Abraham Day
Birth Date
On 1817 September 24 (Born)
Death Date
On 1900 April 28 (Died)
Gender
Male
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Battalion Activity
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Pioneer
2
Born
1817 September 24
Date Details
Occurred On 1817 September 24
Joined
Mormon Battalion Company E
1846 July 16 – 1847 July 16 (Age 28)
Members in Company
Rank
Private
Date Details
Started On 1846 July 16
Joined Company
Ended On 1847 July 16
Company Disbanded
Traveled in
Horace M. Alexander Company (1847)
1847 July 24 – October 16 (Age 29)
Pioneers in Company
Date Details
Started On 1847 July 24
Joined Company
Ended On 1847 October 16
Company Arrived
Traveled in
John G. Smith Company (1851)
1851 May 1 – September 23 (Age 33)
Pioneers in Company
Date Details
Started On 1851 May 1
Joined Company
Ended Between 1851 September 15 – 23
Company Arrived
Died
1900 April 28 (Age 82)
Media
Abraham Day (1817-1900) Profile
Sources
Person
1860 Utah Census
1860 Utah Census.
Salt Lake Herald-Republican
"Death of a Pioneer", Salt Lake Herald-Republican, (3 May 1900), Page 5.
U. S., Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1925-1963
U. S., Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1925-1963.
United States Mormon Battalion Pension Applications, 1846-1923.
United States Mormon Battalion Pension Applications, 1846-1923..
Pioneer
Abiah Wadsworth : his wives and family, 1810-1979
Abiah Wadsworth : his wives and family, 1810-1979. The Abiah Wadsworth Family Organization, 1979.
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Frontier Guardian
"For the Guardian", Frontier Guardian, 3, (8 August 1851), 14. Page 2.
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Historical Department journal history of the Church, 1830-2008
Historical Department journal history of the Church, 1830-2008. Supplement after 31 December 1851: Page 1.
Mormon Battalion
Mormon Battalion lists, 1927
Mormon Battalion lists, 1927, Page 19.
Ricketts, Norma Baldwin, The Mormon Battalion: U.S. Army of the West, 1846-1848, Logan, Utah, Utah State University Press, 1996
Ricketts, Norma Baldwin, The Mormon Battalion: U.S. Army of the West, 1846-1848, Logan, Utah, Utah State University Press, 1996, Page 169.
Selected pension application files relating to the Mormon Battalion, Mexican War, 1846-1848
"Mormon Battalion, Volunteers", Selected pension application files relating to the Mormon Battalion, Mexican War, 1846-1848.