• John initially traveled to the Salt Lake Valley as Captain of the first Fifty in the Brigham Young Company in 1848. However, he later participated as one of the rescuers sent out in the winter of 1856 to assist the handcart pioneers stranded in Wyoming.

Brigham Young Company (1848)

• Age at Departure: 31

Rescue Companies (1856)

• Age at Departure: 39

Sources

• 1850 Utah Census.
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