valley my father died. —Margaret Ann Griffiths, age 16
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Orphans: Julie Rogers artist – John Ollerton, 56, and Alice Ollerton, 54, of Lancashire, England, brought three daughters—Alice, 19; Jane Ann, 15; and Sarah, 5—to America. Father and Mother Ollerton died on the trail at the river crossings, leaving their children without parents. Alice died shortly after arriving in Salt Lake City.
