• James traveled with his second wife and children. His sister, Mary Jane, also traveled with them. His son, Willard, died a few days prior to the departure of the company. The Farmer family was living in Utah in 1860, according to census records.

John A. Hunt Company (1856)

• Age at Departure: 39
• Head of Household

Sources

• 1860 Utah Census.
• Dan Jones Emigrating Company journal, 1856 May-December.
• England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975
• "Immigration to Utah," Deseret News, 15 October 1856, 254.
• “John A. Hunt Company report, 1856.” In Brigham Young office emigrating companies reports 1850-1862, Reports 1856-1862. (CR 1234 5, Box 1, Folder 49)
• Journal History of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 15 December 1856, 11.
• Utah, Deaths and Burials, 1888-1946.