• John traveled overseas on the ship Golconda, with his wife and her family. His wife died of Cholera in Missouri so he continued on to Utah with his father-in-law, Thomas Squires, and sister-in-law, Sarah Ann Squires. He married Sarah in Utah in November of 1855, but they both returned to Iowa where they lived out the remainder of their lives.

Company Unknown (1855)

• Age at Departure: 21

Sources

• 1870 Iowa Census.
• Find a Grave (Website)
• Perpetual Emigrating Fund, Financial Accounts 1849-1886, Ledger B, p. 2.
• Saints By Sea: Latter-day Saint Immigration to America