• Evidence from church (Perpetual Emigrating Fund) and documentary records proves he traveled to Utah in 1863. He initially traveled to Utah in 1861, but returned east with his father. They came back to Utah with the Patterson company.

Sixtus E. Johnson Company (1861)

• Age at Departure: 11

Alvus H. Patterson Company (1863)

• Age at Departure: 13

Sources

• A. H. Patterson Emigrating Company, Journal, 1863 June-Sept.
• Journal History of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 4 September 1863, 5.
• Missionary Department Missionary Registers, 1860-1959, Volume 1.
• Pioneer Pathways 5 (2002): 219