James Stephens Brown
Birth Date
On 1828 July 4 (Born)
Death Date
On 1902 March 25 (Died)
Gender
Male
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Battalion Activity
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Mission Activity
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Pioneer
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Born in Davidson, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, United States
1828 July 4
Mother
Elizabeth Stephens
Father
Daniel Brown
Baptized by
Ezra Taft Benson
1846 July 7 (Age 18)
Enlisted in
Mormon Battalion Company D
1846 July 16 – 1847 July 16 (Age 18)
Members in Company
Rank
Private
Date Details
On 1846 July 16
Enlisted In Company
On 1847 July 16
Discharged
Traveled in
Jonathan H. Holmes/Samuel Thompson Company (1848)
1848 July 2 – September 6 (Age 19)
Pioneers in Company
Date Details
On 1848 July 2
Joined Company
On 1848 September 6
Company Arrived
Served in
Tahitian Mission
1849 October 2 – 1852 November 26 (Age 21)
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Mission Type
Proselytizing
Marital Status
Single
Priesthood Quorum When Called
3rd
Priesthood Office
Seventy
Residence When Called
Great Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake, Deseret, United States
Served With
Addison Pratt
Date Details
On 1849 October 2
Departed from Home
On 1852 November 26
Departed from Field
On 1855
Arrived in Field
On 1857
Released
Married
Lydia Jane Tanner
1854 July 23 (Age 26)
Married
Rebecca Ann McBride
1854 September (Age 26)
Called as President to
Shoshone Mission
1855 April 6 – 1857 October 4 (Age 26)
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Mission Type
Proselytizing
Marital Status
Married
Priesthood Office
Seventy
Residence When Called
Great Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
Date Details
On 1855 April 6
Called
On 1857 October 4
Arrived at Home
Married
Polly Brown
1855 August 31 (Age 27)
Served in
British Mission
1860 April 25 – 1862 October 1 (Age 31)
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Mission Type
Proselytizing
Marital Status
Plurally Married
Priesthood Quorum When Called
54th
Priesthood Office
Seventy
Residence When Called
Great Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
Set Apart By
W. Woodruff
Set Apart By
Wilford Woodruff
Date Details
On 1860 April 25
Set Apart
On 1862 October 1
Arrived at Home
Called as Captain to
James S. Brown Company (1862)
1862 July 28 – October 2 (Age 34)
Pioneers in Company
Roles
Captain
Returning Missionary
Traveling Group
Eliza Lester (Age 22)
Date Details
On 1862 July 28
Joined Company
On 1862 October 2
Company Arrived
Married
Eliza Lester
1863 January 31 (Age 34)
Served in
Central States Mission
1869 October 19 – 1870 (Age 41)
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Mission Type
Proselytizing
Marital Status
Plurally Married
Priesthood Quorum When Called
54th
Priesthood Office
Seventy
Residence When Called
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
Set Apart By
George Q. Cannon
Set Apart By
George Quayle Cannon
Date Details
On 1869 October 19
Set Apart
Spring 1870
Released
Married
Elizabeth Mary Clegg
1872 March 4 (Age 43)
Served in
Eastern States Mission
1872 April 10 (Age 43)
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Mission Type
Proselytizing
Marital Status
Plurally Married
Priesthood Quorum When Called
54th
Priesthood Office
Seventy
Residence When Called
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
Set Apart By
John Taylor
Set Apart By
John Taylor
Date Details
Fall 1872
Released
On 1872 April 10
Set Apart
Served in
Western States Mission
1875 October 11 – 1876 (Age 47)
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Mission Type
Proselytizing
Marital Status
Plurally Married
Priesthood Quorum When Called
54th
Priesthood Office
Seventy
Residence When Called
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
Set Apart By
O. Pratt
Set Apart By
Orson Pratt
Date Details
On 1875 October 11
Set Apart
Fall 1876
Released
Called as President to
Tahitian Mission
1892 April 8 – 1893 July 8 (Age 63)
See Missionaries
Mission Type
Proselytizing
Marital Status
Plurally Married
Priesthood Quorum When Called
54th
Priesthood Office
Seventy
Residence When Called
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
Set Apart By
F. M. Lyman
Set Apart By
Francis Marion Lyman
Date Details
On 1892 April 8
Set Apart
On 1893 July 8
Departed from Field
Died in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
1902 March 25 (Age 73)
Media
James Stephens Brown (1828 - 1902) Profile
Sources
Person
SALT Lake Herald-Republican
"How a Utah Man Escaped Death at the Stake", SALT Lake Herald-Republican, (4 August 1901), Page 3.
