Rosina's Story
Birth: January 1st, 1862 | female | in Amersham, Buckinghamshire, England
Death: August 18th, 1863 | 1 year old | at Wood River in Nebraska
Memorial: Stone 12 | left column
Rosina King is the youngest of three children born to George King and Maria Redding of England.
After crossing the ocean and arriving in America, the King family traveled to Nebraska and joined the Daniel McArthur Company. With other members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, the Company left August 6, 1863 for the Great Salt Lake Valley.
Exhaustive travel conditions, disease, injury, lack of food and medicine, prematurity, and extreme weather were some of the greatest threats to pioneers. The company had traveled about two weeks, when Rosina succumbed to dysentery. She is buried near Wood River in Nebraska.
According to the Elijan Larkin Journal: “18th passed a prarie dog citty to day. the Grass was almost burned up with the Sun. we Travelled two Hours after Sun Set & Camped by a Slough near the Platte for the night. A Child of Bro. Hen[r]y Fowler & another of Bro. Kings died at 7. A.M. & were Buried near the Camping place this evening.