I was born in South Wales on August 22, 1864, the daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth Bevan Batt. I was christened Annie Batt. In May [p.35] of the year 1868 we left Wales to emigrate to the Territory of Utah. I was four years old and my sister was five. My mother was too ill to make the journey; but father and I, and my sister, set sail on the John Bright, with a prayer that mother could join us the next year. However, she died before this wish was realized. The John Bright had been discarded as unsafe for ocean travel, but with persuasion and the skillful efforts of the crew and passengers, she made the voyage in forty-two days. It is interesting to note that this boat sank, with all on board, on her return to sailing. My father was a ship's carpenter, and his services were continually demanded. Of necessity, we two little girls were left in the hands of sympathetic strangers. A storm arose, our fright mounted, and on more than one occasion, we were lashed to the mast to secure our bodies from being washed overboard. These experiences, together with our loneliness, lack of sufficient food, and grief to at parting from our mother, tended to so reduce our weight that father carried both of us little girls across the plains on his shoulders. I became very ill and as a result lost my eyesight for two years. However, the kind ministrations of friends in Kaysville aided my recovery. We arrived in the Salt Lake Valley on August 24, 1868, having traveled under Captain Horton D. Haight.

As one of the numerous honors heaped upon living emigrant pioneers in the Centennial Year, 1947, the United Airlines became host to six men and women over the pioneer route to Nauvoo and return to Salt Lake City. At age 83, I enjoyed to traverse the plains via the air as a contrast to my journey in the arms of my father at four years of age, seventy-nine years ago. [p.36]
—Annie Batt Bird Caffall

BIB: Caffall, Annie Batt Bird, [Reminiscences] Heart Throbs of the West, comp. By Kate B. Carter, vol. 9 (Salt Lake City: Daughters of Utah Pioneers, 1948) pp. 35-36. (CHL)
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