• James traveled with his wife and children. The Hodson family emigrated from England by way of the ship General McClellan. They then continued their westward journey as part of the 1864 Rawlins Company.  His daughter Ann's obituary confirms that James died en route.

Joseph S. Rawlins Company (1864)

• Age at Departure: 49
• Head of Household
• Died en Route

Sources

• England and Wales Census, 1861.
• "Immigrants Arrived," Salt Lake Daily Telegraph, 21 September 1864, 3.
• "List of Passengers," Deseret News, 17 August 1864, 369.
• New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957.
• "Passed Away Sunday," Davis County Clipper, 15 March 1907, [1].