• In the 1847 Vanguard Company, Edison was part of the 9th Ten led by Heber C. Kimball. He was re-baptized in the Salt Lake Valley on 7 August 1847; then he returned to Winter Quarters. He returned to the Valley again with the 1850 Woodruff company, in which he served as captain of the 2nd fifty.

Brigham Young Vanguard Company (1847)

• Age at Departure: 42

Wilford Woodruff Company (1850)

• Age at Departure: 45

Sources

• Albert P. Rockwood journals, 1847-1853, Journal, 1847 April-July.
• Appleton M. Harmon diary, 1847 April-July.
• Book of the generations of Jacob Gibson, 1849-1881, 43-45, 76-77.
• Book of the generations of Jacob Gibson, 1849-1881.
• Find a Grave
• Heber C. Kimball journal in Heber C. Kimball papers, 1837-1866.
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