• Morgan sailed to America in 1856 on the ship Horizon with his sister, Margaret Powell Evans, and her family.  The obituary of his nephew Evan Evans and the reminiscences of his niece Jennette confirm the family's travel to Utah in 1859.

Philip H. Buzzard Freight Train (1859)

• Age at Departure: 40

Sources

• 1851 Wales Census.
• 1860 Utah Census.
• "Death of Morgan Powell." The Standard, 30 August 1901, p. 5.
• "Evan Evans of Valley Expires," Ogden Standard Examiner, 16 July 1926, 11.
• Find a Grave
• Peck, Lisa J., "Jennette Eveline Evans McKay," pp. 16-19.
• Saints By Sea: Latter-day Saint Immigration to America