• James traveled with his wife, Jemima, and their six children. According to information found in his wife's obituary, James drowned while attempting to cross a river in present-day Ogden.

Robert Wimmer Company (1852)

• Age at Departure: 42
• Head of Household

Sources

• "15th Company," Deseret News, 18 September 1852, 2.
• 15th Company of 50 report, 1852 June 23.
• 1850 Iowa Census, Pottawattamie County.
• "Death of Mrs. Powell," Ogden Standard, 17 December 1893, [5].
• Find a Grave (Website)
• Indiana Marriages, 1802-1892.
• Journal History of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Supplement after 31 December 1852, 98.
• Presiding Bishopric immigrant location committee minutes, 1852 September 20-October 13.