Jesse Bigler Martin
Birth Date
On 1825 April 11 (Born)
Death Date
On 1908 October 17 (Died)
Gender
Male
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Mission Activity
2
Pioneer
2
Born in Shinston, Harrison County, Virginia, United States
1825 April 11
Mother
Agnes Matilda Bigler
Father
John Snyder Martin Sr
Date Details
Occurred On 1825 April 11
Baptized
1839 October 10 (Age 14)
Joined
Mormon Battalion Company B
1846 July 16 – 1847 July 16 (Age 21)
Members in Company
Rank
Private
Date Details
Started On 1846 July 16
Joined Company
Ended On 1847 July 16
Company Disbanded
Traveled in
Jonathan H. Holmes/Samuel Thompson Company (1848)
1848 July 2 – September 6 (Age 23)
Pioneers in Company
Date Details
Started On 1848 July 2
Joined Company
Ended On 1848 September 6
Company Arrived
Served in
California Mission
1848 November (Age 23)
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Mission Type
Proselytizing
Marital Status
Married
Location Served
California Bay
Date Details
Started Circa 1848 November
Called
End Date Not Found
Married
Sophronia Moore
1848 December 17 (Age 23)
Served in
British Mission
1854 January 13 – 1857 March 28 (Age 28)
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Mission Type
Proselytizing
Marital Status
Married
Priesthood Office
Seventy
Location Served
England
Date Details
Started On 1854 January 13
Arrived in Field
Ended On 1857 March 28
Departed from Field
Called as Captain to
Jesse B. Martin Company (1857)
1857 June 1 – September 12 (Age 32)
Pioneers in Company
Roles
Captain
Date Details
Started On 1857 June 1
Joined Company
Ended On 1857 September 12
Company Arrived
Married
Ann Clark
1857 December 20 (Age 32)
Died in Provo, Utah, Utah, United States
1908 October 17 (Age 83)
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Jesse Bigler Martin (1825 - 1908) Profile
Sources
Person
Nauvoo Seventies list / compiled by Nauvoo Restoration
Nauvoo Seventies list / compiled by Nauvoo Restoration, Vol. 2.
Nauvoo Temple Endowment Register
Nauvoo Temple Endowment Register, Page 77.
Salt Lake Herald-Republican
"Pioneer Dies: Jesse B. Martin, Old Resident of Utah, Passes Away.", Salt Lake Herald-Republican, (19 October 1908), Page 2.
Mission
Historical Department journal history of the Church, 1830-2008
Historical Department journal history of the Church, 1830-2008, 8 April 1853, Page 1-19.
Historical Department journal history of the Church, 1830-2008, 26 November 1848, Page 1.
Millennial Star
"Departure", Millennial Star, 19, (11 April 1857), 15. Page 233.
Pioneer
4 Genealogical Society of Utah biography class collection, 1932-1937
"Elizabeth Bocock Weight", 4 Genealogical Society of Utah biography class collection, 1932-1937.
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Alfred Solomon, Autobiography
Alfred Solomon, Autobiography.
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Charles R. Dana papers, 1847, 1859 / Autobiography, 1859
Charles R. Dana papers, 1847, 1859 / Autobiography, 1859, Page 171-76.
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Jesse B. Martin journals, 1853-1857
Jesse B. Martin journals, 1853-1857.
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John Edge Booth: personal writings, journals, family letters, photographs & family group sheets / compiled by Elsie A. Florence
"John Edge Booth, autobiography", John Edge Booth: personal writings, journals, family letters, photographs & family group sheets / compiled by Elsie A. Florence, Page 23.
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Robert McQuarrie journals, 1854-1917
Robert McQuarrie journals, 1854-1917.
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Schoenfeld, Ottilie Mieth, Autobiographical sketch [ca. 1910], [2]
Schoenfeld, Ottilie Mieth, Autobiographical sketch [ca. 1910], [2].
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Mormon Battalion
Mormon Battalion lists, 1927
Mormon Battalion lists, 1927, Page 31.
Mormon Battalion returns lists, 1846 July
"Mormon Battalion return lists", Mormon Battalion returns lists, 1846 July, (July), Page 10.
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 222-223.
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.