• He originally came to the Valley alone in 1852. After being called on a mission, several years later, he married in the East, and brought back his new wife and two of his children by his previous marriage.

Benjamin Gardner Company (1852)

• Age at Departure: 47
• Head of Household

John Smith Company (1860)

• Age at Departure: 55
• Head of Household

Sources

• Historical Department journal history of the Church, 1830-2008, Supplement after 31 December 1860, 39.
• John Smith Company report, 1860 July 27, Brigham Young office emigrating companies reports, 1850-1862.
• "The Immigration," Deseret News, 15 August 1860, 189.
• Winegar, Alvin, [Record book], in Papers 1841-1906.