
John Harvey Tippets
Born in Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States
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Occurred On 1810 September 5
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Baptized
Married Caroline Fidelia Calkins
Departed from Home as Missionary
1842 (Age 31)
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Appointed as Private
1846 July 16 – 1847 July 16 (Age 35)
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Ended On 1847 July 16
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Enrollment
Detached to Pueblo
Joined Brigham Young Vanguard Company
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Ended On 1847 July 21
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John Harvey traveled to the Salt Lake Valley with the Brigham Young Pioneer Company in 1847 and was part of the 11th Company of Ten led by John S. Higbee. He left the company on 3 June at Fort Laramie to take a message to the Mormon Battalion sick detachments at Pueblo, Colorado. He was re-baptized on 7 August 1847 in the Salt Lake Valley.
The Tippets family traveled to the Salt Lake Valley with the Heber C. Kimball Company in 1848. The family included John Harvey and his wife Caroline Fidelia Calkins and their son John Harvey, Jr., Caroline’s two children from a previous marriage, Hyrum William Pew and Sariah Fedelia, John’s son from a previous marriage, John Austin, Caroline’s sister, Nancy Calkins, and John’s uncle Alvah. Also traveling with the family was Sariah Lewis.
At the end of a mission in 1858, John sailed back to America on the ship The Horizon, and returned to Utah with the John W. Berry Company.
After detaching with the Mormon Battalion to Pueblo, John Tippets and Thomas Woolsey returned to Winter Quarters to receive further instruction. This is confirmed in John Tippets' journal. This accounts for their ability to be part of both the Mormon Battalion and the Brigham Young Vanguard Company.
Appointed as Private
1847 May 24 – July 16 (Age 36)
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Ended On 1847 July 16
Joined Heber C. Kimball Company
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Ended On 1848 September 24
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Additional Notes
John Harvey traveled to the Salt Lake Valley with the Brigham Young Pioneer Company in 1847 and was part of the 11th Company of Ten led by John S. Higbee. He left the company on 3 June at Fort Laramie to take a message to the Mormon Battalion sick detachments at Pueblo, Colorado. He was re-baptized on 7 August 1847 in the Salt Lake Valley.
The Tippets family traveled to the Salt Lake Valley with the Heber C. Kimball Company in 1848. The family included John Harvey and his wife Caroline Fidelia Calkins and their son John Harvey, Jr., Caroline’s two children from a previous marriage, Hyrum William Pew and Sariah Fedelia, John’s son from a previous marriage, John Austin, Caroline’s sister, Nancy Calkins, and John’s uncle Alvah. Also traveling with the family was Sariah Lewis.
At the end of a mission in 1858, John sailed back to America on the ship The Horizon, and returned to Utah with the John W. Berry Company.
After detaching with the Mormon Battalion to Pueblo, John Tippets and Thomas Woolsey returned to Winter Quarters to receive further instruction. This is confirmed in John Tippets' journal. This accounts for their ability to be part of both the Mormon Battalion and the Brigham Young Vanguard Company.
Departed from Home as Missionary
1856 September 10 – 1858 June 21 (Age 46)
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Ended On 1858 June 21
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Marital Status at Start of Position
Residence When Called
Priesthood Office When Called
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Mission Qualifier
Joined John W. Berry Company
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Ended On 1858 June 21
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Additional Notes
John Harvey traveled to the Salt Lake Valley with the Brigham Young Pioneer Company in 1847 and was part of the 11th Company of Ten led by John S. Higbee. He left the company on 3 June at Fort Laramie to take a message to the Mormon Battalion sick detachments at Pueblo, Colorado. He was re-baptized on 7 August 1847 in the Salt Lake Valley.
The Tippets family traveled to the Salt Lake Valley with the Heber C. Kimball Company in 1848. The family included John Harvey and his wife Caroline Fidelia Calkins and their son John Harvey, Jr., Caroline’s two children from a previous marriage, Hyrum William Pew and Sariah Fedelia, John’s son from a previous marriage, John Austin, Caroline’s sister, Nancy Calkins, and John’s uncle Alvah. Also traveling with the family was Sariah Lewis.
At the end of a mission in 1858, John sailed back to America on the ship The Horizon, and returned to Utah with the John W. Berry Company.
After detaching with the Mormon Battalion to Pueblo, John Tippets and Thomas Woolsey returned to Winter Quarters to receive further instruction. This is confirmed in John Tippets' journal. This accounts for their ability to be part of both the Mormon Battalion and the Brigham Young Vanguard Company.
Married Eleanor S. Wise
Died in Farmington, Davis, Utah Territory, United States
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Occurred On 1890 February 14
Married Nancy Calkins
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Ended On 1848 November 20

