• Captain of the 8th Company of Ten. His birth date and death date are confirmed by Utah, Salt Lake County death records.

Brigham Young Vanguard Company (1847)

• Age at Departure: 50

Sources

• Bullock, Thomas, Journals 1843-1849, vol. 4.
• Clayton, William, Diary, 1847 January-December.
• Find a Grave (Website)
• Jacob, Norton, Reminiscence and journal 1844 May-1852 January, 47-85.
• Kimball, Heber C., Journal, in Papers 1837-1866.
• Lyman, Amasa Mason, Diary, reel 1, vol. 8, 1-26 and 1-10, written by Albert Carrington, in Amasa Mason Lyman, Collection 1832-1877.
• Rockwood, Albert Perry, Diary, 1847 April-July.
• Thornton, Horace, to Brother G. Rognon, 29 Dec. 1896, 1-3. (Trail excerpt transcribed from "Pioneer History Collection" available at Pioneer Memorial Museum [Daughters of Utah Pioneers Museum], Salt Lake City, Utah. Some restrictions apply.)
• Utah, Salt Lake County Death Records, 1849-1949.
• Woodruff, Wilford, Journal, 1847 Jan.-1853 Dec., box 2, fd. 3, in Journals and papers 1828-1898, 26-77.