• James, his wife Louisa, children William, Thomas, James Jr. and Louisa came from England in 1853 on the ship Elvira Owen.

  Although the Belliston family started in Claudius Spencer's company, they traveled most of the way in the Cyrus H. Wheelock Company in 1853. James later participated as one of the rescuers that were sent out in the winter of 1856 to assist the members of the Church stranded in Wyoming.

Claudius V. Spencer Company (1853)

• Age at Departure: 34

Cyrus H. Wheelock Company (1853)

• Age at Departure: 34
• Head of Household

Rescue Companies (1856)

• Age at Departure: 37

Sources

• 1860 Utah Census, Juab County.
• Belliston, Thomas, [Autobiography], in Lester H. Belliston, comp., Belliston: James Thomas Belliston and Louisa Miller, Their Forebears and Descendants [1976], 8-9.
• “C. H. Wheelock Company report, 1853 September 19.” In Brigham Young office emigrating companies reports 1850-1862, Reports 1853-1855. (CR 1234 5, Box 1, Folder 32)
• Find a Grave (Website)
• "Names of Persons Who Volunteer to Go as Teamsters."  Offerings for the assistance of the P. E. F. immigrants, 1856 October. Perpetual Emigrating Fund Company general files, 1850-1887.
• Perpetual Emigrating Fund, Financial Accounts 1849-1886, Ledger A, p. 12.
• "The Dead," Deseret News [Weekly], 23 Feb. 1895, 320.
• Utah State History Cemeteries and Burials Database.