• Thomas initially emigrated with the Morris Phelps Company, however, later he also participated in the rescue efforts to retrieve the members stranded in Wyoming the winter of 1856.

Morris Phelps Company (1851)

• Age at Departure: 15

Rescue Companies (1856)

• Age at Departure: 20

Sources

• 1900 Utah Census.
• Jones, Annie Maria Mantle, Biographical sketch of Lewellyn and Catherine Mantle.
• "Names of Persons Who Volunteer to Go as Teamsters."  Offerings for the assistance of the P. E. F. immigrants, 1856 October. Perpetual Emigrating Fund Company general files, 1850-1887.
• "Pioneer of Uintah County Gone to Rest," Vernal Express, 5 July 1912, 1.
• Utah Death Certificates.