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1847–1868

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Image taken in the 1920s

Birth Date
6 May 1846
Death Date
12 December 1928
Gender
Male
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James Gale

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  • James initially emigrated to the Valley in 1858. However, several years later, he also served as an out-and-back teamster in the 1866 Daniel Thompson Company.

Company Unknown (1858)

  • Age at Departure: 11

Daniel Thompson Company (1866)

  • Age at Departure: 20
  • Out-and-Back Teamster

Sources

  • Arizona Death Certificate.
  • Bitton, Ronald David, Guide to Mormon Diaries and Autobiographies [1977], p. 116
  • “Captain Daniel Thompson, memorandum book 1, 1866.” In Perpetual Emigrating Fund Company church trains accounts 1861-1868, Captains’ accounts 1862-1868.
  • "Captain Daniel Thompson's (of Fillmore) Company." In Perpetual Emigrating Fund Company church trains accounts 1861-1868, Wards' accounts 1861-1868, Account book 1866 1868.
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  • Gale, James, [Reminiscences], in Mae Gale Wilkins McGrath, The Ancestors and Descendants of James Gale [1957], 30, 32-34.
  • Gale, James, Reminiscences, [2-3], in "Biography of Henry Gale and Sarah Wills Gale."
  • Thompson, Rebecca Gale, Reminiscences, 1.