John Buchanan
Alternate Names
John Buchanan IV (Alternate Name)
Birth Date
On 1825 January 25 (Born)
Death Date
On 1897 October 11 (Died)
Gender
Male
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Battalion Activity
1
Pioneer
2
Born
1825 January 25
Date Details
Occurred On 1825 January 25
Joined
Mormon Battalion Company D
1846 July 16 – 1847 July 16 (Age 21)
Members in Company
Rank
Second Corporal
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 22)
Pioneers in Company
Date Details
Started On 1847 May 24
Joined Company
Ended On 1847 July 29
Company Arrived
Traveled in
Thomas C.D. Howell Company (1852)
1852 June 7 – September 2 (Age 27)
Pioneers in Company
Traveling Group
Adeline Coons (Age 18)
John Lorenzo Buchanan (Age 0)
Date Details
Started On 1852 June 7
Joined Company
Ended On 1852 September 2
Company Arrived
Died
1897 October 11 (Age 72)
Media
John Buchanan (1825 - 1897) Profile
Sources
Person
Deseret News
"Deaths", Deseret News, (27 August 1884), Page 16.
Pioneer
Deseret News
"3rd Company", Deseret News, (18 September 1852), Page 2.
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Historical Department journal history of the Church, 1830-2008
Historical Department journal history of the Church, 1830-2008. Supplement after 31 December 1852: Page 16.
Treasures of Pioneer History
Treasures of Pioneer History, Vol. 4, Page 503.
Mormon Battalion
Descriptive roll [Mormon Battalion], 1846
Descriptive roll [Mormon Battalion], 1846, Page 1.
Mormon Battalion James Brown Detached Company descriptive roll and pay record, 1847
Mormon Battalion James Brown Detached Company descriptive roll and pay record, 1847. Pay record, 1847: Page 2.
Mormon Battalion lists, 1927
Mormon Battalion lists, 1927, Page 13.
Names of Pueblo soldiers and Mississippi brethren, 1847
Names of Pueblo soldiers and Mississippi brethren, 1847, Page 1.
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.