• His wife Helen, and children Euphemia and Franklin appear with him on the 1852 Kennebec ship manifest, but they died before he began his journey to Utah. He crossed the plains again in 1856 as a returning missionary.

John Tidwell Company (1852)

• Age at Departure: 28

George D. Grant Company (1856)

• Age at Departure: 32
• Returning Missionary

Sources

• 5th Company of 50 report, 1852 September 14.  
• Andrew Jenson, "Woodruff, Wilford," "Barnes, Mark," "Bertrand, Louis Alphonso," "Bolton, Curtis E.," "Dunbar, William C.," Latter-day Saint Biographical Encyclopedia, Volume 4 (Salt Lake City, Utah: The Andrew Jenson History Company, 1971), 334-335.
• "Arrivals," Deseret News [Weekly], 8 October 1856, 245.
• Council Point Emigrating Company journal, 1851 November-1852 September.
• Find a Grave (Website)
• George K. Bowering journal, 1842 July-1875 January, 79-118.
• J[aques], J[ohn], "Some Reminiscences," Salt Lake Daily Herald, 8 December 1878, 1.
• Journal History of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1 September 1856, 1-2.
• Journal History of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 28 October 1856, 1-2.
• "Journey from Florence to G. S. L. City," Deseret News , 22 October 1856, 258.
• "Utah State News," Iron County Record, 16 June 1905, 2.