• His mother, a widow, died in Council Bluffs a short time before the company was to depart. William Addington Martindale and Rebecca Ann Haines Martindale brough little Franklin to Utah.  His name appears as Franklin Martindale on the company rosters.

  The Life History of Franklin Fitzfield Carter, written by his wife, mentions his travel to Utah.

James C. Snow Company (1852)

• Age at Departure: 4

Sources

• 18th Company of 50 report, 1852 July 11, Brigham Young office emigrating companies reports, 1850-1862.
• Carter, Franklin Fitzfield, [Reply to questions], in L. D. S. Individual Histories, Utah County: Provo, Mapleton, Vineyard, Springville , 4 vols., 1:65.
• Find a Grave (Website)
• "Franklin Fitzfield Carter," in Biographical Information Relating to Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel Database.
• Journal History of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Supplement after 31 December 1852, 112.
• Utah Death Certificates.