Edward Bunker
Birth Date
On 1822 August 1 (Born)
Death Date
On 1901 November 17 (Died)
Gender
Male
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Battalion Activity
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Mission Activity
1
Pioneer
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Born in Atkinson, Penobscot, Maine, United States
1822 August 1
Mother
Hannah Berry
Father
Silas Bunker Jr.
Baptized
1845 (Age 22)
Married
Emily Abbott
1846 February 9 (Age 23)
Joined
Mormon Battalion Company E
1846 July 16 – 1847 July 16 (Age 23)
Members in Company
Rank
Private
Date Details
On 1846 July 16
Joined Company
On 1847 July 16
Company Disbanded
Traveled in
Levi W. Hancock/Jefferson Hunt/James Pace/Andrew Lytle Company (1847)
1847 August 25 – October 16 (Age 25)
Pioneers in Company
Roles
Returning Missionary
Date Details
Between 1847 August 25 – 26
Joined Company
Between 1847 October 11 – 16
Company Arrived
Traveled in
Aaron Johnson Company (1850)
1850 June 8 – September 12 (Age 27)
Pioneers in Company
Traveling Group
Edward Bunker, Jr. (Age 3)
Emily Abbott (Age 22)
Emily Bunker (Age 1)
Date Details
Circa 1850 June 8
Joined Company
On 1850 September 12
Company Arrived
Married
Sarah Ann Browning
1852 June 26 (Age 29)
Served in
British Mission
1853 January 5 – 1856 February 18 (Age 30)
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Mission Type
Proselytizing
Marital Status
Plurally Married
Date Details
On 1853 January 5
Arrived in Field
On 1856 February 18
Departed from Field
Images
British Missionaries, Liverpool, 1855 - discussed plans to utilize handcarts to bring some Saints to Zion during 1856 season.
Called as Captain to
Edward Bunker Company (1856)
1856 June 23 – October 2 (Age 33)
Pioneers in Company
Roles
Captain
Date Details
On 1856 June 23
Joined Company
On 1856 October 2
Company Arrived
Married
Mary Mathieson McQuarrie
1861 April 20 (Age 38)
Died in Colonia Morelos, Bavispe, Sonora, Mexico
1901 November 17 (Age 79)
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Edward Bunker (1822 - 1901)
Edward Bunker (1822 - 1901) Profile
British Missionaries, Liverpool, 1855 - discussed plans to utilize handcarts to bring some Saints to Zion during 1856 season.
Sources
Person
BIOGRAPHICAL sketches, 1891-2013
"Edward Bunker", BIOGRAPHICAL sketches, 1891-2013.
LATTER-DAY Saint biographical encyclopedia, Andrew Jenson
"Edward Bunker", LATTER-DAY Saint biographical encyclopedia, Andrew Jenson, 3, Page 31-33.
Nauvoo Temple Endowment Register
Nauvoo Temple Endowment Register, Page 325.
Saints By Sea
"Edward Bunker, Sr. ID: 6435", Saints By Sea.
Mission
Brigham Young office files, 1832-1878 (bulk 1844-1877)
Brigham Young office files, 1832-1878 (bulk 1844-1877), 13 October 1861.
Historical Department journal history of the Church, 1830-2008
Historical Department journal history of the Church, 1830-2008, 8 April 1852, Page 1.
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KEEP BRITISH Mission manuscript history and historical reports, 1841-1971, 5 January 1853.
Millennial Star
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"Appointments", Millennial Star, 15, (22 January 1853), No. 4. Page 58.
Transcript for The Latter-day Saints' Millennial Star, 15:58-59
Pioneer
Attley, Henry William, Reminiscences, in Papers, 1858-1910
Attley, Henry William, Reminiscences, in Papers, 1858-1910.
Transcript for Attley, Henry William, Reminiscences, in Papers, 1858-1910
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Transcript for William Woodward letter to Heber C. Kimball, 11 June 1856
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DESERET News
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Edward Bunker autobiography, 1894
Edward Bunker autobiography, 1894.
Transcript for Bunker, Edward, Autobiography, 1894, 22-23
Edward Bunker autobiography, 1894.
Transcript for Edward Bunker autobiography, 1894, 13-14
Edward Bunker autobiography, 1894, Page 19-20.
Transcript for Edward Bunker autobiography, 1894, 19-20
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Transcript for Hyde, Elizabeth Lane, "Autobiagraphy [sic] of Elizabeth L. Hyde," Woman's Exponent, 15 Aug. 1896, 29
Millennial Star
D. Grant letter to William G. Noble, "Nebraska Territory", Millennial Star, 18, (30 August 1856), No. 48. Page 767.
Transcript for Grant, D[avid] to William G. Noble, 30 Aug. 1856, "Foreign Correspondence," Latter-day Saints' Millennial Star, 29 Nov. 1856, 767
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Priscilla Merriman Evans autobiography, circa 1914
Priscilla Merriman Evans autobiography, circa 1914, Item 2, Page 39-41.
Transcript for Evans, Priscilla Merriman, Autobiography [ca. 1914], item 2, 39-41
Ricketts, Norma Baldwin, The Mormon Battalion: U.S. Army of the West, 1846-1848, Logan, Utah, Utah State University Press, 1996
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Roberts Family Association papers, 1918-1929
"Roberts, Robert David, Autobiographical sketch", Roberts Family Association papers, 1918-1929.
Transcript for Roberts, Robert David, Autobiographical sketch, Papers of the Roberts Family Association, Robert D. Roberts
Mormon Battalion
Mormon Battalion lists, 1927
"Mormon Battalion lists", Mormon Battalion lists, 1927, (1927), Page 13.
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