James Polly Brown
Birth Date
On 1803 April 22 (Born)
Death Date
On 1871 November 6 (Died)
Gender
Male
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Battalion Activity
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Mission Activity
1
Pioneer
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Born in Shelby, Kentucky, United States
1803 April 22
Mother
Margret Polley
Father
Robert Bonon Brown
Date Details
Occurred On 1803 April 22
Married
Eunice Reasor
1826 April 13 (Age 22)
Baptized by Boosinger
1844 December (Age 41)
Joined
Mormon Battalion Company D
1846 July 16 – 1847 July 16 (Age 43)
Members in Company
Rank
Private
Traveling Group
Eunice Reasor
Mary Ann Brown
Neuman Brown
Robert H Brown
Sarah Jane Brown
Additional Information
Detached to Pueblo
Date Details
Started On 1846 July 16
Joined Company
Ended On 1847 July 16
Company Disbanded
Traveled in
Mormon Battalion Detachments (1847)
1847 May 24 – July 29 (Age 44)
Pioneers in Company
Traveling Group
Mary Ann Brown (Age 4)
Eunice Reasor (Age 39)
Neuman Brown (Age 16)
Robert H Brown (Age 15)
Sarah Jane Brown (Age 12)
John Taylor Brown (Age 0)
Date Details
Started On 1847 May 24
Joined Company
Ended On 1847 July 29
Company Arrived
Married
Petra Kirstine Sorensen
1855 May 6 (Age 52)
Married
Martha Ann Miller
1858 November 15 – 1865 January 6 (Age 55)
Served in
Eastern States Mission
1869 July 6 – September 29 (Age 66)
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Mission Type
Proselytizing
Marital Status
Plurally Married
Priesthood Office
High Priest
Residence When Called
Rockville, Kane, Utah Territory, United States
Set Apart By
John Taylor
Location Served
United States
Date Details
Started On 1869 July 6
Set Apart
Ended On 1869 September 29
Released
Died in Rockville, Washington, Utah Territory, United States
1871 November 6 (Age 68)
Media
James Polly Brown (1803 - 1871) Profile
Sources
Person
1850 Utah Census
1850 Utah Census.
Deseret News
"Died", Deseret News, (22 November 1871), Page 8.
Mission
MISSIONARY Department missionary registers, 1860-1959
MISSIONARY Department missionary registers, 1860-1959, 6 July 1869, Vol. A, Page 12, Line 498.
MISSIONARY Department missionary registers, 1860-1959, 6 July 1869, Vol. B, Page 13, Line 498.
Pioneer
Andrew J. Shupe journal, 1838-1861
Andrew J. Shupe journal, 1838-1861, Page 124-131, 160.
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Ephraim Enterprise
"Your Heritage and You. An Indian who became as a white", Ephraim Enterprise, (8 October 1970), Page 2.
Mormon Battalion
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 23.
Ricketts, Norma Baldwin, The Mormon Battalion: U.S. Army of the West, 1846-1848, Logan, Utah, Utah State University Press, 1996, Page 233-234.