• James emigrated from England with his family. They crossed the ocean via the ship Enoch Train and arrived at Boston on 1 May 1856. James was a Captain of Ten in the Hunt company. The Holley family lived in Springville, Utah in 1860, according to census records.

John A. Hunt Company (1856)

• Age at Departure: 31
• Head of Household

Sources

• 1860 Utah Census.
• Dan Jones Emigrating Company journal, 1856 May-December.
• Find a Grave (Website)
• Holley, James, Autobiographical sketch, in Biographical sketches 1891- , reel 29, box 30, fd. 2, item 17.
• "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, 8.
• "Old Pioneer Gone," The Standard , 8 Oct. 1902, 8.