Counting up the rest of her relatives who were traveling to Oregon with them, Mary Ann remembered to add Her Kyniston cousins to her mental list. Her seven year old cousin Mary Ann Kyniston rode with Richard and Nancy Evans, even though Edward Kyniston, age 4, and Thomas Kyniston, age 8, who were her brothers, and their father, Thomas Kyniston, had their own wagon, and were in the wagon train.
She had to count William Holloway, even though her sister Eliza Jane (Evans) Holloway had died, William was still a relative. Their little baby had been in her care ever since her sister passed away, and now she was bringing her one year old niece, Mary Jane Holloway, to Oregon.
Mary Ann quickly constructed her mental list of the rest of her relatives who were traveling with them. The Leach family and the Martin Family were down to earth, practical people who encouraged Mary Ann to ride in their wagons and while away the long hours of travel listening to outrageous stories of their family adventures. She resolved to write them in her diary every night so they would be remembered.
- William P. Leach, 32 years, m. to Polly Ann (d. 6 Jun 1902)
- Polly Ann (Martin) Leach, 31 years
- (Polly Ann's sister Virginia Ellen (Martin) EVANS m. David EVANS, son of Richard & Nancy): David and Virginia EVANS stayed in Iowa.
- Rachael Leach, 7 years old
- James Leach, 5 years
- David Leach, 2 years
- Thomas J. Martin, 27 years (brother of Polly Ann Leach and Virginia EVANS) (d. 6 May 1869), on the Census for 1850 Wapello Co. Iowa
- Selena (Plough) Martin, 26 years
- John Martin, 13 years
- Mary J Martin, 8 years
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