Ebenezer Brown
Birth Date
On 1802 December 6 (Born)
Death Date
On 1878 January 25 (Died)
Gender
Male
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Born in Salisbury, Herkimer, New York, United States
1802 December 6
Mother
Hannah Sweet
Father
William Brown Sr.
Date Details
Occurred On 1802 December 6
Baptized
1835 (Age 32)
Married
Phebe Draper
1843 August 26 (Age 40)
Joined
Mormon Battalion Company A
1846 July 16 – 1847 July 16 (Age 43)
Members in Company
Rank
Second Sergeant
Traveling Group
Phebe Draper
Date Details
Started On 1846 July 16
Joined Company
Ended On 1847 July 16
Company Disbanded
Called as Captain to
Ebenezer Brown Company (1848)
1848 August 12 – October 10 (Age 45)
Pioneers in Company
Roles
Captain
Traveling Group
Phebe Draper (Age 50)
Zemira Palmer (Age 17)
Date Details
Started On 1848 August 12
Joined Company
Ended On 1848 October 10
Company Arrived
Married
Elsie Samantha Pulsipher
1853 May 19 (Age 50)
Died in Draper, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
1878 January 25 (Age 75)
Media
Ebenezer Brown (1802 - 1878) Profile
Sources
Person
Utah State History Cemeteries and Burials Database
Utah State History Cemeteries and Burials Database.
Pioneer
Deseret News
"Another Good Man Gone", Deseret News, (6 February 1878), Page 9.
John Borrowman diaries, 1846-1860
John Borrowman diaries, 1846-1860, 5 August 1848.
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Mormon Battalion
Historian's Office correspondence files, 1856-1926
"William W. Willis letter to the Church Historian", Historian's Office correspondence files, 1856-1926, (6 August 1860).
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 2.
Mormon Battalion lists, 1927
Mormon Battalion lists, 1927, Page 13.
Mormon Battalion returns lists, 1846 July
"Mormon Battalion return lists", Mormon Battalion returns lists, 1846 July, (July), Page 3.
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.
Salt Lake Herald-Republican
"Utah Woman's 2,000-Mile March Fifty-five Years Ago", Salt Lake Herald-Republican, (26 May 1901), Page 2.
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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.