• One of his children, Nancy Horizon Wilson, was born and died in 1856 on the ship Horizon.

   

Edward Martin Company (1856)

• Age at Departure: 26
• Head of Household

Sources

• Bailey, Langley A. to Albert Jones, Handcart Veterans Association, 23 September 1907. Handcart Veterans Association, Scrapbook, 1906-1914, fd 3.
• Bell, Stella Jaques, Life History and Writings of John Jaques [1978], 305.
• Bell, Stella Jaques, Life History and Writings of John Jaques [1978], 307.
• Handcart Veterans Association. Handcart Veterans Association scrapbook, 1906-1914, folder 6. 
• "Immigration to Utah," Deseret News, 15 October 1856, 254.
• Josiah Rogerson, "Martin's Handcart Company, 1856," Salt Lake Herald-Republican, 10 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,  7, 61.
• Perpetual Emigrating Fund, Financial Accounts 1849-1886, Ledger B, p. 250.