Erastus Bingham, Jr.
Alternate Names
Erastus Bingham (Alternate Name)
Birth Date
On 1822 September 30 (Born)
Death Date
On 1906 April 4 (Died)
Gender
Male
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Erastus Bingham was a member of the Mormon Battalion.
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8
Battalion Activity
1
Mission Activity
1
Pioneer
1
Born in St. Johnsbury, Caledonia, Vermont, United States
1822 September 30
Mother
Lucinda Gates
Father
Erastus Bingham
Date Details
Occurred On 1822 September 30
Baptized by G Snow
1833 January 27 (Age 10)
Married
Olive Hovey Freeman
1843 October 29 (Age 21)
Joined
Mormon Battalion Company B
1846 July 16 – 1847 July 16 (Age 23)
Members in Company
Rank
Private
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 24)
Pioneers in Company
Date Details
Started On 1847 May 24
Joined Company
Ended On 1847 July 29
Company Arrived
Married
Susan Green
1855 November 16 (Age 33)
Served in
Eastern States Mission
1874 October 24 – 1875 (Age 52)
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Mission Type
Proselytizing
Marital Status
Plurally Married
Priesthood Quorum When Called
38th
Priesthood Office
Seventy
Residence When Called
Weber County, Utah Territory, United States
Set Apart By
L. J. Herrick
Location Served
Vermont
Date Details
Started On 1874 October 24
Set Apart
Ended On 1875
Arrived at Home
Died
1906 April 4 (Age 83)
Media
Erastus Bingham Jr. (1822 - 1906) Profile
Erastus Bingham Jr. (1822 - 1906) Profile
Sources
Person
Obituary
""Obituary," Arizona Daily Republican", Obituary, (5 April 1906).
Mission
"Biography of Erastus Bingham, Jr." compiled by the Descendants of Erastus Bingham and Lucinda Gates and the Erastus Bingham Family Corporation
"Biography of Erastus Bingham, Jr." compiled by the Descendants of Erastus Bingham and Lucinda Gates and the Erastus Bingham Family Corporation.
MISSIONARY Department missionary registers, 1860-1959
MISSIONARY Department missionary registers, 1860-1959, 24 October 1874, Vol. B, Page 44, Line 1737.
MISSIONARY Department missionary registers, 1860-1959, 24 October 1874, Vol. A, Page 41, Line 1737.
Mormon Battalion
Mormon Battalion James Brown Detached Company descriptive roll and pay record, 1847
"Pay record", Mormon Battalion James Brown Detached Company descriptive roll and pay record, 1847, Page 1.
"Descriptive roll", Mormon Battalion James Brown Detached Company descriptive roll and pay record, 1847, Page 1.
Mormon Battalion lists, 1927
Mormon Battalion lists, 1927, Page 11.
Mormon Battalion returns lists, 1846 July
"Mormon Battalion return lists", Mormon Battalion returns lists, 1846 July, (July), Page 7.
"Mormon Battalion return lists", Mormon Battalion returns lists, 1846 July, (July), Page 8.
Names of Pueblo soldiers and Mississippi brethren, 1847
Names of Pueblo soldiers and Mississippi brethren, 1847, Page 1.
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.
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.
