• Was traveling with his son, and possibly other family members. Originated from the Cape of Good Hope, Africa and had carried mail for the British government.

Edward Stevenson Company (1859)

• Age at Departure: 58
• Head of Household

Sources

• "An Incident of the Plains," Juvenile Instructor , 1 Mar. 1883, p. 68.
• "Died," Deseret News , 19 Jan. 1876, 811.
• Jackman, Susannah Catherine Ovard, Reminiscences, in Gordon R. Orme, comp., The Family of William Martin and Mina May Smith Ovard (1999), 118-20.
• Taylor, Anstis Elmina Shepard, [1859 Diary], Collection 1844-1956, box 1, fd. 1.
• "Thomas Wasden," In Biographical Information Relating to Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel database.