John Borrowman
Birth Date
On 1816 May 13 (Born)
Death Date
On 1898 March 2 (Died)
Gender
Male
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Battalion Activity
1
Mission Activity
2
Pioneer
1
Born in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
1816 May 13
Mother
Marion Hannah
Father
William Borrowman
Baptized
1840 June 7 (Age 24)
Served in
Canadian Mission
1844 (Age 27)
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Mission Type
Proselytizing
Marital Status
Single
Priesthood Office
Elder
Enlisted in
Mormon Battalion Company B
1846 July 16 – 1847 July 16 (Age 30)
Members in Company
Rank
Private
Date Details
On 1846 July 16
Enlisted In Company
On 1847 July 16
Discharged
Traveled in
Ebenezer Brown Company (1848)
1848 August 12 – October 10 (Age 32)
Pioneers in Company
Date Details
On 1848 August 12
Joined Company
On 1848 October 10
Company Arrived
Married
Agnes Thompson Park
1849 January 9 (Age 32)
Served in
Eastern States Mission
1869 October 30 – 1870 (Age 53)
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Mission Type
Proselytizing
Marital Status
Married
Priesthood Quorum When Called
49th
Priesthood Office
Seventy
Residence When Called
Nephi, Juab, Utah Territory, United States
Set Apart By
George Q Cannon
Set Apart By
George Quayle Cannon
Date Details
On 1869 October 30
Set Apart
Spring 1870
Released
Died in Nephi, Juab, Utah, United States
1898 March 2 (Age 81)
Media
John Borrowman (1816 - 1898) Profile
Sources
Person
1850 Utah Census
1850 Utah Census.
Deseret Weekly
"Obituary Notes", Deseret Weekly, (19 March 1898), Page 448.
Mission
MISSIONARY Department missionary registers, 1860-1959
MISSIONARY Department missionary registers, 1860-1959, 30 October 1869, Vol. 1, Page 16, Line 673.
MISSIONARY Department missionary registers, 1860-1959, 30 October 1869, Vol. 2, Page 18, Line 673.
Pioneer
John Borrowman diaries, 1846-1860, Diary
John Borrowman diaries, 1846-1860, Diary, 5 August 1848.
Transcript for John Borrowman diaries, 1846-1860, Diary, 1848 July-1860 June
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 Herald-Republican
"Nephi Pioneer Dead", SALT Lake Herald-Republican, (3 March 1898), Page 7.
SALT Lake Telegram
"Now And Then", SALT Lake Telegram, (29 July 1926), Page 8.
Mormon Battalion
Ledger of Company A, Mormon Battalion, 1846-1855
"Ledger of Company A, Mormon Battalion", Ledger of Company A, Mormon Battalion, 1846-1855.
Mormon Battalion lists, 1927
"Mormon Battalion lists", Mormon Battalion lists, 1927, (1927), Page 11.
Mormon Battalion returns lists, 1846 July
"Mormon Battalion return lists", Mormon Battalion returns lists, 1846 July, (July), Page 7.
"Mormon Battalion return lists", Mormon Battalion returns lists, 1846 July, (July), Page 8.
Selected Pension Application Files Relating to the Mormon Battalion, Mexican War, 1846-48
"Mormon Battalion, Volunteers", Selected Pension Application Files Relating to the Mormon Battalion, Mexican War, 1846-48.
