• And family of 4.  Thomas and his family sailed to America in 1852 on the ship Kennebec.  

John Tidwell Company (1852)

• Age at Departure: 26
• Head of Household

Sources

• 1860 Utah Census, Salt Lake County.
• "5th Company," Deseret News, 18 September 1852, 2.
• 5th Company of 50 report, 1852 September 14.  
• Council Point Emigrating Company journal, 1851 November-1852 September.
• England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975
• George K. Bowering journal, 1842 July-1875 January, 79-118.
• Journal History of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Supplement after 31 December 1852, 31.
• Utah, Deaths and Burials, 1888-1946.