- Birth Date
- 20 March 1819
- Death Date
- 19 December 1903
- Gender
- Male
James Mellor Sr.
The Mellor family crossed the Atlantic on the ship Horizon in 1856.
Edward Martin Company (1856)
- Age at Departure: 37
- Head of Household
Traveled with
Sources
- Clark, Louisa Mellor, "History of Louisa Mellor Clark," 3-4. (Trail excerpt transcribed from "Pioneer History Collection" available at Pioneer Memorial Museum [Daughters of Utah Pioneers Museum], Salt Lake City, Utah. Some restrictions apply.)
- Clark, Louisa Mellor, A Record Given at Spring Lake, 1-2. Trail excerpt transcribed from "Pioneer History Collection" available at Pioneer Memorial Museum [Daughters of Utah Pioneers Museum], Salt Lake City, Utah. Some restrictions apply.
- Clark, Louisa Mellor, Reminiscences. Trail excerpt transcribed from “Pioneer History Collection” available at Pioneer Memorial Museum [Daughters of Utah Pioneers Museum], Salt Lake City, Utah. Some restrictions apply.
- Handcart Veterans Association. Handcart Veterans Association scrapbook, 1906-1914, folder 7.
- Historians Office Record of Members (Minnie Margetts file).
- "Immigration to Utah," Deseret News, 15 October 1856, 254.
- Josiah Rogerson, "Strong Men, Brave Women and Sturdy Children Crossed the Wilderness Afoot," Salt Lake Tribune, 4 January 1914.
- Journal History of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 30 November 1856, 7, 61.
- Perpetual Emigrating Fund, Financial Accounts 1849-1886, Ledger B, p. 252.