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

Edward Martin Company (1856)

• Age at Departure: 23

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.
• "Random References," Ogden Standard, 19 November 1892, 8.