• He came with his wife and 4 children. He was the father of Alfred Balmforth and step-father of Hannah Hepworth, Mary Jane Hepworth, Mary Annice Hepworth and Samuel Hepworth. 

John D. Holladay Company (1866)

• Age at Departure: 36
• Head of Household

Sources

• "Balmforth Obsequies Tomorrow," Salt Lake Telegram, 27 June 1903, 10.
• “Captain John D. Holladay, accounts, 1866.” In Perpetual Emigrating Fund Company church trains accounts 1861-1868, Captains’ accounts 1862-1868. (Roster)
• “Captain John D. Holladay, receipts, 1866.” In Perpetual Emigrating Fund Company church trains accounts 1861-1868, Captains’ accounts 1862-1868.
• Denney, Charles, Reminiscences and diary, 1875 Jan.-1883 Apr., 14-25.
• Jefferson County, Ohio Marriages, 1800-1958.
• "Mary Jane Hepworth Bee," in Biographical Information relating to Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel Database.
• Perpetual Emigrating Fund, Financial Accounts 1849-1886, Ledger B, p. 328.