• His travel to Utah is mentioned in his mother's obituary. His birth and death dates are confirmed by his death certificate.

  The family sailed to America in 1856 on the ship Horizon.

Edward Martin Company (1856)

• Age at Departure: 18

Sources

• Bailey, Langley A., "Reminiscences", Deseret News, 1 September 1906, 20-21.
• Bailey, Langley A. to Albert Jones, Handcart Veterans Association, 23 September 1907. Handcart Veterans Association, Scrapbook, 1906-1914, fd 3.
• Bailey, Langley A. to Isaac J. Wardle, 28 November 1916.
• Bailey, Langley Allgood, Reminiscences and journal [ca. 1920]-1929, 4-7.
• Handcart Veterans Association. Handcart Veterans Association scrapbook, 1906-1914, folder 6. 
• Handcart Veterans Association. Handcart Veterans Association scrapbook, 1906-1914, folder 7. 
• "Handcart Veterans Unite to Strengthen Old Bonds," Salt Lake Herald-Republican, 6 April 1910, 1.
• Journal History of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 30 November 1856, 72.
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