Edwin Martin Peck
Birth Date
On 1828 July 24 (Born)
Death Date
On 1903 August 22 (Died)
Gender
Male
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Battalion Activity
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Mission Activity
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Pioneer
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Born in Lyndon, Caledonia, Vermont, United States
1828 July 24
Mother
Susan Clough
Father
Martin Horton Peck (1806 - 1884)
Date Details
Occurred On 1828 July 24
Joined
Mormon Battalion Company D
1846 July 16 – 1847 July 16 (Age 17)
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 (1847-1868)
1847 – 1868 (Age 18)
Pioneers in Company
Date Details
Started On 1847
Joined Company
Ended On 1868
Company Arrived
Married
Lydia Ann Carter
1853 (Age 24)
Served in
Eastern States Mission
1854 September 4 – 1855 December 30 (Age 26)
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Mission Type
Proselytizing
Marital Status
Single
Priesthood Office
Elder
Residence When Called
Great Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
Location Served
Eastern States
Date Details
Started On 1854 September 4
Departed from Home
Ended On 1855 December 30
Arrived at Home
Traveled in
Hooper and Williams Freight Train (1855)
1855 June 20 – September 5 (Age 26)
Pioneers in Company
Roles
Returning Missionary
Traveling Group
Martin Horton Peck (Age 49)
Date Details
Started On 1855 June 20
Joined Company
Ended On 1855 September 5
Company Arrived
Married
Marie Antoinette Van Orden
1856 July 24 (Age 28)
Traveled in
Rescue Companies (1856)
1856 October 7 – December 15 (Age 28)
Pioneers in Company
Date Details
Started On 1856 October 7
Joined Company
Ended On 1856 December 15
Company Arrived
Baptized by T. Callister
1857 March 27 (Age 28)
Died in Goshen, Utah, Utah, United States
1903 August 22 (Age 75)
Media
Edwin Martin Peck (1828 - 1903) Profile
Sources
Person
1850 California Census
1850 California Census.
1900 Utah Census
1900 Utah Census.
Latter-day Saints Biographical Encyclopedia (1901)
"Peck, Edwin Martin", Latter-day Saints Biographical Encyclopedia (1901), 4, Page 759.
Utah State History Cemeteries and Burials Database
Utah State History Cemeteries and Burials Database.
Utah, FamilySearch, Early Church Information File, 1830-1900
Utah, FamilySearch, Early Church Information File, 1830-1900, Item 884-899, Page 172-188.
Utah, Veterans with Federal Service Buried in Utah, Territorial to 1966
Utah, Veterans with Federal Service Buried in Utah, Territorial to 1966.
Mission
Historical Department journal history of the Church, 1830-2008
Historical Department journal history of the Church, 1830-2008, 17 October 1854, Page 4.
Nauvoo Temple Endowment Register
Nauvoo Temple Endowment Register, Page 306.
Pioneer
Deseret Evening News
"Pioneer Miner Dead", Deseret Evening News, (22 August 1903), Page 1.
Deseret News
"Arrivals", Deseret News, (5 December 1855), Page 5.
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Martin H. Peck journal, 1854-1855; 1857
Martin H. Peck journal, 1854-1855; 1857.
Perpetual Emigrating Fund Company general files, 1850-1887
"Offerings for the assistance of the P. E. F. immigrants, 1856 October", Perpetual Emigrating Fund Company general files, 1850-1887, (October).
Robert T. Burton diaries, 1856-1907
"Record book", Robert T. Burton diaries, 1856-1907, (October).
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William Broomhead diary
William Broomhead diary, October.
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Mormon Battalion
Descriptive roll [Mormon Battalion], 1846
Descriptive roll [Mormon Battalion], 1846, Page 2.
Mormon Battalion lists, 1927
Mormon Battalion lists, 1927, Page 35.
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.