Joseph Skeen
Birth Date
On 1816 August 10 (Born)
Death Date
On 1882 December 15 (Died)
Gender
Male
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Battalion Activity
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Pioneer
3
Born
1816 August 10
Date Details
Occurred On 1816 August 10
Joined
Mormon Battalion Company E
1846 July 16 – 1847 July 16 (Age 29)
Members in Company
Rank
Private
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 30)
Pioneers in Company
Date Details
Started On 1847 May 24
Joined Company
Ended On 1847 July 29
Company Arrived
Traveled in
Company Unknown (1851)
1851 (Age 34)
Pioneers in Company
Traveling Group
Maria Amanda Dolby (Age 33)
William Dolby Skeen (Age 11)
Elisha David Skeen (Age 10)
Eliza Jane Skeen (Age 1)
Lyman Stoddard Skeen (Age 0)
Date Details
Occurred Circa 1851
Joined Company
Circa 1851
Company Arrived
Married
Rhoda Sanford
1855 February 6 (Age 38)
Traveled in
Rescue Companies (1856)
1856 October 7 – December 15 (Age 40)
Pioneers in Company
Date Details
Started On 1856 October 7
Joined Company
Ended On 1856 December 15
Company Arrived
Died
1882 December 15 (Age 66)
Media
Joseph Skeen (1816 - 1882) Profile
Sources
Person
1850 United States Census
1850 United States Census. Iowa, Pottawattamie County.
1860 Utah Census
1860 Utah Census.
Utah, Veterans with Federal Service Buried in Utah, Territorial to 1966
Utah, Veterans with Federal Service Buried in Utah, Territorial to 1966.
Pioneer
"Instructions to Joseph Skeen and the brethren in your charge going back to the Companies with the ox teams,"
"Instructions to Joseph Skeen and the brethren in your charge going back to the Companies with the ox teams,", 1 December 1856.
Joseph Skeen reminiscences and diary
Joseph Skeen reminiscences and diary, July.
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Ogden Herald
"Elder Joseph Skeens", Ogden Herald, (19 December 1882), Page 3.
Mormon Battalion
Mormon Battalion James Brown Detached Company descriptive roll and pay record, 1847
"Pay record", Mormon Battalion James Brown Detached Company descriptive roll and pay record, 1847, Page 2.
Mormon Battalion lists, 1927
Mormon Battalion lists, 1927, Page 41.
Mormon Battalion W.W. Willis Detached Company descriptive list, 1846
Mormon Battalion W.W. Willis Detached Company descriptive list, 1846, Page 2.
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.