Edward Hunter
Birth Date
On 1821 March 29 (Born)
Death Date
On 1892 April 11 (Died)
Gender
Male
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Mission Activity
1
Pioneer
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Born in Newtown Township, Delaware, Pennsylvania, United States
1821 March 29
Mother
Sarah Ann Davis
Father
William Hunter
Date Details
Occurred On 1821 March 29
Baptized by Lorenzo D Barns
1840 June (Age 19)
Married
Mary Ann Whitesides
1843 November 5 (Age 22)
Joined
Mormon Battalion Company B
1846 July 16 – 1847 July 16 (Age 25)
Members in Company
Rank
Private
Date Details
Started On 1846 July 16
Joined Company
Ended On 1847 July 16
Company Disbanded
Traveled in
Company Unknown (1847)
1847 (Age 26)
Pioneers in Company
Date Details
Occurred Circa 1847
Joined Company
Circa 1847
Company Arrived
Married
Martha Ann Hyde
1856 November 28 (Age 35)
Served in
Eastern States Mission
1871 November 10 (Age 50)
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Mission Type
Proselytizing
Marital Status
Plurally Married
Priesthood Quorum When Called
55th
Priesthood Office
Seventy
Residence When Called
Grantsville, Tooele, Utah Territory, United States
Set Apart By
Joseph Fielding Smith, Sr.
Location Served
United States
Date Details
Started On 1871 November 10
Set Apart
End Date Not Found
Died in Grantsville, Tooele, Utah Territory, United State
1892 April 11 (Age 71)
Media
Edward Hunter (1821 - 1892) Profile
Sources
Person
Deseret Evening News
"A Brief Sketch of the Life and Death of Bishop Edward Hunter of Grantsville", Deseret Evening News, (18 April 1892), Page 5.
Record of members collection, 1836-1970
"Salt Lake Stake", Record of members collection, 1836-1970.
Mission
MISSIONARY Department missionary registers, 1860-1959
MISSIONARY Department missionary registers, 1860-1959, 10 November 1871, Vol. B, Page 23, Line 874.
MISSIONARY Department missionary registers, 1860-1959, 10 November 1871, Vol. A, Page 21, Line 874.
Pioneer
Deseret Weekly
Redick N. Allred, "Jubilee Matters", Deseret Weekly, (17 April 1897), Page 563.
Tooele County Daughters of Utah Pioneers. History of Utah's Tooele County: from the edge of the Great Basin frontier. Tooele, Utah: Transcript Bulletin Publishing, Inc, 2012
Tooele County Daughters of Utah Pioneers. History of Utah's Tooele County: from the edge of the Great Basin frontier. Tooele, Utah: Transcript Bulletin Publishing, Inc, 2012.
Mormon Battalion
Mormon Battalion lists, 1927
Mormon Battalion lists, 1927, Page 29.
Mormon Battalion returns lists, 1846 July
"Mormon Battalion return lists", Mormon Battalion returns lists, 1846 July, (July), Page 9.
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.