• He died from the effects of cholera, and his death is mentioned in the William Snow Journal.  In Wilford Woodruff's journal, he mentions passing the grave of John.

William Snow/Joseph Young Company (1850)

• Age at Departure: 25
• Died en Route

Sources

• William Snow journal, 1832-1833 and 1850, 3-8.
• Woodruff, Wilford, Journal, 1847 Jan.-1853 Dec., box 2, fd. 3, in Journals and papers, 1828-1898.