Emma Smith Bolton

The Bolton family initially traveled to the Salt Lake Valley in 1848 with the Brigham Young Company.  The family included: Curtis Edwin and Rebecca Bunker and their children Ann Booth, Emma Smith, and Edwin Young; Curtis Edwin Jr., a son of Curtis Sr.’s from a previous marriage; and Curtis Sr.’s second wife, Ellen Coil Merritt.    Curtis Sr. served as company clerk.

Emma's birth date is confirmed by the Salt Lake County Death Records, her death certificate, and the 1900 Utah census.