• Charles initially traveled to the Salt Lake Valley in the John Tidwell Company in 1852. However, he later participated as one of the rescuers that were sent out in the winter of 1856 to assist the members of the Church stranded in Wyoming.

John Tidwell Company (1852)

• Age at Departure: 26

Rescue Companies (1856)

• Age at Departure: 30

Sources

• Charles Sansom autobiography, 1907, 12-80.
• Find a Grave
• Sansom, Charles, Autobiography and journals, 1873-1907, 49-53.
• Utah, Deaths and Burials, 1888-1946.