- Birth Date
- 8 February 1830
- Death Date
- 12 May 1906
- Gender
- Male
Francis Webster
He came with his wife, Elizabeth, and they sailed to America in 1856 on the ship Horizon.
Edward Martin Company (1856)
- Age at Departure: 26
- Head of Household
Traveled with
Sources
- 1900 Utah Census.
- Black, Susan Easton. Membership of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints: 1830-1848 (Provo, UT: Brigham Young University, [1984-1988]).
- Bleak, James Godson, Journal 1854 Feb.-1860 Feb.
- Find a Grave (Website)
- "Immigration to Utah," Deseret News, 15 October 1856, 254.
- 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, 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. 230
- Saints By Sea: Latter-Day Saint Immigration to America
- Utah Death Certificates.
- Webster, Francis, Reminiscences [ca. 1848-1881], 9.