Harley Mowry
Alternate Names
Harley Mowrey (Alternate Name)
Birth Date
On 1822 August 9 (Born)
Death Date
On 1920 October 20 (Died)
Gender
Male
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Pioneer
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Born in Burrillville, Providence, Rhode Island, United States
1822 August 9
Mother
Ruth Walkup
Father
Barton Mowry
Date Details
Occurred On 1822 August 9
Baptized by
Benjamin Brown
1842 (Age 19)
Served in
Joseph Smith Presidential Campaign Mission
1844 April 15 – June 27 (Age 21)
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Mission Type
Proselytizing
Marital Status
Single
Location Served
New Hampshire
Date Details
Started On 1844 April 15
Called
Ended On 1844 June 27
Released
Joined
Mormon Battalion Company C
1846 July 16 – 1847 July 16 (Age 23)
Members in Company
Rank
Private
Traveling Group
Martha Jane Sargent
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
Traveling Group
Martha Jane Sargent (Age 19)
Sarah Ellen Sharp (Age 0)
Date Details
Started On 1847 May 24
Joined Company
Ended On 1847 July 29
Company Arrived
Married
Martha Jane Sargent
1847 July 4 (Age 24)
Died in Vernal, Uintah, Utah, United States
1920 October 20 (Age 98)
Media
Harley Mowry (1822 - 1920) Profile
Sources
Person
Utah, FamilySearch, Early Church Information File, 1830-1900
Utah, FamilySearch, Early Church Information File, 1830-1900, Item 4103-4114, Page 347-358.
Vernal Express
"Death of Aged Pioneer Throws Gloom Over Valley Communities", Vernal Express, (22 October 1920), Page 1.
Mission
Historical Department journal history of the Church, 1830-2008
Historical Department journal history of the Church, 1830-2008, 15 April 1844.
Read Transcript
Latter-Day Saints biographical encyclopedia. 4 vols. Salt Lake City, Utah: Andrew Jenson History Company, 1901
"Mowry, Harley", Latter-Day Saints biographical encyclopedia. 4 vols. Salt Lake City, Utah: Andrew Jenson History Company, 1901, 4, Page 755-756.
Nauvoo Seventies list / compiled by Nauvoo Restoration
Nauvoo Seventies list / compiled by Nauvoo Restoration, Vol. 2, Page 319-320.
Pioneer
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.
Ricketts, Norma Baldwin, The Mormon Battalion: U.S. Army of the West, 1846-1848, Logan, Utah, Utah State University Press, 1996, Page 23.
Mormon Battalion
Historian's Office correspondence files, 1856-1926
"Nelson Higgins letter to George A. Smith", Historian's Office correspondence files, 1856-1926, (December).
Mormon Battalion Company C muster roll, 1846
Mormon Battalion Company C muster roll, 1846, Page 2.
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.
Mormon Battalion lists, 1927
Mormon Battalion lists, 1927, Page 33.
Names of Pueblo soldiers and Mississippi brethren, 1847
Names of Pueblo soldiers and Mississippi brethren, 1847, Page 2.
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.
