• The company roster indicates that he was traveling with the Thompson family. It is uncertain what his relationship was with them.

Silas Richards Company (1849)

• Age at Departure: 18

Sources

•  Journal History of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Supplement after 31 December 1849, 5G.
• Silas Richards company, 1849 September.
• Silas Richards letter to Brigham Young, 24 August 1849.