Joseph Hunt
Birth Date
On 1837 May 9 (Born)
Death Date
On 1916 September 2 (Died)
Gender
Male
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Battalion Activity
1
Mission Activity
1
Pioneer
2
Born in Far West, Caldwell, Missouri, United States
1837 May 9
Mother
Celia Mounts (1805 - 1897)
Father
Jefferson Hunt (1804 - 1879)
Date Details
Occurred On 1837 May 9
Joined
Mormon Battalion Camp Followers
1846 July 16 – 1847 July 16 (Age 9)
Members in Company
Traveling Group
Celia Mounts
Ellen Lucinda Nease
Harriet Hunt
Hyrum Hunt
Jane Hunt
Jefferson Hunt
John Hunt
Mary Hunt
Matilda Jane Nease
Parley Hunt
Peter Nease
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 10)
Pioneers in Company
Date Details
Started On 1847 May 24
Joined Company
Ended On 1847 July 29
Company Arrived
Baptized
1848 (Age 10)
Served in
California Mission
1856 March 16 – 1857 April 17 (Age 18)
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Mission Type
Proselytizing
Marital Status
Single
Residence When Called
San Bernardino, California, United States
Location Served
California Coast Oregon Washington
Date Details
Started On 1856 March 16
Called
Ended On 1857 April 17
Departed from Field
On 1857 June 3
Arrived at Home
Traveled in
Amasa M. Lyman/Charles C. Rich Company (1857)
1857 April 18 – June 9 (Age 19)
Pioneers in Company
Date Details
Started On 1857 April 18
Joined Company
Ended Between 1857 June 3 – 9
Company Arrived
Married
Catherine Ann Conover
1857 August 7 (Age 20)
Died in Monticello, San Juan, Utah, United States
1916 September 2 (Age 79)
Media
Joseph Hunt (1837 - 1916) Profile
Sources
Person
1850 Utah Census
1850 Utah Census.
Utah, FamilySearch, Early Church Information File, 1830-1900
Utah, FamilySearch, Early Church Information File, 1830-1900, Item 4054-4062, Page 254-263.
Mission
Historical Department journal history of the Church, 1830-2008
Historical Department journal history of the Church, 1830-2008, 16 March 1856, Page 9.
Pioneer
A List of the names of the inhabitants of the Utah settlement, 1849 June 7
A List of the names of the inhabitants of the Utah settlement, 1849 June 7, 7 June 1849, Page 1-4.
Amasa M. Lyman collection, 1832-1877
Amasa M. Lyman collection, 1832-1877, 18 April 1857, Item Journal, Page 1-20.
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Semi-Centennial Commission Book of the Pioneers, 1897
Semi-Centennial Commission Book of the Pioneers, 1897, Vol. 2.
Mormon Battalion
Names of Pueblo soldiers and Mississippi brethren, 1847
Names of Pueblo soldiers and Mississippi brethren, 1847, Page 2.
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 233-234.