In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content:

Appendix Partial list of shareholders and family members of the Mutual Land, Emigration, and Cooperative Colonization Company who emigrated from England Name Occupation John Ambrose Common Laborer Mary Ambrose Wife of John Thomas Ashton Agriculturalist William Horace William Beeby Painter/Agriculturalist Betsy Beeby Wife of William Benjamin George Henry Belshaw Laborer/Agriculturalist Elisabeth Belshaw Wife of Henry Robert Bielby Laborer/Agriculturalist Jane Bielby Wife of Robert Elizabeth Louisa Ellen + Mary Anne Edward Booker Carpenter William Byford Railway Porter 228 appendix Robert Clark Architect John Coney Carpenter George Cox Carpenter Jane Cox Wife of George George P. William Harriet Henry Frederick Susan Sophia Days Unknown William Delbridge Stone Mason George Dutch Carman Mary A. Dutch Wife of George Charles William Dutch Horse Keeper Walter Edgington Joiner/Agriculturalist Rebecca Edgington Wife of Walter William Edwards Joiner/Agriculturalist × John Fuller Coppersmith Ann Fuller Wife of John Henry John Jr. William Walter Martha Helena + Herbert Joseph Harrison Farm Laborer A. D. G. Hazel Engine Fitter George Hearn Undertaker Robert Hill Carpenter/Joiner Sophia William Jenkins Painter/Paper Hanger × Charles McCarthy Laborer [18.221.146.223] Project MUSE (2024-04-25 07:13 GMT) appendix 229 Mary McCarthy Wife of Charles Charles Jr. Thomas Eugene Justin Felix McCarthy Lithographic Printer Isaac May Laborer John R. Molineux Painter Charlotte Molineux Wife of John Florence Isabel + Alfred Josiah Morley Bricklayer Sophia Morley Wife of Josiah Walter John Mourdant Wood Turner *× Charles Murray Boot Closer Thomas Neil Engineer Sarah Plowman Dealer × John Radford Engraver/Metal Worker Maria Radford Wife of John Elizabeth Jane Mary William John Maximilian James Rebecca Robert Rogers Lawyer Edward (George) Rooney Warehouseman/Agriculturalist *= Charles Sargood Carpenter *= James Sargood Carpenter Thomas Savings Printer/Agriculturalist Mary Savings Wife of Thomas Alice 230 appendix = John Shallis Tanner × Edward G. Smith Carpenter Elizabeth Smith Wife of Edward John Stowell Warehouseman John Trent Plasterer/Agriculturalist George Walker Lawyer Ann Walker Wife of George George William Elizabeth Mrs. W. Walker Unknown George Weston Carpenter/Agriculturalist William Wessell Agriculturalist/Collector Martha Wessell Wife of William Herbert [key] * Returned to England = Never settled on the colony + Born on the colony × Served as colony superintendent After the colony collapsed, three shareholders in the Mutual Land, Emigration, and Cooperative Colonization Company immigrated to Kansas to join family or to purchase former colony lands. Name William Fish James Slark William Worcester [18.221.146.223] Project MUSE (2024-04-25 07:13 GMT) appendix 231 John T. Bristow mentioned a small number of families who he claimed came to Nemaha County, Kansas, from England as part of the colony . These are unconfirmed by any other source, although a few of the family names do have corresponding listings as shareholders in company records. Several definitely had no connection to the colony. Name Remarks William Conover From Canada Gates family From New York Helsby family Unknown McConwell family Unknown Morden family Possibly John Mourdant Perry family Possibly Alfred Perry or William Parry Mrs. Terbit Margaret Turbit from Indiana Weeks family From Ohio Minnerva Possibly Minnie Rogers ...

Share