• He initially traveled to the Valley in 1847. He is seen on the trail again in 1855, coming back to Salt Lake from California.

Abraham O. Smoot - Samuel Russell Company (1847)

• Age at Departure: 16

William McBride Company (1855)

• Age at Departure: 24

Sources

• 1880 California Census
• Allred, Redick Newton, Journals, 1852-[1856], reel 9, vol. 2.
• California Death Index, 1940-1997.
• Find a Grave (Website)
• Journal History of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 21 June 1847, 47.
• Our Pioneer Heritage, vol. 4, p. 490
• Pratt, Parley P. to George A. Smith, 30 April 1855, "Elders' Correspondence," Deseret News [Weekly], 22 August 1855, 190.
• William McBride journals, 1854-1855; 1874, vol. 2.