• The family's travel to Utah in 1852 is confirmed by the obituary of William.

  Her travel to Utah is also mentioned in her daughter's obituary.

Henry W. Miller Company (1852)

• Age at Departure: 31

Sources

• 1850 Iowa Census, Pottawattamie County.
• "Death of Sister E. Bentley," Deseret Evening News, 11 December 1882.
• "Mrs. Mary L. B. Woolley Dies," The Salt Lake Herald , 24 July 1918, 6.
• Perpetual Emigrating Fund Company general files, 1850-1887.
• "William Oscar Bentley Suddenly Called Home," Washington County News, 18 March 1920, 1.