• John sailed to America in 1863 on the ship Cynosure.

  The company he traveled with was noted in local church financial records.

  The Wellsville Ward financial records confirm that he was traveling in this company.

Thomas E. Ricks Company (1863)

• Age at Departure: 17

Sources

• 1870 Utah Census, Cache County.
• Donation account book, circa 1870-1882, 85-90
• Perpetual Emigrating Fund, Financial Accounts 1849-1886, Ledger C, p. 573.
• Utah Death Certificate Index, 1905-1967.