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

Edward Martin Company (1856)

• Age at Departure: 35
• Head of Household

Sources

• 1900 Utah Census, Cache County.
• 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, "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, 68.
• "Mrs. Mary C. Cowley Dead," Deseret Evening News, 4 December 1905, p.9.
• Perpetual Emigrating Fund, Financial Accounts 1849-1886, Ledger B, p. 236.
• Saints By Sea: Latter-day Saint Immigration to America
• Utah Death Certificates.