David Moss
Birth Date
On 1818 September 17 (Born)
Death Date
On 1897 January 16 (Died)
Gender
Male
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Mission Activity
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Pioneer
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Born in Newton, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
1818 September 17
Mother
Margaret Kelsall
Father
Robert Moss
Date Details
Occurred On 1818 September 17
Baptized by
Joseph Fielding
1838 January 6 (Age 19)
Served in
Joseph Smith Presidential Campaign Mission
1844 – 1844 June 27 (Age 25)
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Mission Type
Proselytizing
Marital Status
Single
Priesthood Office
Elder
Residence When Called
Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
Served With
Peter Melling
Location Served
Indiana
Date Details
Started Circa 1844
Called
Ended On 1844 June 27
Released
Joined
Mormon Battalion Company A
1846 July 16 – 1847 July 16 (Age 27)
Members in Company
Rank
Private
Date Details
Started On 1846 July 16
Joined Company
Ended On 1847 July 16
Company Disbanded
Traveled in
Jonathan H. Holmes/Samuel Thompson Company (1848)
1848 July 2 – September 6 (Age 29)
Pioneers in Company
Date Details
Started On 1848 July 2
Joined Company
Ended On 1848 September 6
Company Arrived
Married
Julia Ann Whittaker
1852 January 17 (Age 33)
Died in St. George, Washington, Utah, United States
1897 January 16 (Age 78)
Sources
Person
Latter-day Saints Biographical Encyclopedia (1901)
"Moss, David", Latter-day Saints Biographical Encyclopedia (1901), 4, Page 755.
Pioneer
Historical Department journal history of the Church, 1830-2008
Historical Department journal history of the Church, 1830-2008, 16 January 1897, Page 6.
Mormon Battalion
Mormon Battalion Company A muster roll, 1846 October – December
"Mormon Battalion Company A Muster Roll", Mormon Battalion Company A muster roll, 1846 October – December, (October), Page 1.
Mormon Battalion lists, 1927
Mormon Battalion lists, 1927, Page 33.
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 222-223.
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.