• Luke is the brother of Ellen's deceased husband, John Carter.

  He sailed to America in 1856 on the ship Horizon.

Edward Martin Company (1856)

• Age at Departure: 45
• Head of Household
• Died en Route

Sources

• Handcart Veterans Association. Handcart Veterans Association scrapbook, 1906-1914, folder 7. 
• Historians Office Record of Members (Minnie Margetts file).
• "Immigration to Utah," Deseret News, 15 October 1856, 254.
• Josiah Rogerson, "Martin's Handcart Company, 1856," Salt Lake Herald-Republican, 27 October 1907, 21.
• Josiah Rogerson, "Strong Men, Brave Women and Sturdy Children Crossed the Wilderness Afoot," Salt Lake Tribune, 4 January 1914.
• Journal History of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 30 November 1856,  7, 67.
• Loynd, James, The Martin Handcart Company, 1926.
• Perpetual Emigrating Fund, Financial Accounts 1849-1886, Ledger B, p. 256.
• Saints By Sea: Latter-Day Saint Immigration to America