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

Edward Martin Company (1856)

• Age at Departure: 34
• Head of Household

Sources

• 1860 Utah Census.
• Endowments of the living, 1851-1884.
• Goodaker, Lydia Franklin, Autobiography, [ca. 1927], 6-7.
• Historians Office Record of Members (Minnie Margetts file).
• Historical Department journal history of the Church, 1830-2008, 30 November 1856, 7.
• "Immigration to Utah," Deseret News, 15 October 1856, 254.
• Joseph Beecroft, Journals 1844-1882, Volume 6, 1856 March-1859 April.
• Josiah Rogerson, "Strong Men, Brave Women and Sturdy Children Crossed the Wilderness Afoot," Salt Lake Tribune, 4 January 1914.
• Perpetual Emigrating Fund, Financial Accounts 1849-1886, Ledger B, p. 246.
• Saints By Sea: Latter-day Saint Immigration to America
• Stella Jaques Bell, Life History and Writings of John Jaques: Including a Diary of the Martin Handcart Company (Rexburg, Idaho: Ricks College Press, 1978), 118-22, 129, 134-37, 140-41, 143-44, 150.