Mission
Giant of the Lord: life of a pioneer
Giant of the Lord: life of a pioneer. Salt Lake City: Bookcraft, c1960 Salt Lake City : Publishers Press, 2nd printing, 1960.
Historical Record Book, 1841-1874
Historical Record Book, 1841-1874, 21 April 1855, Page 185.
James S. Brown diary and journal typescripts, 1875 September-1876 April
James Stephens Brown, James S. Brown diary and journal typescripts, 1875 September-1876 April.
LATTER-DAY Saint biographical encyclopedia, Andrew Jenson
"James Stephens Brown", LATTER-DAY Saint biographical encyclopedia, Andrew Jenson, 3, Page 30.
MISSIONARY Department missionary registers, 1860-1959
MISSIONARY Department missionary registers, 1860-1959, 25 April 1860, Vol. 2, Page 1, Line 30.
MISSIONARY Department missionary registers, 1860-1959, 8 April 1892, Vol. 1, Page 120, Line 88.
MISSIONARY Department missionary registers, 1860-1959, 11 October 1875, Vol. 2, Page 32, Line 1265.
MISSIONARY Department missionary registers, 1860-1959, 19 October 1869, Vol. 1, Page 15, Line 639.
MISSIONARY Department missionary registers, 1860-1959, 19 October 1869, Vol. 2, Page 17, Line 639.
MISSIONARY Department missionary registers, 1860-1959, 10 April 1872, Vol. 2, Page 24, Line 925.
MISSIONARY Department missionary registers, 1860-1959, 11 October 1875, Vol. 1, Page 30, Line 1265.
MISSIONARY Department missionary registers, 1860-1959, 10 April 1872, Vol. 1, Page 22, Line 925.
MISSIONARY Department missionary registers, 1860-1959, 8 April 1892, Vol. 2, Page 129, Line 88.
MISSIONARY Department missionary registers, 1860-1959, 25 April 1860, Vol. 1, Page 1, Line 30.
Shoshone Mission journal, 1855 May-1857 October
Shoshone Mission journal, 1855 May-1857 October, 7 September 1856, Page 41-60.
Transcript for Shoshone Mission journal, 1855 May-1857 October, 41-60
Tahiti Papeete Mission manuscript history and historical reports, 1843-1978
Tahiti Papeete Mission manuscript history and historical reports, 1843-1978.
Pioneer
BIOGRAPHICAL sketches, 1891-2013
"Mildred Eliza Johnson Randall", BIOGRAPHICAL sketches, 1891-2013, (1979), Page 2-3.
Transcript for Johnson, Mildred Eliza, to My Dearest Sister, 18 Sep. 1859, in Mildred Moss Boyce, [Biographical sketch of Mildred Eliza Johnson Randall] 1979, 2-3
DESERET News
"Third Independent Company", DESERET News, (8 October 1862), Page 1.
Transcript for "Third Independent Company," Deseret News, 8 October 1862, 113
Ephraim Green journal
Ephraim Green journal, June.
Transcript for Ephraim Green journal, 1848 June-September and 1849 December
Genealogical charts and biographical sketches of members of the L.D.S. Church, Ogden Stake
"Edson, Charlotte Purdy, Autobiographical sketch", Genealogical charts and biographical sketches of members of the L.D.S. Church, Ogden Stake, 11, Page 115.
