• He came with his family and died at the Last Crossing of Sweetwater.

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

Edward Martin Company (1856)

• Age at Departure: 60
• Head of Household
• Died en Route

Sources

• Beecroft, Joseph, Journals 1844-1883, reel 3, vol. 6, 42-54.
• "Immigration to Utah," Deseret News, 15 October 1856, 254.
• Jackson, Aaron, [Reminiscences], in "Utah Pioneer Biographies," 44 vols., 15:2-7.
• 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, 67.
• Perpetual Emigrating Fund, Financial Accounts 1849-1886, Ledger B, p. 256.