• Family of 2; from Scotland

John Tidwell Company (1852)

• Age at Departure: 22

John Gillespie Company (1868)

• Age at Departure: 38
• Company Captain

Sources

• "5th Company," Deseret News, 18 September 1852, 2.
• 5th Company of 50 report, 1852 September 14, Brigham Young office emigrating companies reports, 1850-1862.
• Biographical Record of Salt Lake City and Vicinity (Chicago: National Historical Record Company, 1902), 589.
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