Transcript for Edson, Charlotte Purdy, Autobiographical sketch, in Genealogical Charts and Biographical Sketches of Members of the L.D.S. Church, Ogden Stake, 26 vols., 11:115
Giant of the Lord: life of a pioneer
Giant of the Lord: life of a pioneer. Salt Lake City: Bookcraft, c1960 Salt Lake City : Publishers Press, 1960. Page 415-22.
Transcript for Brown, James S., Giant of the Lord: Life of a Pioneer [1960], 415-22
Henry W. Bigler reminiscences and diaries, 1846-1850
Henry W. Bigler reminiscences and diaries, 1846-1850, July, Vol. 2, Page 1-13.
Transcript for Henry W. Bigler reminiscences and diaries, 1846-1850, Volume contents: (2) July-September 1848, 1-13
Henry W. Bigler reminiscences and diaries, 1846-1850, February, Vol. 1, Page 91-106.
Transcript for Henry W. Bigler reminiscences and diaries, 1846-1850, Volume contents: (1) February 1846-November 1850, 91-106
Historical Department journal history of the Church, 1830-2008
"John H. Gordon report", Historical Department journal history of the Church, 1830-2008, (29 August 1859).
Transcript for Gordon, John H., Report, in Journal History of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 29 Aug. 1859, 2-3
Index to Utah pioneer biographies
"Farrell, George Lionel", Index to Utah pioneer biographies, 10, Page 16-17.
Transcript for Farrell, George Lionel, [Interview], in "Utah Pioneer Biographies," 44 vols., 10:16-17
James S. Brown reminiscences and journals, 1849-1900
James Stephen Brown, James S. Brown reminiscences and journals, 1849-1900, Page 12.
Transcript for Brown, James Stephens, Reminiscences and journals, 1857-1900, 12 p
Jonathan H. Holmes diary, 1846-1848
Jonathan H. Holmes diary, 1846-1848.
Transcript for Jonathan H. Holmes diary, 1846-1848
Juvenile Instructor
Henele Pikale, "Recollections of the Past", Juvenile Instructor, (15 December 1886), Page 371.
Transcript for Henele Pikale (Henry W. Bigler), "Recollections of the Past," Juvenile Instructor, 15 December 1886, 371
Richetts, Norma Baldwin, The Mormon Battalion: U.S. Army of the West, 1846-1848, Logan, Utah, Utah State University Press, 1996
Richetts, Norma Baldwin, The Mormon Battalion: U.S. Army of the West, 1846-1848, Logan, Utah, Utah State University Press, 1996, Page 23.
Richetts, Norma Baldwin, The Mormon Battalion: U.S. Army of the West, 1846-1848, Logan, Utah, Utah State University Press, 1996, Page 222-223.
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.
Samuel H. Rogers reminiscences and diary, 1841-1886
Samuel H. Rogers reminiscences and diary, 1841-1886, June.
Transcript for Samuel H. Rogers reminiscences and diary, 1841-1886, Folder contents: (1) Reminiscences and journal, 1841 June-1855 July, 158-66
Trail diary, Captain James Brown's wagon company, 1859 June-August
Trail diary, Captain James Brown's wagon company, 1859 June-August, June.
Transcript for Trail diary, Captain James Brown's wagon company, 1859 June-August, 9
Williamena M. McKay autobiographical sketch, 1915
Williamena M. McKay autobiographical sketch, 1915, Page 2-3.
Transcript for McKay, Williamena McKay, Autobiographical sketch, 1915, 2-3
Williamena M. McKay autobiographical sketch, 1915
Williamena M. McKay autobiographical sketch, 1915.
Transcript for McKay, Williamena McKay, A short story of the life of Williamena McKay McKay, in Nora Crystal Hall Lund, Biographies collection [ca. 1950-1983], reel 2, 2
