James Powers Dwyer
Birth Date
On 1833 November 22 (Born)
Death Date
On 1915 January 12 (Died)
Gender
Male
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Mission Activity
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Pioneer
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Born in Bansha, County Tipperary, Ireland
1833 November 22
Mother
Catherine Powers Dwyer
Father
Martin Dwyer
Date Details
Occurred On 1833 November 22
Baptized by Freeman Rodgers
1855 May 17 (Age 21)
Traveled in
Company Unknown (1861)
1861 – 1861 September (Age 27)
Pioneers in Company
Date Details
Started Circa 1861
Joined Company
Ended Circa 1861 September
Company Arrived
Married
Sarah Ann Hammer
1862 May 27 (Age 28)
Served in
Eastern States Mission
1869 October 24 (Age 35)
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Mission Type
Proselytizing
Missionary Activity Notes
No end date could be determine.
Priesthood Quorum When Called
13th
Priesthood Office
Seventy
Residence When Called
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
Set Apart By
Orson Pratt
Location Served
United States
Date Details
Started On 1869 October 24
Set Apart
End Date Not Found
Served in
Eastern States Mission
1871 October 21 – November (Age 37)
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Mission Type
Proselytizing
Priesthood Quorum When Called
13th
Priesthood Office
Seventy
Residence When Called
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
Set Apart By
Joseph Fielding Smith, Sr.
Location Served
United States
Date Details
Started On 1871 October 21
Set Apart
Ended On 1871 November
Released
Married
Jane Thomson Mackenzie
1910 February 11 (Age 76)
Died in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
1915 January 12 (Age 81)
Media
James Dwyer (1833 - 1915) Profile
Sources
Person
Deseret Evening News
"James Dwyer, Pioneer Bookman of West, Goes to Last Reward", Deseret Evening News, (13 January 1915), Page 2.
Salt Lake Tribune
"Pioneer Bookman Dies in Hospital", Salt Lake Tribune, (13 January 1915), Page 14.
Mission
MISSIONARY Department missionary registers, 1860-1959
MISSIONARY Department missionary registers, 1860-1959, 21 October 1871, Vol. B, Page 22, Line 859.
MISSIONARY Department missionary registers, 1860-1959, 24 October 1869, Vol. B, Page 17, Line 643.
MISSIONARY Department missionary registers, 1860-1959, 21 October 1871, Vol. A, Page 20, Line 859.
MISSIONARY Department missionary registers, 1860-1959, 24 October 1869, Vol. A, Page 15, Line 643.