• Lars emigrated from Denmark with his wife, Bodil and son Lars C. They came on the ship, Thornton in 1856. Their surname is written as "Mason" on Deseret News roster.

William B. Hodgetts Company (1856)

• Age at Departure: 61
• Head of Household
• Died en Route

Sources

• Denmark, Baptisms, 1618-1923.
• "Denmark Marriages, 1635-1916."
• Genealogy and Family Pioneer History. Mount Pleasant Historical Association
• "Immigration to Utah," Deseret News, 15 October 1856, 254.
• Journal History of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 15 December 1856, 6.
• Saints By Sea: Latter-day Saint Immigration to America
• W. B. Hodgetts Company report, 1856.