Alfred Higgins
Birth Date
On 1831 July 27 (Born)
Death Date
Circa 1862 (Died)
Gender
Male
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Battalion Activity
1
Pioneer
1
Born
1831 July 27
Date Details
Occurred On 1831 July 27
Joined
Mormon Battalion Company D
1846 July 16 – 1847 July 16 (Age 14)
Members in Company
Rank
Private
Additional Information
Detached to Pueblo
Date Details
Started On 1846 July 16
Joined Company
Ended On 1847 July 16
Company Disbanded
Traveled in
Mormon Battalion Detachments (1847)
1847 May 24 – July 29 (Age 15)
Pioneers in Company
Traveling Group
Heber Kimball Higgins (Age 7)
Carlos Smith Higgins (Age 5)
Sarah Blackman (Age 41)
Nelson Higgins (Age 40)
Almira Higgins (Age 16)
Drusilla Higgins (Age 13)
Nelson Daniel Higgins (Age 11)
Wealthy Matilda Higgins (Age 0)
Date Details
Started On 1847 May 24
Joined Company
Ended On 1847 July 29
Company Arrived
Married
Diantha Allen
1853 December 24 (Age 22)
Died
1862 (Age 31)
Sources
Mormon Battalion
Descriptive roll [Mormon Battalion], 1846
Descriptive roll [Mormon Battalion], 1846, Page 1.
Mormon Battalion James Brown Detached Company descriptive roll and pay record, 1847
Mormon Battalion James Brown Detached Company descriptive roll and pay record, 1847. Pay record, 1847: Page 2.
Mormon Battalion lists, 1927
Mormon Battalion lists, 1927, Page 27.
Mormon Battalion W.W. Willis Detached Company descriptive list, 1846
Mormon Battalion W.W. Willis Detached Company descriptive list, 1846, Page 2.
Names of Pueblo soldiers and Mississippi brethren, 1847
Names of Pueblo soldiers and Mississippi brethren, 1847, Page 2.
Names of Pueblo soldiers and Mississippi brethren, 1847, Page 1.
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 23.
Ricketts, Norma Baldwin, The Mormon Battalion: U.S. Army of the West, 1846-1848, Logan, Utah, Utah State University Press, 1996, Page 233-234.
Ricketts, Norma Baldwin, The Mormon Battalion: U.S. Army of the West, 1846-1848, Logan, Utah, Utah State University Press, 1996, Page 244-245.
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.