• James initially traveled to the Salt Lake Valley in the Brigham Young Company as a part of the Third Hundred under Lorenzo Snow in 1848. However, he later participated as one of the rescuers that were sent out in the winter of 1856 to assist the members of the Church stranded in Wyoming.

Brigham Young Company (1848)

• Age at Departure: 18

Rescue Companies (1856)

• Age at Departure: 26

Sources

• 1850 Utah Census.
• "Events and Comments," Improvement Era, 1906, 9:581.
• Find a Grave (Website)
• "First 100, report, 1848 June" in Camp of Israel schedules and reports 1845-1849, Brigham Young's 1848 emigration division.
• "Salina: Two Veterans Called," Deseret Evening News , 19 Mar. 1906, 11.
• Utah Death Certificates.  
• Utah Stake City Branch, Record of Members.