Alexander Stephens
Birth Date
On 1813 April 13 (Born)
Death Date
On 1894 September 15 (Died)
Gender
Male
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Battalion Activity
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Pioneer
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Born
1813 April 13
Date Details
Occurred On 1813 April 13
Joined
Mormon Battalion Company D
1846 July 16 – 1847 July 16 (Age 33)
Members in Company
Rank
Private
Date Details
Started On 1846 July 16
Joined Company
Ended On 1847 July 16
Company Disbanded
Traveled in
Jonathan H. Holmes/Samuel Thompson Company (1848)
1848 July 2 – September 6 (Age 35)
Pioneers in Company
Date Details
Started On 1848 July 2
Joined Company
Ended On 1848 September 6
Company Arrived
Died
1894 September 15 (Age 81)
Media
Alexander Stephens (1813 - 1894) Profile
Sources
Person
Deseret Weekly
"Obituary Notes", Deseret Weekly, (29 September 1894), Page 480.
Pioneer
Crossroads: Utah Crossroads quarterly newsletter
"To the Tops of the California Mountains: The 1848 Carson Pass Diary of Elijah Elmer", Crossroads: Utah Crossroads quarterly newsletter, Page 5-7.
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Ephraim Green journal
Ephraim Green journal, June.
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Jonathan H. Holmes diary, 1846-1848
Jonathan H. Holmes diary, 1846-1848.
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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 222-223.
Ricketts, Norma Baldwin, The Mormon Battalion: U.S. Army of the West, 1846-1848, Logan, Utah, Utah State University Press, 1996, Page 23.
Salt Lake (County) Recorder's Office land records, circa 1847-1860
"Names of men who wish for land to cultivate who came from California with Jonathan H. Holmes", Salt Lake (County) Recorder's Office land records, circa 1847-1860.
Mormon Battalion
Descriptive roll [Mormon Battalion], 1846
Descriptive roll [Mormon Battalion], 1846, Page 2.
Mormon Battalion lists, 1927
Mormon Battalion lists, 1927, Page 41.
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.