• Richard crossed the Atlantic on the ship Ashland in 1849.  He was re-baptized at Salt Lake City 20 March 1853.  On 1 June 1854 he consecrated an unknown sum of money to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at Springville, Utah.  He was still living in Springville at the time of the 1856 Utah Territorial Census.    His name is frequently in the records of the Utah Territorial Militia in Utah County.  He is buried at Fairview, Sanpete, County.

James Jepson Company (1852)

• Age at Departure: 17

Sources

• 1856 Utah census, Utah County.
• 1870 United States Federal Census
• 1900 United States Federal Census.
• "2nd Company," Deseret News, 18 September 1852, 2.
• "Fairview: Richard W. Westwood Closes Life's Work at 73," Deseret News, 21 April 1908, 3.
• Journal History of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Supplement after 31 December 1852, 9.
• Salt Lake Stake, Record of members collection, 1836-1970.
• Utah, Territorial Militia Records, 1849-1877.
• Utah State History Cemeteries and Burials Database.
• Watt, Ronald G., Consecration Deeds Index, 1854-1868.