John Spidle
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1819 May 29
Appointed as Private
Mormon Battalion Company E
1846 July 16 – 1847 July 16 (Age 27)
1846 July 16 – 1847 July 16 (Age 27)
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Joined Levi W. Hancock/Jefferson Hunt/James Pace/Andrew Lytle Company
1847 August 25 – October 16 (Age 28)
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Started Between 1847 August 25 – 26
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Ended Between 1847 October 11 – 16
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He made his first trip to the Valley in 1847, coming east from California with a number of other Mormon Battalion veterans. At some point, he continued east to Winter Quarters because he is seen crossing the plains again in 1852 with the Edmunds Company, accompanied by his family.
The 1856 Utah census shows the family's surname as "Spidle."
Joined Joel Edmunds Company
1852 June 10 – September 8 (Age 33)
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He made his first trip to the Valley in 1847, coming east from California with a number of other Mormon Battalion veterans. At some point, he continued east to Winter Quarters because he is seen crossing the plains again in 1852 with the Edmunds Company, accompanied by his family.
The 1856 Utah census shows the family's surname as "Spidle."
Died
1897 September 17 (Age 78)