Joseph's Story
Birth: March 8th, 1854 | male | in Dallerup, Skanderborg, Denmark
Death: June 23rd, 1857 | 3 years old | Nebraska
Memorial: Stone 8
Joseph Petersen was born to Peder Anderson (Peter) Just and Karen Marie Christensen, both of Denmark. After emigrating to America, they joined Christian Christiansen Company to journey with other members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to the Salt Lake Valley, Utah. The company left Iowa on June 15.
Just two weeks into the journey, little 3-year-old Joseph passed away and was buried along the Mormon Trail, East of Council Bluffs, Nebraska. (The cause of death is unknown.)
According to Soren Jacobsen's journal of the trip: “Tuesday, June 23, Broke camp and between 5 and 6:00 and kept on till 11 a.m. Rested till afternoon. Started and kept going till it began to rain and the road became so muddy we soon camped by some trees. At noon the child [Joseph] of Potto Justs [Peter Anderson Just] died and was buried.”