Joshua Abbott
Birth Date
On 1805 February 6 (Born)
Death Date
On 1896 April 9 (Died)
Gender
Male
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Battalion Activity
1
Pioneer
1
Born
1805 February 6
Date Details
Occurred On 1805 February 6
Married
Ruth Markham
1835 August 17 (Age 30)
Joined
Mormon Battalion Company D
1846 July 16 – 1847 July 16 (Age 41)
Members in Company
Rank
Private
Traveling Group
Ruth Markham
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 42)
Pioneers in Company
Traveling Group
Ruth Markham (Age 36)
Date Details
Started On 1847 May 24
Joined Company
Ended On 1847 July 29
Company Arrived
Died
1896 April 9 (Age 91)
Media
Joshua Abbott (1805 - 1896) Profile
Sources
Mormon Battalion
Descriptive roll [Mormon Battalion], 1846
Descriptive roll [Mormon Battalion], 1846, Page 1.
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, Page 1.
Mormon Battalion James Brown Detached Company descriptive roll and pay record, 1847. Pay record, 1847: Page 2.
Mormon Battalion lists, 1927
Mormon Battalion lists, 1927, Page 9.
Names of Pueblo soldiers and Mississippi brethren, 1847
Names of Pueblo soldiers and Mississippi brethren, 1847, Page 1.
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.