Lucy Maria Canfield — Survival and Healing After Wagon Accident

In 1862, while traveling to the Salt Lake Valley in the Isaac A. Canfield Company, 14-year-old Lucy Maria Canfield was involved in a life-threatening accident on the plains. While the company was in transit, Lucy fell from a moving wagon, and the heavy wheels of the loaded vehicle passed directly over her body. Such accidents were frequently fatal or resulted in permanent crippling during the pioneer era. Following the accident, she was administered to by the elders of the company, including her father, Captain Isaac Augustus Canfield. Through the power of the priesthood and her faith, she experienced a remarkable and rapid recovery, surviving the incident without permanent injury and successfully completing the trek to Utah. This account is a documented part of the Daughters of Utah Pioneers (DUP) history collection and is cited as a primary example of divine protection and healing during the 1862 immigration.