James Calvin Sly
Birth Date
On 1807 August 8 (Born)
Death Date
On 1864 August 31 (Died)
Gender
Male
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Pioneer
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Born in Sodus, Wayne, New York, United States
1807 August 8
Mother
Elizabeth Hill
Father
Joshua F. Sly
Date Details
Occurred On 1807 August 8
Baptized
1844 March 9 (Age 36)
Joined
Mormon Battalion Company B
1846 July 16 – 1847 July 16 (Age 38)
Members in Company
Rank
Private
Date Details
Started On 1846 July 16
Joined Company
Ended On 1847 July 16
Company Disbanded
Served in
California Mission
1848 (Age 40)
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Mission Type
Proselytizing
Marital Status
Married
Missionary Activity Notes
Journal History Nov. 26, 1848
Location Served
California
Date Details
Started On 1848
Departed from Home
End Date Not Found
Traveled in
Jonathan H. Holmes/Samuel Thompson Company (1848)
1848 July 2 – September 6 (Age 40)
Pioneers in Company
Date Details
Started On 1848 July 2
Joined Company
Ended On 1848 September 6
Company Arrived
Married
Susannah Gustin
1849 March 25 (Age 41)
Traveled in
Amasa M. Lyman Company (1850)
1850 August 17 – September 29 (Age 43)
Pioneers in Company
Date Details
Started On 1850 August 17
Joined Company
Ended On 1850 September 29
Company Arrived
Served in
Early Church Mission: North America
1854 – 1855 (Age 46)
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Mission Type
Other
Marital Status
Plurally Married
Priesthood Office
High Priest
Location Served
Canada
Date Details
Started On 1854
Departed from Home
Ended On 1855
Arrived at Home
Traveled in
Isaac Allred Company (1855)
1855 July 28 – November 2 (Age 47)
Pioneers in Company
Date Details
Started On 1855 July 28
Joined Company
Ended On 1855 November 2
Company Arrived
Married
Nancy Bruster Gustin
1856 January 19 (Age 48)
Died in Chicken Creek, Juab, Utah Territory, United States
1864 August 31 (Age 57)
Media
James Calvin Sly (1807 - 1864) Profile
Sources
Person
1850 United States Census
1850 United States Census.
Deseret News
"Died", Deseret News, (21 September 1864), Page 409.
Utah, Territorial Militia Records, 1849-1877
Utah, Territorial Militia Records, 1849-1877.
Mission
High Priests of Nauvoo and early Salt Lake City
High Priests of Nauvoo and early Salt Lake City, Page 118.
Historical Department journal history of the Church, 1830-2008
Historical Department journal history of the Church, 1830-2008, 26 November 1848, Page 1.
Latter-day Saints Biographical Encyclopedia (1901)
"Sly, James Calvin", Latter-day Saints Biographical Encyclopedia (1901), 3, Page 514.
Pioneer
Albert K. Thurber diary
"Journal and Diary of Albert King Thurber," in Treasures of Pioneer History", Albert K. Thurber diary, 3, Page 283-88.
Brigham Young office emigrating companies reports, 1850-1862
"7th Company of 50 report.", Brigham Young office emigrating companies reports, 1850-1862, (July).
Crossroads: Utah Crossroads quarterly newsletter
"To the Tops of the California Mountains: The 1848 Carson Pass Diary of Elijah Elmer", Crossroads: Utah Crossroads quarterly newsletter, Page 5-7.
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Deseret News
"Immigration List", Deseret News, (12 September 1855), Page 6.
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Isaiah M. Coombs collection, 1835-1938
Isaiah M. Coombs collection, 1835-1938, April, Vol. 1.
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Salt Lake (County) Recorder's Office land records, circa 1847-1860
"Names of men who wish for land to cultivate who came from California with Jonathan H. Holmes", Salt Lake (County) Recorder's Office land records, circa 1847-1860.
Mormon Battalion
Mormon Battalion lists, 1927
Mormon Battalion lists, 1927, Page 41.
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 222-223.
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.