James Oakley
Alternate Names
James Degroot Oakley (Alternate Name)
Birth Date
On 1828 September 5 (Born)
Death Date
On 1915 April 30 (Died)
Gender
Male
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Mission Activity
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Pioneer
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Born in Flatlands, Kings, New York, United States
1828 September 5
Mother
Elizabeth DeGroot (1795 - 1885)
Father
Ezra Oakley (1788 - 1879)
Date Details
Occurred On 1828 September 5
Joined
Mormon Battalion Company D
1846 July 16 – 1847 July 16 (Age 17)
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
Baptized
1847 (Age 18)
Traveled in
Mormon Battalion Detachments (1847)
1847 May 24 – July 29 (Age 18)
Pioneers in Company
Date Details
Started On 1847 May 24
Joined Company
Ended On 1847 July 29
Company Arrived
Married
Alvina Ann Cole
1851 September 14 (Age 23)
Married
Cecelia Lane
1868 December 7 (Age 40)
Married
Fanny Palfreyman
1869 July 19 (Age 40)
Served in
Eastern States Mission
1871 November 14 (Age 43)
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Mission Type
Proselytizing
Marital Status
Plurally Married
Priesthood Office
Elder
Residence When Called
Springville, Utah, Utah Territory, United States
Set Apart By
Joseph Fielding Smith, Sr.
Location Served
United States
Date Details
Started On 1871 November 14
Set Apart
End Date Not Found
Died in Springville, Utah, Utah, United States
1915 April 30 (Age 86)
Media
James DeGroot Oakley (1828 - 1915)
James DeGroot Oakley (1828 - 1915) Profile
Sources
Person
Latter-day Saints Biographical Encyclopedia (1901)
"Oakley, James", Latter-day Saints Biographical Encyclopedia (1901), 4, Page 758-759.
Salt Lake Telegram
"James Oakley Dies", Salt Lake Telegram, (1 May 1915), Page 2.
Mission
MISSIONARY Department missionary registers, 1860-1959
MISSIONARY Department missionary registers, 1860-1959, 14 November 1871, Vol. B, Page 23, Line 882.
MISSIONARY Department missionary registers, 1860-1959, 10 November 1871, Vol. A, Page 21, Line 882.
Pioneer
John Steele reminiscences and journals, 1846-1898
John Steele reminiscences and journals, 1846-1898, 30 July 1847.
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Portrait, Genealogical and Biographical Record of the State of Utah
Portrait, Genealogical and Biographical Record of the State of Utah, Found in Chicago: National Historical Record Co., 1902, Page 456.
Mormon Battalion
Descriptive roll [Mormon Battalion], 1846
Descriptive roll [Mormon Battalion], 1846, Page 2.
Mormon Battalion James Brown Detached Company descriptive roll and pay record, 1847
Mormon Battalion James Brown Detached Company descriptive roll and pay record, 1847. Descriptive roll, 1847: Page 2.
Mormon Battalion James Brown Detached Company descriptive roll and pay record, 1847. Pay record, 1847: Page 2.
Mormon Battalion lists, 1927
Mormon Battalion lists, 1927, Page 35.
Names of Pueblo soldiers and Mississippi brethren, 1847
Names of Pueblo soldiers and Mississippi brethren, 1847, Page 1.
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.