• His name is shown as "Cassius Hanson" on the company roster.

  He may be the Rasmus Hansen who sailed to America in 1856 on the ship Thornton with Lars C. Hansen, age 23.

James G. Willie Company (1856)

• Age at Departure: 21

Sources

• "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, 9 November 1856, 27.
• Perpetual Emigrating Fund, Financial Accounts 1849-1886, Ledger B, p. 222.
• Rogerson, Josiah. "Captain J. G. Willie's Or, the Fourth Handcart Company of 1856 [No. 1]," Salt Lake Herald, 15 December 1907, [5].
• Smith, Don H., e-mail communication, 8 Apr. 2010