Cooper Shelton
Alternate Names
Abraham Cooper Shelton (Alternate Name)
Birth Date
Circa 1840 December (Born)
Death Date
On 1916 December 31 (Died)
Gender
Male
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Battalion Activity
1
Pioneer
1
Born
1840 December
Date Details
Occurred Circa 1840 December
Joined
Mormon Battalion Camp Followers
1846 July 16 – 1847 July 16 (Age 5)
Members in Company
Traveling Group
Elizabeth Fraim
Emily Caroline Shelton
Marion Jackson Shelton
Mary Elizabeth Shelton
Sebert Crutcher Shelton
Thomas Shelton
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 6)
Pioneers in Company
Traveling Group
Thomas Shelton (Age 6)
Sebert Crutcher Shelton (Age 53)
Elizabeth Fraim (Age 41)
Mary Elizabeth Shelton (Age 2)
Andrew Jackson Mayfield (Age 19)
Emily Caroline Shelton (Age 16)
John Mayfield (Age 15)
Sarah Mayfield (Age 12)
Date Details
Started On 1847 May 24
Joined Company
Ended On 1847 July 29
Company Arrived
Died
1916 December 31 (Age 76)
Sources
Pioneer
Historical Department journal history of the Church, 1830-2008
Historical Department journal history of the Church, 1830-2008, 29 July 1847.
Mormon Battalion
Names of Pueblo soldiers and Mississippi brethren, 1847
Names of Pueblo soldiers and Mississippi brethren, 1847, Page 2.
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 233-234.