• The family sailed to America in 1851 on the ship Ellen Maria.

  John Toone first came to Utah in 1852 with his family.  He was called to serve a mission to England from 1854-1856.

Thomas C.D. Howell Company (1852)

• Age at Departure: 39
• Head of Household

Edward Martin Company (1856)

• Age at Departure: 43
• Returning Missionary

Sources

• "3rd Company," Deseret News [Weekly], 18 September 1852, 2.
• Bailey, Langley Allgood, Reminiscences and journal [ca. 1920]-1929, 4-7.
• Condie, Gibson, Reminiscences and diary, 1865-1910, 33-35.
• Giles, Aaron Barnet, to Barnet Moses Giles , 3 Dec. 1856, in Brigham Young, Office Files 1832-1878, box 25, fd. 16.
• Giles, Barnet Moses, to Brigham Young, Jan. 26, 1857, in Brigham Young, Office Files 1832-1878, box 25, fd. 16.
• Handcart Veterans Association. Handcart Veterans Association scrapbook, 1906-1914, folder 7. 
• "Immigration to Utah," Deseret News, 15 October 1856, 254.
• John W. Southwell autobiographical sketch, 1912 September 28.
• Josiah Rogerson, "Martin's Handcart Company, 1856," Salt Lake Herald-Republican, 20 October 1907, 28.
• Josiah Rogerson, "Martin's Handcart Company, 1856," Salt Lake Herald-Republican, 27 October 1907, 21.
• Josiah Rogerson, "Strong Men, Brave Women and Sturdy Children Crossed the Wilderness Afoot," Salt Lake Tribune, 4 January 1914.
• Journal History of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 15 October 1856, 2.
• Journal History of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 19 August 1854, 1.
•   Journal History of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 30 November 1856, 7, 60.
• Journal History of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Supplement after 31 December 1852, 12.
• Journal History of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Supplement after 31 December 1852, 16.
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• Patience L. Archer reminiscences, undated, 57-92.
• Perpetual Emigrating Fund, Financial Accounts 1849-1886, Ledger B, p. 262.
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• Saints By Sea: Latter-day Saint Immigration to America
• Utah State History Cemeteries and Burials Database.