• William emigrated from England with his wife, Elizabeth Mary. His birth date and death date are confirmed by his death certificate and obituaries.

John A. Hunt Company (1856)

• Age at Departure: 29
• Head of Household

Sources

• Handcart Veterans Association. Handcart Veterans Association scrapbook, 1906-1914, folder 6. 
• Handcart Veterans Association. Handcart Veterans Association scrapbook, 1906-1914, folder 7. 
• History of Tooele County [1961], vol. 4, p. 431
• "Immigration to Utah," Deseret News, 15 October 1856, 254.
• “John A. Hunt Company report, 1856.” In Brigham Young office emigrating companies reports 1850-1862, Reports 1856-1862. (CR 1234 5, Box 1, Folder 49)
• Journal History of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 15 December 1856, 9.
• "Pioneer Laid To Rest," Deseret Evening News, 24 June 1912, 14.
• "Pioneer of 1856 Answers Last Call," Deseret Evening News 20 June 1912, 12.
• Spicer, William, [Reminiscences], in Orson F. Whitney, History of Utah, 4 vols. [1904], 4:431.
• Spicer, William to S. S. Jones, Handcart Veterans Association, ca. 1906. Handcart Veterans Association, Scrapbook, 1906-1914, fd. 2.
• Utah Death Certificates.