Allen Compton
Birth Date
On 1809 January 10 (Born)
Death Date
On 1854 August 17 (Died)
Gender
Male
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Battalion Activity
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Pioneer
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Born
1809 January 10
Date Details
Occurred On 1809 January 10
Joined
Mormon Battalion Company D
1846 July 16 – 1847 July 16 (Age 37)
Members in Company
Rank
Fourth Corporal
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 38)
Pioneers in Company
Date Details
Started On 1847 May 24
Joined Company
Ended On 1847 July 29
Company Arrived
Traveled in
Company Unknown (1848)
1848 (Age 38)
Pioneers in Company
Date Details
Occurred Circa 1848
Joined Company
Circa 1848
Company Arrived
Died
1854 August 17 (Age 45)
Media
Allen Compton (1809 - 1854) Profile
Sources
Pioneer
Latter-day Saints Biographical Encyclopedia. 4 vols. Salt Lake City, Utah: Andrew Jenson History Company, 1901
"Compton, Allen", Latter-day Saints Biographical Encyclopedia. 4 vols. Salt Lake City, Utah: Andrew Jenson History Company, 1901, 4, Page 740.
Mormon Battalion
Descriptive roll [Mormon Battalion], 1846
Descriptive roll [Mormon Battalion], 1846, Page 1.
Mormon Battalion lists, 1927
Mormon Battalion lists, 1927, Page 19.
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 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 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.