John Steele, Jr.
Alternate Names
John Steele (Alternate Name)
Birth Date
On 1821 March 21 (Born)
Death Date
On 1903 December 31 (Died)
Gender
Male
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Mission Activity
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Pioneer
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Born in Holywood, County Down, Ireland
1821 March 21
Mother
Nancy Ann Kennedy
Father
John Steele
Married
Catherine Campbell
1840 January 1 (Age 18)
Baptized
1843 March 10 (Age 21)
Enlisted in
Mormon Battalion Company D
1846 July 16 – 1847 July 16 (Age 25)
Members in Company
Rank
Private
Traveling Group
Catherine Campbell
Mary Campbell Steele
Additional Information
Joined Sick Detachment
Date Details
On 1846 July 16
Enlisted In Company
On 1847 July 16
Discharged
Traveled in
Mormon Battalion Sick Detachments (1847)
1847 May 24 – July 29 (Age 26)
Pioneers in Company
Traveling Group
Mary Campbell Steele (Age 6)
Catherine Campbell (Age 30)
Date Details
On 1847 May 24
Joined Company
On 1847 July 29
Company Arrived
Served in
Las Vegas Mission
1855 April 6 – 1857 March 23 (Age 34)
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Mission Type
Proselytizing
Marital Status
Married
Missionary Activity Notes
Chosen "Captain of the Las Vegas Guards"
Residence When Called
Parowan, Iron, Utah Territory, United States
Date Details
On 1855 April 6
Called
On 1855 April 22
Set Apart
On 1855 May 10
Departed from Home
On 1855 June 15
Arrived in Field
On 1857 March 23
Departed from Field
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Served in
British Mission
1877 May 21 – 1878 October 3 (Age 56)
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Mission Type
Proselytizing
Marital Status
Married
Priesthood Office
High Priest
Residence When Called
Toquerville, Washington, Utah Territory, United States
Set Apart By
O Pratt
Set Apart By
Orson Pratt
Date Details
On 1877 May 21
Set Apart
On 1878 October 3
Released
Died in Kanarraville, Iron, Utah, United States
1903 December 31 (Age 82)
Media
John Steele (1821 - 1903) Profile
John Steele (1821 - 1903)
Mission Monument
Sources
Person
DESERET Evening News
"Panguitch. Death of John Steel", DESERET Evening News, (4 February 1904), Page 14.
John Steele reminiscences and journals
John Steele reminiscences and journals, 1846.
Mission
Historical Department journal history of the Church, 1830-2008
Historical Department journal history of the Church, 1830-2008, 6 April 1855.
KEEP BRITISH Mission manuscript history and historical reports, 1841-1971
KEEP BRITISH Mission manuscript history and historical reports, 1841-1971, 25 June 1877.
MISSIONARY Department missionary registers, 1860-1959
MISSIONARY Department missionary registers, 1860-1959, 21 May 1877, Vol. 2, Page 42, Line 1635.
MISSIONARY Department missionary registers, 1860-1959, 21 May 1877, Vol. 1, Page 38, Line 1635.
Mormon Indian Missions - 1855. Wesley R. Law, July 1959
Mormon Indian Missions - 1855. Wesley R. Law, July 1959. Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, 1959. Page 40.
Woods, Fred E., A gamble in the desert: the Mormon mission in Las Vegas (1855-1857), Salt Lake City, Utah: Mormon Historic Sites Foundation, c2005
Woods, Fred E., A gamble in the desert: the Mormon mission in Las Vegas (1855-1857), Salt Lake City, Utah: Mormon Historic Sites Foundation, c2005. 2005.
Pioneer
John Steele reminiscences and journals, 1846-1898
John Steele reminiscences and journals, 1846-1898, 30 July 1847.
Transcript for John Steele, Journal, 24 May-30 July 1847
Richetts, Norma Baldwin, The Mormon Battalion: U.S. Army of the West, 1846-1848, Logan, Utah, Utah State University Press, 1996
Richetts, Norma Baldwin, The Mormon Battalion: U.S. Army of the West, 1846-1848, Logan, Utah, Utah State University Press, 1996, Page 23.
Mormon Battalion
Brigham Young history documents, 1844-1866
"John Steele letter", Brigham Young history documents, 1844-1866, (28 December 1846), Page 44783.
"James H. Glines letter", Brigham Young history documents, 1844-1866, (16 September 1846), Page 44565.
Mormon Battalion James Brown Detached Company descriptive roll and pay record, 1847
"Descriptive roll", Mormon Battalion James Brown Detached Company descriptive roll and pay record, 1847, (1847), Page 2.
"Pay record", Mormon Battalion James Brown Detached Company descriptive roll and pay record, 1847, (1847), Page 2.
Mormon Battalion lists, 1927
"Mormon Battalion lists", Mormon Battalion lists, 1927, (1927), Page 41.
Names of Pueblo soldiers and Mississippi brethren, 1847
"Names of Pueblo soldiers and Mississippi brethren", Names of Pueblo soldiers and Mississippi brethren, 1847, (1847), Page 1.
Selected Pension Application Files Relating to the Mormon Battalion, Mexican War, 1846-48
"Mormon Battalion, Volunteers", Selected Pension Application Files Relating to the Mormon Battalion, Mexican War, 1846-48.
[Mormon Battalion] Descriptive roll, 1846
"Descriptive roll", [Mormon Battalion] Descriptive roll, 1846, (1846), Page 2.
