• John initially arrived in the Valley with his family in 1852, but several years later, he crossed the plains again as a teamster for the 1864 William Warren out-and-back company.

  The Jones family sailed to America in 1848 on the ship Erin’s Queen.

Uriah Curtis Company (1852)

• Age at Departure: 11

William S. Warren Company (1864)

• Age at Departure: 23
• Out-and-Back Teamster

Sources

• “16th Company of 50 report, 1852 July 4.” In Brigham Young Office emigrating companies reports 1850-1862, Reports 1850-1852.
• 1860 Utah Census.
• Jones, John Lee, Reminiscences [ca. 1900-1926], 12-14.
• Jones, John Lee. Reminiscences, circa 1900-1926, 3-6.
• Journal History of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Supplement after 31 December 1852, 106.
• "Services Held for Early Pioneer and Church Worker," Iron County Record, 10 January 1935, 4.
• Utah Death Certificates.