• 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.
• Perpetual Emigrating Fund, Financial Accounts 1849-1886, Ledger C, p. 573.
• Utah Death Certificate Index, 1905-1967.
• "Wellsville Ward, Persons Who Emigrated by P.E.F. Belonging to this Ward," Wellsville Ward financial records, 1859-1882, Volume 1:85-90.