Augustus Erastus Dodge
Birth Date
On 1822 December 6 (Born)
Death Date
On 1900 June 18 (Died)
Gender
Male
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Born in Jefferson, New York, United States
1822 December 6
Mother
Melissa Morgan
Father
Erastus Dodge
Date Details
Occurred On 1822 December 6
Baptized
1832 March 15 (Age 9)
Joined
Mormon Battalion Company C
1846 July 16 – 1847 July 16 (Age 23)
Members in Company
Rank
Private
Date Details
Started On 1846 July 16
Joined Company
Ended On 1847 July 16
Company Disbanded
Traveled in
Levi W. Hancock/Jefferson Hunt/James Pace/Andrew Lytle Company (1847)
1847 August 25 – October 16 (Age 24)
Pioneers in Company
Date Details
Started Between 1847 August 25 – 26
Joined Company
Ended Between 1847 October 11 – 16
Company Arrived
Married
Marion Wallace Clark
1850 September 5 (Age 27)
Married
Martha Jane Calvert
1893 April 17 (Age 70)
Died in Toquerville, Washington, Utah, United States
1900 June 18 (Age 77)
Media
Augustus Erastus Dodge (1822 - 1900) Profile
Sources
Person
Deseret News
"Obituary", Deseret News, (15 December 1886), Page 16.
Mormon Battalion
Mormon Battalion Company C muster roll, 1846
Mormon Battalion Company C muster roll, 1846, Page 2.
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 23.
Ricketts, Norma Baldwin, The Mormon Battalion: U.S. Army of the West, 1846-1848, Logan, Utah, Utah State University Press, 1996, Page 180.
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.