• The family sailed to America in 1856 on the ship Thornton.

James G. Willie Company (1856)

• Age at Departure: 16
• Died en Route

Sources

• Adolph M. Reeder writings, circa 1953.
• Historical Department journal history of the Church, 1830-2008, 1856 October-December, 9 November 1856, 19.
• Hurren, Emma and Gretta Camp. "Life Sketch of My Grandmother, Emma Hurren Woolf."
• James G. Willie Emigrating Company journal, 1856 May-November, 16-53.
• Levi Savage journal, 1855 March-1858 October.
• Marilyn Austin Smith, Faithful Stewards--the Life of James Gray Willie and Elizabeth Ann Pettit, 95-120.
• Perpetual Emigrating Fund Company financial accounts, 1849-1886, B, 1854-1867, 204.
• Reeder, Robert, History of Robert Reeder, 2-6.  Trail excerpt transcribed from "Pioneer History Collection" available at Pioneer Memorial Museum [Daughters of Utah Pioneers Museum], Salt Lake City, Utah. Some restrictions apply.
• Saints By Sea: Latter-day Saint Immigration to America