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Individual

Charles Edwin Colton

Selected pension application files relating to the Mormon Battalion, Mexican War, 1846-1848

Ricketts, Norma Baldwin, The Mormon Battalion: U.S. Army of the West, 1846-1848, Logan, Utah, Utah State University Press, 1996

United States Mormon Battalion Pension Applications, 1846-1923.

Iowa Branch Index, 1839-1859

Semi-Centennial Commission Book of the Pioneers, 1897

1850 United States Census

1870 California Census

1880 Utah Census

California Death Index, 1905-1939

Nauvoo Community Project

Utah, Territorial Militia Records, 1849-1877

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Mormon Battalion

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Charles Edwin Colton

Born

Died

Birthplace

Born

Joined Mormon Battalion Camp Followers

Start Date Details

Sources

Ricketts, Norma Baldwin, The Mormon Battalion: U.S. Army of the West, 1846-1848, Logan, Utah, Utah State University Press, 1996

Selected pension application files relating to the Mormon Battalion, Mexican War, 1846-1848

United States Mormon Battalion Pension Applications, 1846-1923.

End Date Details

Ended 1847 July 16

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Enrollment

Volunteer

Joined Levi W. Hancock/Jefferson Hunt/James Pace/Andrew Lytle Company

Start Date Details

Started Between 1847 August 25 – 26

Sources

Iowa Branch Index, 1839-1859

Semi-Centennial Commission Book of the Pioneers, 1897

End Date Details

Ended Between 1847 October 11 – 16

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Traveling Group

Philander Colton (35)

Died