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

  Evidence that he came in 1856 is confirmed in information found in 1857 Church financial records.

Edward Martin Company (1856)

• Age at Departure: 28
• Head of Household

Sources

• Handcart Veterans Association. Handcart Veterans Association scrapbook, 1906-1914, folder 7. 
• "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, 65.
• Perpetual Emigrating Fund, Financial Accounts 1849-1886, Ledger B, p. 252.
• Utah, Deaths and Burials, 1888-1946.