Sources

• Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel, 1847–1868 Edmiston, Martha Jane Snow; Birth Date: 3 Sep. 1826; Death Date: 5 Mar. 1891; Gender: Female; Age: 24; Company: Unidentified Companies (1851). Pioneer Information: Circumstantial evidence from census records, church records, newspaper records and genealogical information proves the Edmiston family traveled to Utah in 1851. In the 1850 Iowa census the surname is spelled Edinson; in the 1852 "Registry of names of Persons Residing in the Various Wards as to Bishop's Reports, Great Salt Lake City," the surname is spelled Edminister. Sources: 1850 Iowa Census, Pottawattamie Co.; 1856 Utah Census; New FamilySearch.
• U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900. Name: Martha Jane Snow; Gender: Female; Birth Place: VT; Birth Year: 1827; Spouse Name: John Edmiston; Marriage Year: 1842; Number Pages: 1. Source Citation: Source number: 249.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: RCR. Source Information: Yates Publishing. U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004. Original data: This unique collection of records was extracted from a variety of sources including family group sheets and electronic databases. Originally, the information was derived from an array of materials including pedigree charts, family history articles, querie.