• 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.
• Find a Grave (Website)
• 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.