• William initially traveled to the Salt Lake Valley with the Brigham Young Pioneer Company in 1847 and was part of the 5th Company of Ten led by Stephen H. Goddard.

Brigham Young Vanguard Company (1847)

• Age at Departure: 47

Sources

• Albert P. Rockwood journals, 1847-1853, Journal, 1847 April-July.
• Andrew Jenson, "Harper, Charles Alfred," "Henrie, William," "Higbee, John S.," and "Holman, John Greenleaf," Latter-day Saint Biographical Encyclopedia, Volume 4 (Salt Lake City, Utah: The Andrew Jenson History Company, 1971), 707-708.
• "Another Pioneer Gone," Deseret News , 26 Dec. 1883, 1.
• Heber C. Kimball journal in Heber C. Kimball papers, 1837-1866.
• "The Utah Pioneers," Deseret Weekly, 25 August 1894, 294.