Elijah Elmer
Birth Date
On 1810 April 13 (Born)
Death Date
On 1880 March 13 (Died)
Gender
Male
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Battalion Activity
1
Pioneer
3
Born
1810 April 13
Date Details
Occurred On 1810 April 13
Joined
Mormon Battalion Company C
1846 July 16 – 1847 July 16 (Age 36)
Members in Company
Rank
First Sergeant
Date Details
Started On 1846 July 16
Joined Company
Ended On 1847 July 16
Company Disbanded
Traveled in
Jonathan H. Holmes/Samuel Thompson Company (1848)
1848 July 2 – September 6 (Age 38)
Pioneers in Company
Date Details
Started On 1848 July 2
Joined Company
Ended On 1848 September 6
Company Arrived
Traveled in
Howard Egan Company (1849)
1849 April 18 – August 7 (Age 39)
Pioneers in Company
Traveling Group
Crucy Matilda Elmer (Age 8)
Mary Williams (Age 42)
Henry James Crisman (Age 17)
Elizabeth Jane Crisman (Age 16)
Annis Huldah Elmer (Age 10)
Date Details
Started On 1849 April 18
Joined Company
Ended On 1849 August 7
Company Arrived
Traveled in
Rescue Companies (1856)
1856 October 7 – December 15 (Age 46)
Pioneers in Company
Date Details
Started On 1856 October 7
Joined Company
Ended On 1856 December 15
Company Arrived
Died
1880 March 13 (Age 69)
Media
Elijah Elmer (1810 - 1880) Profile
Sources
Person
1850 Utah Census
1850 Utah Census.
Pioneer
Crossroads: Utah Crossroads quarterly newsletter
"To the Tops of the California Mountains: The 1848 Carson Pass Diary of Elijah Elmer", Crossroads: Utah Crossroads quarterly newsletter, Page 5-7.
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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 1849.
Historical Department journal history of the Church, 1830-2008, 7 August 1849, Page 3.
Peter Olsen Hansen papers, circa 1876-1893
Peter Olsen Hansen papers, circa 1876-1893. Journal, 1849 April-August.
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Mormon Battalion
Mormon Battalion Company C muster roll, 1846
Mormon Battalion Company C muster roll, 1846, Page 2.
Mormon Battalion lists, 1927
Mormon Battalion lists, 1927, Page 21.
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.
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.