Julia Antoinette Matthews (1836-1913)

Willard Richards 1848 Pioneer Company
Numbered amoung the participants in the Willard Richards 1848 Pioneer Company, a early Mormon pioneer wagon train that left with about 526 individuals when it began its journey from the outfitting post at Winter Quarters, Nebraska. This company was divided into two sections, Willard Richards (1804-1854) section and Amasa Lyman Section. The Lyman section left the outfitting post on 1 July and the Richards section left on 3 July. Members of the company arrived in Salt Lake City from 10-19 October 1848.

The Matthews family followed John Brown (1820-1896) and William Crosby (1808-1880) and a small group of Mississippi Saints upto Winters Quarters where they joined this caravan.