Dorr Purdy Curtis
Birth Date
On 1819 January 21 (Born)
Death Date
On 1904 November 8 (Died)
Gender
Male
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Pioneer
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Born in Sempronius, Cayuga, New York, United States
1819 January 21
Mother
Phebe H Purdy
Father
Beriah Curtis
Date Details
Occurred On 1819 January 21
Baptized by Peletiah Brown
1841 March 15 (Age 22)
Married
Catherine Adelia Haight
1846 January 28 (Age 27)
Joined
Mormon Battalion Company B
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
Horace M. Alexander Company (1847)
1847 July 24 – October 16 (Age 28)
Pioneers in Company
Date Details
Started On 1847 July 24
Joined Company
Ended On 1847 October 16
Company Arrived
Served in
British Mission
1852 March 2 – 1854 February 4 (Age 33)
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Mission Type
Proselytizing
Marital Status
Married
Missionary Activity Notes
Residence When Called
Kaysville, Davis, Utah Territory, United States
Location Served
England, United Kingdom
Date Details
Started On 1852 March 2
Arrived in Field
Ended On 1854 February 4
Departed from Field
Traveled in
William Empey Company (1854)
1854 July 15 – October 24 (Age 35)
Pioneers in Company
Roles
Returning Missionary
Date Details
Started On 1854 July 15
Joined Company
Ended On 1854 October 24
Company Arrived
Married
Sarah Louisa Van Orden
1855 February 8 (Age 36)
Served in
East Central States Mission
1882 April 10 (Age 63)
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Mission Type
Proselytizing
Marital Status
Married
Missionary Activity Notes
Priesthood Office
High Priest
Residence When Called
Herriman, Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
Set Apart By
Francis Marion Lyman
Location Served
Goose Creek, Idaho
Date Details
Started On 1882 April 10
Set Apart
End Date Not Found
Died in Grantsville, Tooele, Utah Territory, United States
1904 November 8 (Age 85)
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Dorr Purdy Curtis (1819 - 1904)
Sources
Person
Black, Susan Easton. Membership of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints: 1830-1848 (Provo, UT: Brigham Young University, [1984-1988]
Black, Susan Easton. Membership of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints: 1830-1848 (Provo, UT: Brigham Young University, [1984-1988], Vol. 12, Page 805-811.
Latter-day Saints Biographical Encyclopedia (1901)
"Curtis, Dorr Purdy", Latter-day Saints Biographical Encyclopedia (1901), 4, Page 740.
Temple Records Index Bureau
Temple Records Index Bureau, Page 174.
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Mission
BRITISH Mission manuscript history and historical reports, 1841-1971
BRITISH Mission manuscript history and historical reports, 1841-1971, 5 November 1853.
"Dorr P. Curtis", General Epistles, Church History Library
"Dorr P. Curtis", General Epistles, Church History Library, June.
Frank Esshom, Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah: Comprising Photographs, Genealogies, Biographies (1913)
Frank Esshom, Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah: Comprising Photographs, Genealogies, Biographies (1913), Page 831-832.
Historical Department journal history of the Church, 1830-2008
Historical Department journal history of the Church, 1830-2008, 8 September 1851.
INDEX to the British Mission manuscript history and historical reports
INDEX to the British Mission manuscript history and historical reports.
Millennial Star
Millennial Star.
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MISSIONARY Department missionary registers, 1860-1959
MISSIONARY Department missionary registers, 1860-1959, 10 April 1882, Vol. B, Page 64, Line 2522.
MISSIONARY Department missionary registers, 1860-1959, 10 April 1882, Vol. A, Page 59, Line 2522.
Pioneer
Biographical sketches, 1891-2013
"Curtis Dorr Purdy", Biographical sketches, 1891-2013.
Brigham Young office emigrating companies reports, 1850-1862
"Robert Campbell company report", Brigham Young office emigrating companies reports, 1850-1862, (22 August 1854).
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Historical Department journal history of the Church, 1830-2008
Historical Department journal history of the Church, 1830-2008. Supplement after 31 December 1854: Page 16.
Peter Sinclair journal, 1853-1854
Peter Sinclair journal, 1853-1854, Page 167 - 270.
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Mormon Battalion
Mormon Battalion lists, 1927
Mormon Battalion lists, 1927, Page 19.
Mormon Battalion returns lists, 1846 July
"Mormon Battalion return lists", Mormon Battalion returns lists, 1846 July, (July), Page 9.
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 169.
Selected pension application files relating to the Mormon Battalion, Mexican War, 1846-1848
Selected pension application files relating to the Mormon Battalion, Mexican War, 1846-1848, Item 250.
"Mormon Battalion, Volunteers", Selected pension application files relating to the Mormon Battalion, Mexican War, 1846-1848.
