James Owen
Alternate Names
James Colegrave Owen (Alternate Name)
Birth Date
On 1825 October 11 (Born)
Death Date
On 1914 January 26 (Died)
Gender
Male
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Born in Sunderlinville, Potter, Pennsylvania, United States
1825 October 11
Mother
Pamelia Colegrove
Father
Nathaniel Moore Owen
Date Details
Occurred On 1825 October 11
Baptized
1843 December 17 (Age 18)
Joined
Mormon Battalion Company D
1846 July 16 – 1847 July 16 (Age 20)
Members in Company
Rank
Private
Date Details
Started On 1846 July 16
Joined Company
Ended On 1847 July 16
Company Disbanded
Traveled in
Company Unknown (1848)
1848 (Age 22)
Pioneers in Company
Date Details
Occurred Circa 1848
Joined Company
Circa 1848
Company Arrived
Traveled in
Wilford Woodruff Company (1850)
1850 June 16 – October 14 (Age 24)
Pioneers in Company
Date Details
Started On 1850 June 16
Joined Company
Ended On 1850 October 14
Company Arrived
Married
Sariah Rawson
1851 June 1 (Age 25)
Died in Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States
1914 January 26 (Age 88)
Media
James Owen (1825 - 1914) Profile
Sources
Person
Deseret Evening News
"James Owen First Police Chief of Ogden, Passes Away", Deseret Evening News, (27 January 1914), Page 8.
Ogden Daily Standard
"Member of Mormon Battalion Called by Death", Ogden Daily Standard, (26 January 1914), Page 7.
Mormon Battalion
Descriptive roll [Mormon Battalion], 1846
Descriptive roll [Mormon Battalion], 1846, Page 2.
Mormon Battalion lists, 1927
Mormon Battalion lists, 1927, Page 35.
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.