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Several other families joined the wagon train along the way.

Levinah Murphy, a widow, headed a family of 13, including her five adolescent children and two married daughters with their families.

The Eddy family was headed by a young man with a wife and small child.

Patrick Breen brought along his wife Peggy and seven children, all but the youngest of whom were boys.

A 40-year-old bachelor named Patrick Dolan camped with the Breens, and a general animal handler named Antonio also came along.

Lewis Keseberg, a German immigrant, joined with his wife and daughter ; a son was born on the trail.

Two young single men named Spitzer and Reinhardt traveled with another German couple, the Wolfingers, who also had a hired driver, " Dutch Charley " Burger.

An older man, a Belgian immigrant named Hardkoop, rode with them.

Luke Halloran, a young man who seemed to get sicker with tuberculosis every day, was passed from family to family, as none could spare the time or resources to care for him.