Lorenzo's Story
Birth: April 9th, 1844 | male | in Lima Township, Carroll, Illinois
Death: ?? ??, 1850 | 6 years old | Unknown Location
Memorial: Stone 1 | right column
Lorenzo Carter is the third child of John Harrison Carter and Elizabeth Runnels Sweat, both are from Maine. His parents met and were married in Ohio in 1838.
As members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and with a desire to journey west to the Great Salt Lake Valley, the family joined the William Snow/Joseph Young Company of 1850. Lorenzo is on the company list, however company records read: “There is no documentation of Lorenzo during the trek. He may have died before the family left Winter Quarters or after the family arrived in the Utah Territory but before the collection of the 1850/1851 census.”
Listed family members include: John Harrison Carter, 33; Elizabeth Runnells Carter, 31; Sophia Eldora Carter, 22; Maryette Carter, 7; John Hirum Carter, 3; Harrison Mastin Carter, infant; and Amos Libby Carter, infant … were traveling with the William Snow/Joseph Young Company.
In their family history it says that Lorenzo wasn't on the census for 1850 either. While undocumented Lorenzo may have died on the trail between Mt. Pisgah and Winter Quarters, before the family began the journey westward.