• Christina and her children sailed to America in 1850 on the ship Argo.  Another child, Mary Elizabeth Cooper, born in 1849, was on the ship with the family, but we have not been able to determine if she survived and came to Utah with the family. 

   

Moses Clawson Company (1853)

• Age at Departure: 15

William B. Preston Company (1864)

• Age at Departure: 26
• Out-and-Back Teamster

Sources

• 1900 United States Federal Census
• "Captain William B. Preston, memorandum book, 1864," Perpetual Emigrating Fund Company church trains accounts 1861-1868, Captains' accounts 1862-1868.
• “Captain William B. Preston Company (first ox train), manifest, 1864.” Perpetual Emigrating Fund Company church trains accounts 1861-1868, Captains’ accounts, 1862-1868.
• Find a Grave (Website)
• “Freight Manifests, 1864, 1868.” In Perpetual Emigrating Fund Company church trains accounts 1861-1868, Freight manifests, 1861-1868, p. 12-31. (CR 376 8, Box 1, Folder 4)
• "Funeral Service at Wellsville for Joseph Cooper Sr.," The Journal, 31 May 1928, p. 1, 2.
• "Locals," Logan Republican, 15 December 1906, 1.
• Saints By Sea: Latter-day Saint Immigration to America
• "St. Louis Company report, 1853 June 30." In Brigham Young office emigrating companies reports 1850-1862, Reports 1853-1855. (CR 1234 5, Box 1, Folder 25)