• Church ordinance records prove that John was in Salt Lake City before November 1853.  His middle name is found in his obituary and the Salt Lake Cemetery records.

Moses Clawson Company (1853)

• Age at Departure: 57

Sources

• 1870 Utah Census.
• "Died," Deseret News, 15 May 1878, 239.
• Fifteenth Ward, Record of members collection, 1836-1970.
• St. Louis Company report, 1853 June 30.
• Utah, Deaths and Burials, 1888-1946.
• Utah, Salt Lake County Death Records, 1849-1949.
• Utah State History Cemeteries and Burials Database.