This wagon train left Van Buren County, Iowa on May 11th and reached Portland, Ore. on Oct. 26th. A roster of the members follows: BRATTAIN, Paul & family of 7 adults NEWMAN, William SPENCER, Lafayette SPENCER, Charles, wife & 2 children NEWMAN, Henry GIMPLE, George SMITH, Michael, wife, 2 sons, 1 dau. HAMMONDS, George HAMMONDS, Henry WHETSTONE, Jacob & family TAYLOR, George & family CARTER, Robert & family BARNES, Adam & family MITCHELL, Oliver & family HITTARY, John & family BAKER, Napoleon HOWARD, Wm. & family ADAMS, Charles & family CLARK, Thomas & family WHETSTONE, Thomas & family BOLEY, Nicholas & family BOLEY, John & family WATSON, James & family WATSON, Hill & family ANDERSON, Iradel ANDERSON, Mathies EBERT, George EBERT, James EBERT, William KECK, Henry KECK, Sloan A complete copie of the text of the journal kept by Lafayette Spencer of this train can be found here: http://www.rootsweb.com/~orgenweb/bios/spencerjournal.html The Michael Smith family is mine. Richard Smith mailto:[email protected]