• Mary was traveling with and sharing a PEF Bond with the James Steele family.   James' sister Anne was married to Mary's son John, who traveled in 1852. Mary died en route and was buried ten miles east of Chimney Rock.

Edward Martin Company (1856)

• Age at Departure: 73
• Died en Route

Sources

• Bell, Stella Jaques, Life History and Writings of John Jaques [1978], 306.
• "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, 74.
• Perpetual Emigrating Fund, Financial Accounts 1849-1886, Ledger B, p. 236.
• Saints By Sea: Latter-day Saint Immigration to America