• James sailed to America in 1866 on the ship American Congress.  His surname is spelled Read on the ship.

John D. Holladay Company (1866)

• Age at Departure: 16

Sources

• Captain John D. Holladay, accounts, 1866.
• Find a Grave (Website)
• "Passenger List," Deseret News, 19 September 1866, 333.
• Perpetual Emigrating Fund, Financial Accounts 1849-1886, Ledger B, p. 336.
• Utah State History Cemeteries and Burials Database.