I know from experience just what such a supper meant to that camp and how it tasted. God bless that company. I came to know nearly all of them personally, and a bigger hearted set never lived. They earned the right to be called pioneers in the true sense of the word, but a large percentage have gone on to pleasant paths, where the remainder of us are soon to be joined in enduring fellowship.

"In the list following are the names of the Natchess Pass immigrants of 1853. The names followed by other names in parentheses are those of young ladies who subsequently married men bearing the names within the parentheses:

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"James Biles,[12] Mrs. Nancy M. Biles,[12] Geo. W. Biles, James D. Biles,[12] Kate Biles (Sargent), Susan B. Biles (Drew), Clark Biles,[12] Margaret Biles,[12] Ephemia Biles (Knapp), Rev. Chas. Byles,[12] Mrs. Sarah W. Byles,[12] David F. Byles,[12] Mary Jane Hill (Byles), Rebecca E. Byles (Goodell),[12] Chas. N. Byles,[12] Sarah I. Byles (Ward), John W. Woodward,[12] Bartholomew C. Baker,[12] Mrs. Fanny Baker,[12] James E. Baker,[12] John W. Baker, Leander H. Baker, Elijah Baker,[12] Mrs. Olive Baker,[12] Joseph N. Baker, Wm. LeRoy Baker, Martha Brooks (Young),[12] Newton West, William R. Downey,[12] Mrs. W. R. Downey,[12] Christopher C. Downey,[12] Geo. W. Downey,[12] James H. Downey,[12] R. W. Downey, John M. Downey, Louise Downey (Guess),[12] Janes Downey (Clark),[12] Susan Downey (Latham),[12] Laura B. Downey (Bartlett), Mason F. Guess,[12] Wilson Guess,[12] Austin E. Young, Henry C. Finch,[12] Varine Davis,[12] James Aiken, John Aiken, Glenn Aiken, Wesley Clinton, J. Wilson Hampton, John Bowers, William M. Kincaid,[12] Mrs. W. M. Kincaid,[12] Susannah Kincaid (Thompson), Joseph C. Kincaid, Laura Kincaid (Meade),[12] James Kincaid, John Kincaid,[12] James Gant, Mrs. James Gant, Harris Gant, Mrs. Harris Gant. All of the foregoing were from Kentucky. Isaac Woolery,[12] Mrs. Isaac Woolery, Robert Lamuel Woolery, James Henderson Woolery, Sarah Jane Woolery (Ward) (born on Little Sunday), Abraham Woolery,[12] Mrs. Abraham Woolery (Aunt Pop), Jacob Francis Woolery,[12] Daniel Henry Woolery, Agnes Woolery (Lamon), Erastus A. Light,[12] Mrs. E. A. Light,[12] Henry Light, George Melville,[12] Mrs. George Melville,[12] Kate Melville (Thompson),[12] Robert Melville,[12] Isaac H. Wright,[12] Mrs. I. H. Wright,[12] Benjamin Franklin Wright,[12] Mrs. B. F. Wright, James Wright, Eliza Wright (Bell), Rebecca Wright (Moore), William Wright, Byrd Wright,[12] Grandfather—Wright, Grandmother—Wright, Jas. Bell, Annis Wright (Downey). The foregoing were from Missouri. Tyrus Himes,[12] Mrs. Tyrus Himes,[12] George H. Himes, Helen L. Himes (Ruddell), Judson W. Himes, Lestina Z. Himes (Eaton),[12] Joel Risdon,[12] Henry Risdon, Chas. R. Fitch,[12] Frederick Burnett,[12] James Longmire,[12] Mrs. James Longmire, Elcaine Longmire, David Longmire, John A. Longmire, Tillathi Longmire (Kandle), Asher Sargent,[12] Mrs. A. Sargent,[12] E. Nelson Sargent, Wilson Sargent,[12] F. M. Sargent,[12] Matilda Sargent (Saylor), Rebecca Sargent (Kellet), Van Ogle, John Lane, Mrs. John Lane, Joseph Day, Elizabeth Whitesel (Lane), Wm. Whitesel, Mrs. Wm. Whitesel, William Henry Whitesel, Nancy Whitesel (Leach), Clark N. Greenman, Daniel E. Lane,[12] Mrs. D. E. Lane,[12] Edward Lane, William Lane, Timothy Lane, Albert Lane, Margaret Whitesel, Alexander Whitesel, Cal Whitesel. The foregoing were from Indiana. Widow Gordon, Mary Frances Gordon, or McCullough, Mrs. Mary Ann McCullough Porter,——McCullough,——Frazier,[12] Mrs. Elizabeth Frazier,[12] Peter Judson,[12] Mrs. Peter Judson,[A] Stephen Judson, John Paul Judson, Gertrude Shoren Judson (Delin), John Neisan.[A] The foregoing were from Illinois. In addition to the above were William H. Mitchell and John Stewart,[13] from States unknown."

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