"DEPARTURES -- The Windermere. -- The Windermere, Captain Fairfield, cleared for New Orleans, Feb. 15th, with 482 souls on board, the company being in charge of Elder Daniel Carn [Garn]. Included in this company were seven ex-presidents of conferences -- Elders Abraham Marchant, Robert Menzies, Job Smith, John T. Hardy, John A. Albiston, J. V. Long, and Graham Douglas. . . . "
MS, 16:9 (May 4, 1854), p.140
"SEVENTY-SECOND COMPANY, -- Windermere, 477 souls. The ship Windermere, Captain Fairfield, sailed from Liverpool, England, bound for New Orleans, on the 22nd of February, 1854, with four hundred and seventy-seven Saints on board, the company being in charge of Elder Daniel Garn. Included in the company were seven ex-presidents of conferences, namely: Abraham Marchant, Robert Menzies, Job Smith, John T. Hardy, John A
Albiston, J. V. Long and Graham Douglas.
The Windermere arrived at New Orleans April 23rd. During the voyage contrary winds were encountered, arising at times to heavy gales; but at the end of five weeks a favorable winds set in, and the ship made one thousand miles in four days. After fifteen days sailing from Liverpool, the smallpox broke out on board and spread rapidly as the vessel approached the tropics, until 37 passengers and two of the crew were attacked but at this crisis the malady was suddenly checked in answer to prayer. Six marriages were solemnized on board, and six births and ten deaths occurred.
On the morning after arriving at New Orleans, eleven persons suffering with the small-pox were sent to the Luzenburg Hospital, agreeable to order from the health officers at the port; and Elder Long and five others were selected to remain at New Orleans to attend to the sick until they were sufficiently recovered to go forward. The rest of the company continued the journey from New Orleans April 27th, on board a steamboat, and arrived in St. Louis a few days later, from whence the journey was subsequently continued to Kansas City. (Millennial Star, Vol: XVI, pp.140, 297, 345, 477.)"
Cont., 13:11 (Sep. 1892), p.509-10
"Wed. 22. [Feb. 1854] -- The ship Windermere sailed from Liverpool, England, with 484 Saints, under Daniel Garn's direction; it arrived at New Orleans April 23rd. Many died on board from the small pox."
CC, p.50
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