John Brown
Birth Date
On 1819 August 24 (Born)
Death Date
On 1887 June 11 (Died)
Gender
Male
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Battalion Activity
1
Mission Activity
1
Pioneer
1
Born in Quebec, Canada
1819 August 24
Mother
Abigail Edmonds
Father
Francis A Brown
Date Details
Occurred On 1819 August 24
Baptized
1837 December (Age 18)
Joined
Mormon Battalion Company A
1846 July 16 – 1847 July 16 (Age 26)
Members in Company
Rank
Private
Date Details
Started On 1846 July 16
Joined Company
Ended On 1847 July 16
Company Disbanded
Traveled in
Levi W. Hancock/Jefferson Hunt/James Pace/Andrew Lytle Company (1847)
1847 August 25 – October 16 (Age 28)
Pioneers in Company
Date Details
Started Between 1847 August 25 – 26
Joined Company
Ended Between 1847 October 11 – 16
Company Arrived
Served in
California Mission
1848 November 26 (Age 29)
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Mission Type
Proselytizing
Marital Status
Single
Priesthood Office
Seventy
Residence When Called
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
Location Served
California
Date Details
Started On 1848 November 26
Called
End Date Not Found
Married
Eleanor Male
1879 April 3 (Age 59)
Died in Silver Reef, Washington, Utah Territory, United States
1887 June 11 (Age 67)
Sources
Person
Deseret Evening News
"Deaths: Barrow", Deseret Evening News, (6 July 1887), Page 4.
Deseret News
"Deaths", Deseret News, (20 July 1887), Page 16.
Nauvoo Seventies list / compiled by Nauvoo Restoration
Nauvoo Seventies list / compiled by Nauvoo Restoration, Vol. 1, Page 51.
Mormon Battalion
Mormon Battalion Company A muster roll, 1846 October – December
"Mormon Battalion Company A Muster Roll", Mormon Battalion Company A muster roll, 1846 October – December, (October), Page 2.
Mormon Battalion lists, 1927
Mormon Battalion lists, 1927, Page 13.
Mormon Battalion returns lists, 1846 July
"Mormon Battalion return lists", Mormon Battalion returns lists, 1846 July, (July), Page 3.
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.
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.