• The Smith family emigrated to the United States in 1855. They sailed on the ship Clara Wheeler. Edward is listed with his mother, Mary, siblings, Ralph, Ann, George, and Thomas, and sister-in-law, Hannah.

James S. Brown Company (1859)

• Age at Departure: 22

Sources

• "Funeral Services for Edward W. Smith," Deseret Evening News 1 Apr. 1910, 7.
• "Our Candidates," The Journal, 3 November 1894, p. 3.
• Saints By Sea: Latter-day Saint Immigration to America
• Smith, Edward Whitfield, Autobiographical sketch, 5-6.