George Parker Dykes
PersonMaleRID: PER-WMMHXRB
Other Names
Daniel Dykes (Alternate)
Born
On 1814 December 24
Died
On 1888 February 25
Birthplace
West Belleville, St. Clair, Illinois, United States
Death Place
Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona Territory, United States
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Born in West Belleville, St. Clair, Illinois, United States
1814 December 24
Relationships
Father
James Dykes
Mother
Frances Culbertson
Departed from Home as Missionary
Early Church Mission: North America Mission
1835 (Age 20)
1835 (Age 20)
End Date Details
End Date Not Found
Additional Information
Marital Status at Start of Position
Widower
Residence When Called
Illinois
Priesthood Office When Called
Priest
Location Served
Edwards County, Illinois
Mission Qualifier
Proselytizing
Married to Dorcas Keeling
1835 November 1 (Age 20)
Departed from Home as Missionary
Early Church Mission: North America Mission
1839 May (Age 24)
1839 May (Age 24)
End Date Details
End Date Not Found
Additional Information
Marital Status at Start of Position
Married
Residence When Called
Illlinois
Priesthood Office When Called
Seventy
Location Served
New London, Madison, Ohio
Mission Qualifier
Proselytizing
Departed from Home as Missionary
Early Church Mission: North America Mission
1840 (Age 25)
1840 (Age 25)
End Date Details
End Date Not Found
Additional Information
Marital Status at Start of Position
Married
Residence When Called
Illinois
Priesthood Office When Called
Seventy
Location Served
Southern Illinois
Mission Qualifier
Proselytizing
Departed from Home as Missionary
Early Church Mission: North America Mission
1840 May 23 (Age 25)
1840 May 23 (Age 25)
End Date Details
End Date Not Found
Additional Information
Marital Status at Start of Position
Married
Residence When Called
Illinois
Priesthood Office When Called
Seventy
Location Served
Montgomery County, North Carolina
Mission Qualifier
Proselytizing
Departed from Home as Missionary
Early Church Mission: North America Mission
1842 (Age 27)
1842 (Age 27)
End Date Details
Ended 1842
Additional Information
Marital Status at Start of Position
Married
Residence When Called
Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
Priesthood Office When Called
Seventy
Location Served
La Salle, Illinois
Mission Qualifier
Proselytizing
Called as Missionary
Early Church Mission: North America Mission
1843 January 25 – April 9 (Age 28)
1843 January 25 – April 9 (Age 28)
Start Date Details
End Date Details
Ended 1843 April 9
Additional Information
Marital Status at Start of Position
Married
Residence When Called
Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
Priesthood Office When Called
Seventy
Location Served
Terre Haute and Southern Illinois
Mission Qualifier
Short-Term
Mission Companionship
Called as Missionary
Early Church Mission: North America Mission
1843 April 9 (Age 28)
1843 April 9 (Age 28)
End Date Details
End Date Not Found
Additional Information
Marital Status at Start of Position
Married
Residence When Called
Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
Priesthood Office When Called
Seventy
Location Served
Shawneetown and Cairo, Illinois
Mission Qualifier
Proselytizing
Mission Companionship
Called as Missionary
Joseph Smith Presidential Campaign Mission
1844 April 15 – June 27 (Age 29)
1844 April 15 – June 27 (Age 29)
Start Date Details
End Date Details
Ended 1844 June 27
Additional Information
Marital Status at Start of Position
Married
Residence When Called
Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
Priesthood Office When Called
Seventy
Location Served
Indiana
Mission Qualifier
Proselytizing
Mission Companionship
Married to Cynthia Elizabeth Soule
1846 January 9 (Age 31)
Departed from Home as Missionary
Early Church Mission: North America Mission
1846 January 14 – 26 (Age 31)
1846 January 14 – 26 (Age 31)
Start Date Details
End Date Details
Ended 1846 January 26
Additional Information
Marital Status at Start of Position
Plurally Married
Residence When Called
Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
Priesthood Office When Called
High Priest
Location Served
Mississippi
Mission Qualifier
Proselytizing
Appointed as First Lieutenant
Mormon Battalion Company D
1846 July 16 – 1847 July 16 (Age 31)
1846 July 16 – 1847 July 16 (Age 31)
Start Date Details
End Date Details
Ended 1847 July 16
Additional Information
Enrollment
Enlisted and Marched
Joined Levi W. Hancock/Jefferson Hunt/James Pace/Andrew Lytle Company
1847 August 25 – October 16 (Age 32)
Start Date Details
Started Between 1847 August 25 – 26
End Date Details
Ended Between 1847 October 11 – 16
Arrived in the Field as Missionary
Scandinavian Mission
1850 June 14 – 1851 September (Age 35)
1850 June 14 – 1851 September (Age 35)
Start Date Details
End Date Details
Ended 1851 September
Additional Information
Marital Status at Start of Position
Plurally Married
Residence When Called
Iowa
Priesthood Office When Called
High Priest
Location Served
Copenhagan and Aalborg, Denmark
Mission Qualifier
Proselytizing
Notes
He was transferred to serve in the German Mission.
Called as Missionary
German Mission
1851 September – 1852 May 25 (Age 36)
1851 September – 1852 May 25 (Age 36)
Start Date Details
End Date Details
Ended 1852 May 25
Additional Information
Marital Status at Start of Position
Plurally Married
Residence When Called
Scandinavian Mission
Priesthood Office When Called
High Priest
Mission Qualifier
Proselytizing
Joined Cyrus H. Wheelock Company
1853 June 1 – October 6 (Age 38)
Start Date Details
End Date Details
Ended 1853 October 6
Additional Information
Age at Time of Travel
48
Died in Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona Territory, United States
1888 February 25 (Age 73)