• Melvin was born in Utah, but in his teenage years, he crossed the plains with the 1866 Holladay company as an out-and-back teamster.

John D. Holladay Company (1866)

• Age at Departure: 15
• Out-and-Back Teamster

Sources

• “Account book, 1866.” In Perpetual Emigrating Fund Company church trains accounts 1861-1868, Wards' accounts 1861-1868, image 1-2. (Teamster List)
• Utah Death Certificate Index, 1905-1967.