
- Birth Date
- 13 April 1834
- Death Date
- 23 December 1902
- Gender
- Male
John Watkins
The family sailed to America in 1856 on the ship Horizon.
He was the company bugler.
Edward Martin Company (1856)
- Age at Departure: 22
- Head of Household
Traveled with
Sources
- "A Short Biographical Sketch on the Life of Bishop Watkins" Wasatch Wave, 2 January 1903, p. 2.
- Albert Jones notes, circa 1906.
- Find a Grave (Website)
- "Immigration to Utah," Deseret News, 15 October 1856, 254.
- John Watkins pioneer history, 1-5. Trail excerpt transcribed from "Pioneer History Collection" available at Pioneer Memorial Museum [Daughters of Utah Pioneers Museum), Salt Lake City, Utah. Some restrictions apply]
- Jones, Albert, Address, Handcart Veterans Association, 4 Oct. 1906. Handcart Veterans Association, Scrapbook, 1906-1914, fd 1.
- Josiah Rogerson, "Martin's Handcart Company, 1856," Salt Lake Herald-Republican, 20 October 1907, 28.
- Josiah Rogerson, "Martin's Handcart Company, 1856," Salt Lake Herald-Republican, 27 October 1907, 21.
- Josiah Rogerson, "Martin's Handcart Company, 1856," Salt Lake Herald-Republican, 3 November 1907.
- 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, 66.
- Perpetual Emigrating Fund, Financial Accounts 1849-1886, Ledger B, p. 264.
- Saints By Sea: Latter-day Saint Immigration to America
- William L. Spicer Binder biography and journal, undated, 8-19.