• On 10 May 1865, Richard left for a mission to Wales.  On 28 May 1868, he was released from his mission, and left Wales on 4 June 1868 on the steamship “John Bright” with 700 other Saints.  He landed in New York on 14 June, and then traveled by train to Laramie, Wyoming.  From there, he traveled home with the Chester Loveland Company, as indicated by the Deseret Evening News article of 20 August 1868.

Joseph W. Young Company (1853)

• Age at Departure: 25
• Head of Household

Chester Loveland Company (1868)

• Age at Departure: 40
• Returning Missionary

Sources

• 1870 United States Federal Census
• 1880 United States Federal Census
• "Correspondence," Deseret Evening News, 17 Aug. 1868, 2.
• Davis, Richard Jenkins, Autobiography and journal 1852 June 1887 Apr., 20 [translation typescript].
• "Deaths", Deseret Evening News, 15 Oct. 1892, 3.
• Early Missionary Database
• "Elders Arrived," Deseret Evening News, 20 Aug. 1868, 3.
• Joseph W. Young company report, 1853 September 22.
• Missionary Department Missionary Registers, 1860-1959, Volume 1.
• Saints By Sea: Latter-day Saint Immigration to America
• Wales, Glamorganshire, Parish Registers, 1538-1912