Joseph SIDWELL

                   26 Mar 2002 - Harriet Taylor (52) is listed in the Ninth Company Roster, Daniel Robinson, Captain
page 311 book "Handcarts to Zion 1856 - 1860 By Hafen.

In the book "Emigrating Journals of The Willie and Martin Handcart Companies and The Hunt and Hodgett Wagon Trains" by Turner, it reads,
Harriet Siddwell Taylor 10 Nov 1856, page 138
Harriet Sidwell 49, .d 10 November 1856 wife of Joseph page 161

In the book "The Second Rescue" by Madsen, page 125 it reads, Taylor, Harriet Sidwell (49), wife, died November 10 near Martin's Cove.

In the book "Pioneer Women of Faith and Fortitude" Volume IV S to Z, page 3031 -
PIONEER: 1856, E. Martin Handcart Company
Harriet was born in Glascote, England. Little is known of her childhood but family records indicate that she was baptized a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in England.
Missionaries of the Church had come to England preaching the true Gospel. Harriet was touched in her heart that their message was true. She was a true and faithful member of the Church all of her adult life.
She married Joseph Taylor on October 12, 1832 in Clifton, England. They became the parents of three children; two boys and one girl. They were all born in England.
Harriet and Joseph had a strong desire to gather with the members of the Church in Utah. They sailed from Liverpool, England on May 25, 1856 with their family. They sailed on the ship "Horizon." They were in the Edward Martin Handcart Company, with 856 converts.
They arrived in Boston, Massachusetts and then made their way to Iowa City, Iowa. They were filled with faith and felt that they could walk across the Plains, drawing their provisions and clothing in a handcart.
They left Florence, Nebraska, August 25, 1856. Again, they were under the direction of Edward Martin, Captain of the handcart company, one-of the first to make the journey across the Plains pulling handcarts. The leaders of the Church felt that a group of pioneers could walk across the Plains in less time than it would take a wagon-train company.
The Martin Company left too late in the year and encountered many hardships because of this. Early storms plagued them and their food supply was not ample. Many died due to starvation and many due to diseases. Harriet's husband was one of those who died, the cause is not given. He passed away on October 28, 1856 at Fort Laramie, Wyoming.
Harriet passed away on November 10, 1856, twenty days before the handcart company arrived in the Salt Lake Valley. Her son-in-law, William Upton, her daughter Mary's husband, died the same day. Harriet and William were placed in a common shallow grave. The remaining grieving family members trudged on and arrived in the Salt Lake Valley on November 30, 1856, after being rescued by scouts sent by Brigham Young to find the stranded group in Wyoming.
Harriet gave her life to the Gospel that she had loved and believed with faith and devotion.

In all these books it has her death as 10 November 1856 not 24 September 1856.