• John traveled with his wife, Margaret; daughter, Jeanie; and step-children, Alexander, Marian, Charles, and Joseph Tennant. They all traveled overseas on the ship American Congress, arriving in New York on 5 July 1866. Though only the heads of household are listed on the overland company's record, the number of adult rations of food purchased by John is a good indication that all of the family members that made the trip by sea, also traveled together in the overland company.

Daniel Thompson Company (1866)

• Age at Departure: 26
• Head of Household

Sources

• “Captain Daniel Thompson, memorandum book 1, 1866.” In Perpetual Emigrating Fund Company church trains accounts 1861-1868, Captains’ accounts 1862-1868.
• Find a Grave (Website)
• "John Grier Dies," Inter-Mountain Repbulican, 28 Mar. 1907, 3.
• New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957.
• Perpetual Emigrating Fund, Financial Accounts 1849-1886, Ledger B, p. 352.