• His surname is spelled "Rees" on the 1849 Buena Vista manifest.

  Total of 6 in his traveling party.

William Morgan Company (1852)

• Age at Departure: 6

William B. Preston Company (1864)

• Age at Departure: 18
• Out-and-Back Teamster

Sources

• 13th Company of 50 report, 1852 September 25, Brigham Young office emigrating companies reports, 1850-1862.
• 1860 Utah Census, Box Elder County.
• 1900 United States Federal Census
• "Captain William B. Preston, memorandum book, 1864," Perpetual Emigrating Fund Company church trains accounts 1861-1868, Captains' accounts 1862-1868.
• “Captain William B. Preston Company (first ox train), manifest, 1864.” Perpetual Emigrating Fund Company church trains accounts 1861-1868, Captains’ accounts, 1862-1868.
• Find a Grave (Website)
• “Freight Manifests, 1864, 1868.” In Perpetual Emigrating Fund Company church trains accounts 1861-1868, Freight manifests, 1861-1868, p. 12-31. (CR 376 8, Box 1, Folder 4)
• Missionary Department Missionary Registers, 1860-1959, Volume 3.