• James was born in Niles, Cayuga, New York. He traveled with his wife, Sally, and their daughters. The Brinkerhoff family was living in Davis county in 1850, according to Utah census records. His birth date and death date are confirmed by his gravestone.

Daniel Spencer/Perrigrine Sessions Company (1847)

• Age at Departure: 31
• Head of Household

Sources

• 1850 Utah Census, Davis County.
• Journal History of The Church of Jesus Christ of Later-day Saints, 21 June 1847, 8.
• Smith, John, Journal, 1846 Feb-1854 May, fd. 4, in Papers 1833-1854, 40-52.
• Smith, John Lyman, Autobiography and diaries 1846-1895, vol. 1, 26-31.