James Mitchell

Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel, 1847–1868

Mitchell, James

Birth Date: 24 June 1817 Death Date: 8 Mar. 1890 Gender: Male Age: 34 Company: 1847-1868 (Unknown Year of Travel)

Pioneer Information: Evidence from immigration and church records proves that the Mitchell family traveled to Utah between 1851 and 1853. they sailed to America in 1850, arriving in New Orleans in Nov. 1850. The first documentation to place them in Utah is a church record in Journal History 20 Nov. 1853, which states that they had left for California.

SOURCE: http://www.lds.org/churchhistory/library/pioneerdetails/1,15791,401...