Emily Caroline Shelton
Alternate Names
Emily Carolyn Shelton (Alternate Name)
Birth Date
Circa 1831 May (Born)
Death Date
On 1917 January 4 (Died)
Gender
Female
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Battalion Activity
1
Pioneer
1
Born
1831 May
Date Details
Occurred Circa 1831 May
Joined
Mormon Battalion Camp Followers
1846 July 16 – 1847 July 16 (Age 15)
Members in Company
Traveling Group
Cooper Shelton
Elizabeth Fraim
Marion Jackson Shelton
Mary Elizabeth Shelton
Sebert Crutcher Shelton
Thomas Shelton
Additional Information
Detached to Pueblo
Date Details
Started On 1846 July 16
Joined Company
Ended On 1847 July 16
Company Disbanded
Traveled in
Mormon Battalion Detachments (1847)
1847 May 24 – July 29 (Age 16)
Pioneers in Company
Traveling Group
Cooper Shelton (Age 6)
Thomas Shelton (Age 6)
Sebert Crutcher Shelton (Age 53)
Elizabeth Fraim (Age 41)
Mary Elizabeth Shelton (Age 2)
Andrew Jackson Mayfield (Age 19)
John Mayfield (Age 15)
Sarah Mayfield (Age 12)
Date Details
Started On 1847 May 24
Joined Company
Ended On 1847 July 29
Company Arrived
Died
1917 January 4 (Age 85)
Sources
Mormon Battalion
Names of Pueblo soldiers and Mississippi brethren, 1847
Names of Pueblo soldiers and Mississippi brethren, 1847, Page 2.
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 233-234.