John's Story
Birth: January 5th, 1862 | male | in Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England
Death: September ??, 1864 | 2 years old | in Wyoming on the Mormon Trail
Memorial: Stone 13 | right column
John Crowther is the fifth of seven children born to John Crowther and Mary Jackson, both from England.
The Crowther family immigrated to America, sailing on the ship “Monarch of the Sea.” After arriving in America, they traveled to Nebraska where they joined an unknown company to come to the Utah Territory. With other members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, the company arrived in Salt Lake City on October 18, 1864.
Exhaustive travel conditions, disease, injury, lack of food and medicine, premature birth, and extreme weather were some of the greatest threats to pioneers. Some of the Saints in the company suffered from Rocky Mountain spotted fever, a serious bacterial infection transmitted by ticks, as well as dysentery.
Two-year-old John became ill and passed away of unspecified causes. He is buried in Wyoming along the Mormon Trail. His brother also died about the same time.