• He sailed to America in 1849 on the ship James Pennell.

  The family's travel to Utah is also confirmed by the obituary of Moroni Fisher.

James W. Cummings Company (1851)

• Age at Departure: 46
• Head of Household

Sources

• 1850 Missouri Census, St. Louis County
• Alfred Cordon Emigrating Company journal, 1851 June-September.
• Journal History of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Supplement after 31 December 1851, 2.
• Levi Hammon Emigrating Company journal, 1851 June-September.
• McAllister, J[ohn] D[aniel] T[hompson], Journals, reel 1, vol. 1, p. 2-3
• “Moroni Fisher, Another Pioneer of
  Ashley Valley Passes on to the Beyond,” Vernal Express, 13 June 1928, 1.
• "Reminiscences, 1851-1853." In John D. T. McAllister journals 1851-1906. (MS 1257, Reel 1, Box 1, Folder 1), 6-7.
• Saints By Sea: Latter-day Saint Immigration to America