Donner Party timeline
Deaths
Luis and Salvador were not among the original 87 emigrants; their deaths bring the total number up to 42. However, as Sarah Keyes died prior to the journeys start, she is not always included in the death toll, bringing the number of deaths to 41.

Donner Party timeline

Section Title: Deaths
Table Section Text: Luis and Salvador were not among the original 87 emigrants; their deaths bring the total number up to 42. However, as Sarah Keyes died prior to the journeys start, she is not always included in the death toll, bringing the number of deaths to 41.

Name	Sex	Age	Date of death	Location of death	Cause of death	Disposal of remains	Family/Group

1	Sarah Keyes	F	70	29 May 1846	Kansas	Old age and illness	Buried	Reed family

2	Luke Halloran	M	25	4 September 1846	Nr Grantsville, UT	Tuberculosis	Buried	Taken in by Donner family at Little Sandy

3	John Snyder	M	25	5 October 1846	Iron Point, NV	Stabbed by James Reed	Buried	Graves teamster

4	Mr. Hardkoop	M	60	abt 10 October 1846	Along trail	Unknown	Left behind	Taken in by Keseberg

5	Mr. Wolfinger	M	26	abt 25 October 1846	Humboldt Sink	Killed by Keseberg, Reinhardt & Spitzer?	Unknown	German immigrant

6	William Pike	M	32	30 October 1846	Truckee Canyon	Accidentally shot	Buried	Murphy

7	Baylis Williams	M	25	14 December 1846	Reed cabin	Malnutrition	Buried	Reed employee

8	Jacob Donner	M	56	Bef 20 December 1846	Alder Creek	Unknown	Cannibalized later	Brother of George

9	Samuel Shoemaker	M	25	Bef 20 December 1846	Alder Creek	Unknown	Cannibalized later	With Jacob Donner

10	Joseph Reinhardt	M	30	Bef 20 December 1846	Alder Creek	Unknown	Prob. cannibalized later	With Wolfinger

11	James Smith	M	25	Bef 20 December 1846	Alder Creek	Unknown	Prob. cannibalized later	Reed teamster

12	Charles T. Stanton	M	35	Abt 21 December 1846	Summit Valley	Starvation, exhaustion, exposure	Left behind	With Donners

13	Franklin W. Graves	M	57	24 or 25 December 1846	Camp of Death	Hypothermia	Cannibalized	Graves

14	Antonio	M	23	24 or 25 December 1846	Camp of Death	Hypothermia	Cannibalized	With Donners

15	Patrick Dolan	M	35	25 December 1846	Camp of Death	Hypothermia	Cannibalized

16	Lemuel Murphy	M	12	26 December 1846	Camp of Death	Starvation, exhaustion	Cannibalized	Murphy

17	Charles Burger	M	30	29 December 1846	Keseberg lean-to	Starvation	Buried	Donner teamster

18	Jay Fosdick	M	23	abt 6 January 1847	Sierra foothills	Starvation, exhaustion	Cannibalized	Graves

*	Luis	M	19	abt 8 January 1847	Sierra foothills	Shot by William Foster	Cannibalized	Indian guide

*	Salvador	M	19	abt 8 January 1847	Sierra foothills	Shot by William Foster	Cannibalized	Indian guide

19	Louis Keseberg Jr.	M	1	24 January 1847	Murphy cabin	Starvation	Unknown	Keseberg

20	Landrum Murphy	M	16	31 January 1847	Murphy cabin	Starvation	Cannibalized later	Murphy

21	Harriet McCutchen	F	1	2 February 1847	Graves cabin	Starvation	Buried	McCutcheon

22	Margaret Eddy	F	1	4 February 1847	Murphy cabin	Starvation	Buried	Eddy

23	Eleanor Eddy	F	25	7 February 1847	Murphy cabin	Starvation	Buried	Eddy

24	Augustus Spitzer	M	30	8 February 1847	Breen cabin	Starvation	Buried	Donner teamster

25	Milt Elliot	M	28	9 February 1847	Murphy cabin	Starvation	Cannibalized later	Reed teamster

26	Catherine Pike	F	1	20 February 1847	Murphy cabin	Starvation	Buried in snow	Murphy

27	Ada Keseberg	F	3	abt 24 February 1847	Donner Pass	Starvation, exhaustion	Buried in snow	Keseberg

28	John Denton	M	30	abt 25 February 1847	Summit Valley	Starvation, exhaustion	Buried in snow	With Donners

29	William Hook	M	12	abt 27 February 1847	Foothill camp	Overeating	Buried	Jacob Donner

30	George Foster	M	4	March 1847	Breen cabin	Starvation	Cannibalized	Murphy

31	James P. Eddy	M	3	March 1847	Breen cabin	Starvation	Cannibalized	Eddy

32	Isaac Donner	M	5	abt 6 March 1847	Starved Camp	Starvation, exhaustion	Cannibalized	Jacob Donner

33	Franklin Graves, Jr.	M	5	abt 8 March 1847	Starved camp	Starvation, exhaustion	Cannibalized	Graves

34	Elizabeth Graves	F	45	abt 8 March 1847	Starved camp	Starvation, exhaustion	Cannibalized	Graves

35	Lewis Donner	M	3	7 March 1847	Alder Creek	Starvation	Buried in snow	Jacob Donner

36	Elizabeth Donner	F	40	March 1847	Alder Creek	Starvation	Unknown	Jacob Donner

37	Samuel Donner	M	4	March 1847	Alder Creek	Starvation	Unknown	Jacob Donner

38	Lavina Murphy	F	36	March 1847	Breen cabin	Starvation	Cannibalized	Murphy

39	George Donner	M	60/62	March 1847	Alder Creek	Starvation, infection	Cannibalized	Captain of Donner Party

40	Tamsen Donner	F	44	March or April 1847	Breen cabin	Unknown	Cannibalized	George Donner

Sentence(s)

Patrick Dolan and young Lemuel Murphy died at "Camp of Death"

final_sentence: Patrick Dolan and young Lemuel Murphy died at "Camp of Death"