Joseph Friend Burton

• Residence: Warmfield, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom - 1851
• Residence: Mt Pleasant, , Utah - 1910
• Residence: Mount Pleasant, Sanpete, Utah, United States - 1920
• Residence: Mt. Pleasant, Utah - 1924

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Joseph was a "handcart' pioneer of 1856, an Indian War veteran and one of the pioneer settlers of Mt. Pleasant. The handcart pioneers(1856-1860), were members of one of a system of handcart companies, inaugurated by the church, to enable poorer members to make the trek across the plains pulling or pushing a specially designed handcart, instead of using more expensive draft animals. All but 2 of the companies completed the arduous trek with few problems and minimal deaths. These were the Willie company and the Martin Company of which Joseph was a member. These companies left late in the season (July 1856) from Iowa City, Iowa.They met severe weather west of present day Casper, Wyoming, and had to cope with deep snow & storms for the rest of the journey. Food supplies ran out. Brigham Young organised a rescue effort that brought the emigrants in, but over 210 of the 980 members perished. Joseph & his wife lived long enough to celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary. He arrived in Utah with his widowed mother and a sister, with the Martin Handcart Company on Nov. 29th. 1856. Source:- Blaine & Elaine Berger-"Find a Grave

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Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel, 1847–1868
Burton, Joseph Friend

Birth Date: 2 June 1849 Death Date: 27 July 1924 Gender: Male Age: 6 Company: Edward Martin Company (1856)

SOURCE:http://lds.org/churchhistory/library/pioneerdetails/1,15791,4018-1-...