• The company records indicate that Stephen came in a traveling group of six. It is uncertain exactly who those individuals were. He arrived in New Orleans on 5 April 1852 via the ship Ellen Maria. On that ship's passenger list, after Stephen's name is listed Henry Woods, Sarah Brown, and Fanny Woods. Henry and Fanny were Stephen's siblings, so they most likely were part of the six. It is possible Sarah was part of the group as well, but further research is needed to identify the remaining two people in the group.

John Tidwell Company (1852)

• Age at Departure: 21
• Head of Household

Sources

• "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.
• "Died," Saints' Herald, 29 November 1899, 776.
• Journal History of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Supplement after 31 December 1852, 30.
• New Orleans, Passenger Lists, 1813-1963.
• "Registry of Names of Persons Residing in the Various Wards as to Bishops' Reports, Great Salt Lake City, Dec. 28th, A.D. 1852" in Key to Migration Sources, Great Britain and North America: A Manual for Students Attending the Second Annual Priesthood Genealogical Research Seminar, June 19-23, 1967 (Provo: Brigham Young University Division of Continuing Education, 1967), edited by Norman Edgar Wright.