John Spidle
Alternate Names
John Spidell (Alternate Name)
Birth Date
On 1819 May 29 (Born)
Death Date
On 1897 September 17 (Died)
Gender
Male
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Battalion Activity
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Pioneer
2
Born
1819 May 29
Date Details
Occurred On 1819 May 29
Joined
Mormon Battalion Company E
1846 July 16 – 1847 July 16 (Age 27)
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
Traveled in
Joel Edmunds Company (1852)
1852 June 10 – September 8 (Age 33)
Pioneers in Company
Traveling Group
Henry Franklin Spidell (Age 8)
Margaret Smith (Age 25)
William Aaron Spidell (Age 1)
Date Details
Started On 1852 June 10
Joined Company
Ended On 1852 September 8
Company Arrived
Died
1897 September 17 (Age 78)
Sources
Person
1856 Utah Census
1856 Utah Census.
Pioneer
Deseret News
"Emigration of 1852 Companies.", Deseret News, (18 September 1852), Page 2.
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Mormon Battalion
Mormon Battalion lists, 1927
Mormon Battalion lists, 1927, Page 41.
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.