Angeline Arthelia Chappell

Angeline Arthelia Chappell is the eighth of nine children born to Edward Chappell and Agnes Boardman, both from England.

The family immigrated to America, sailing on the ship “Hudson.” After arriving in America, they traveled to Nebraska and joined the William S. Warren Company. Along with other members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, the Company left for the Great Salt Lake Valley on July 21, 1864.

Exhaustive travel conditions, disease, injury, lack of food and medicine, premature birth, and extreme weather were some of the greatest threats to pioneers. Before reaching the Platte River in Nebraska, the Chappell family became ill with Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever (a bacterial disease spread by infected ticks), as well as dysentery.

Angeline lost her sisters, Jemima and Emily Ann, to Rocky Mountain Fever, and her father, Edward, later died from dysentery. One week later, her mother, Agnes, passed away from rheumatic fever. Four more of the Chappell children who were ill along the journey survived and were taken in by other families.

Angeline, 2-years-old came down with a fever and “canker” (usually caused from a weakened immune system) and passed away. She is buried at Three Crossings, Wyoming.