Sources Consulted

Great appreciation is extended to Janice Kapp Perry for her initial research into this story and also to Robert and Colleen Bentley for sharing their family history collection.

Books

Abegg, Myrlon Bentley. The Poetry of Emily Hill Woodmansee. Published privately, 1986.

Allphin, Jolene S. Tell My Story, Too. Published privately, 2001.

Crocheron, Augusta Joyce, comp. Representative Women of Deseret. Salt Lake City: J. C. Graham & Co., 1884.

Erdman, Kimball Stewart. Israel Ivins: A Biography. Published privately, 1969.

Garner, Ceytru B., comp. Richard Ivins Bentley: His Family and Some Life Experiences. Published privately, 2008.

Hymns of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Salt Lake City: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1985.

Journal of Discourses. 26 vols. London: Latter-day Saints’ Book Depot, 1854–86.

Latter-day Saint Hymns. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1927.

Lyman, Paul D. The Willie Handcart Company: Their Day-by-Day Experiences, Including Trail Maps and Driving Directions. Provo, UT: BYU Studies, 2006.

Olsen, Andrew D. The Price We Paid: The Extraordinary Story of the Willie & Martin Handcart Pioneers. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2006.

Whitney, Orson F. History of Utah. 4 vols. Salt Lake City: George Q. Cannon & Sons, 1904.

Periodicals

Uchtdorf, Dieter F. “Lift Where You Stand.” Ensign, November 2008, 53–55.

Journals

Journal History of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. November 9–19, 1856. Church History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah.

“Latest News from the Plains.” The Mormon, November 15, 1856, 3. In Journal History of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Church History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah.

Willie, James G. “Synopsis of the 4th Handcart Company’s Trip from Liverpool, England, to Great Salt Lake City in the Spring, Summer and Autumn of 1856.” November 9, 1856. In Journal History of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Church History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah.

Websites

“Alexandrina Bray.” Barbarowa Genealogy. http://brooklyncentre.com/trees/getperson.php?personID=I16374&tree=Brainard.

Chislett, John. “Narrative.” In Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel, 1847–1868. http://lds.org/churchhistory/library/source/1,18016,4976–86169,00.html.

Perry, Janice Kapp. “As Sisters in Zion—Born a Century Apart.” Lost Hymns Project. http://www.losthymnsproject.com/Hymnastics_101/as_sisters_in_zion.htm.

Ririe, David. “Life Story of Martha Webb Campkin Young.” Ririe.org: The Online Resource for the James E. Ririe Family. http://www.ririe.org/history/documents/martha_webb_campkin_story.asp.

Smith, Marilyn Austin. “Faithful Stewards—The Life of James Gray Willie and Elizabeth Ann Pettit.” In Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel, 1847–1868. http://lds.org/churchhistory/library/source/1,18016,4976–7462,00.html.

Thorne, Ida Young, Martha A. Merrell, and Clarice Y. Whitesides, edited by Keith Young. “Isaac Campkin and Martha Webb History.” Youngzones.org. http://www.youngzones.org/~nkyoung/IsaacCampkinHistory.html.

“Thornton: Liverpool to New York.” Mormon Migration. Brigham Young University. http://lib.byu.edu/mormonmigration/voyage.php?id=343.