Henry Shuler Buckwalter
Birth Date
On 1831 May 12 (Born)
Death Date
On 1908 June 11 (Died)
Gender
Male
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Born in West Nantmeal Township, Chester, Pennsylvania, United States
1831 May 12
Mother
Sarah Shuler (1801 - 1879)
Father
John Buckwalter
Date Details
Occurred On 1831 May 12
Baptized
1843 January 1 (Age 11)
Traveled in
John S. Higbee/James W. Bay Company (1852)
1852 May 28 – August 13 (Age 21)
Pioneers in Company
Traveling Group
Sarah Shuler (Age 51)
Sarah Buckwalter (Age 19)
John Edwin Buckwalter (Age 17)
Elizabeth Lucretia Buckwalter (Age 12)
Date Details
Started On 1852 May 28
Joined Company
Ended On 1852 August 13
Company Arrived
Served in
Eastern States Mission
1854 September 4 – 1855 June (Age 23)
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Mission Type
Proselytizing
Marital Status
Single
Priesthood Office
Elder
Residence When Called
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
Location Served
Pennsylvania
Date Details
Started On 1854 September 4
Departed from Home
Ended Before 1855 June
Released
On 1855 September 3
Arrived at Home
Traveled in
John Hindley Company (1855)
1855 June 7 – September 3 (Age 24)
Pioneers in Company
Roles
Returning Missionary
Date Details
Started On 1855 June 7
Joined Company
Ended On 1855 September 3
Company Arrived
Traveled in
Rescue Companies (1856)
1856 October 7 – December 15 (Age 25)
Pioneers in Company
Date Details
Started On 1856 October 7
Joined Company
Ended On 1856 December 15
Company Arrived
Married
Harriet Victoria Orton
1861 September 24 (Age 30)
Died in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
1908 June 11 (Age 77)
Media
Henry Shuler Buckwalter (1831 - 1908) Profile
Sources
Person
1856 Utah Census
1856 Utah Census.
Inter-Mountain Republican
"H. S. Buckwalter Called By Death", Inter-Mountain Republican, (7 November 1908), Page 5.
Latter-Day Saints biographical encyclopedia. 4 vols. Salt Lake City, Utah: Andrew Jenson History Company, 1901
"Buckwalter, Henry Shuler", Latter-Day Saints biographical encyclopedia. 4 vols. Salt Lake City, Utah: Andrew Jenson History Company, 1901, 1, Page 604.
Salt Lake Herald-Republican
"Pioneer Passes in Death of Buckwalter", Salt Lake Herald-Republican, (15 November 1908), Page 13.
Utah Death Registers, 1847-1966
Utah Death Registers, 1847-1966.
Utah State History Cemeteries and Burials Database
Utah State History Cemeteries and Burials Database.
Utah, Deaths and Burials, 1888-1946
Utah, Deaths and Burials, 1888-1946.
Utah, Salt Lake County Death Records, 1849-1949
Utah, Salt Lake County Death Records, 1849-1949.
Mission
Historical Department journal history of the Church, 1830-2008
Historical Department journal history of the Church, 1830-2008, 17 October 1854, Page 4.
Nauvoo Seventies list / compiled by Nauvoo Restoration
Nauvoo Seventies list / compiled by Nauvoo Restoration, Vol. 1, Page 54.
Pioneer
Biographical information relating to Mormon pioneer overland travel database, 2003-2017
"Henry Shuler Buckwalter Autobiography", Biographical information relating to Mormon pioneer overland travel database, 2003-2017, Page 9.
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"Henry Shuler Buckwalter", Biographical information relating to Mormon pioneer overland travel database, 2003-2017, (1906), Page 18-19.
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Brigham Young office emigrating companies reports, 1850-1862
"1st Company of 50 report, 1855", Brigham Young office emigrating companies reports, 1850-1862.
Deseret News
"1st Company", Deseret News, (18 September 1852), Page 2.
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"Immigration List", Deseret News, (12 September 1855), Page 6.
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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 1852.
"John Parson camp journal", Historical Department journal history of the Church, 1830-2008, (3 September 1855), Page 5-12.
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James W. Bay diaries, 1850-1853
James W. Bay diaries, 1850-1853, 25 May 1852, Vol. 2.
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Jane C. Robinson Hindley journals, 1855-1905
Jane C. Robinson Hindley journals, 1855-1905, Page 16-21.
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Latter-Day Saints biographical encyclopedia. 4 vols. Salt Lake City, Utah: Andrew Jenson History Company, 1901
"Buckwalter, Henry Shuler", Latter-Day Saints biographical encyclopedia. 4 vols. Salt Lake City, Utah: Andrew Jenson History Company, 1901, 1, Page 604.
