• His surname is spelled many different ways (Whitehorn, Whitehorne, Withorn, Witbom, Whitham, etc.) in different sources, but the "Whithorn" spelling is found in the 1870 Utah census.

  Eliza and Joseph sailed to America in 1856 on the ship Thornton, and their surname is listed as "Witham" on the ship manifest.

   

James G. Willie Company (1856)

• Age at Departure: 9

Sources

• 1870 Utah Census.
•  Journal History of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 9 November 1856, 2.
• Perpetual Emigrating Fund, Financial Accounts 1849-1886, Ledger B, p. 216.
• Rogerson, Josiah. "Captain J. G. Willie's Or, the Fourth Handcart Company of 1856 [No. 1]," Salt Lake Herald, 15 December 1907, [5].