Joshua Kimball Whitney
Birth Date
On 1835 February 13 (Born)
Death Date
On 1902 January 26 (Died)
Gender
Male
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Mission Activity
2
Pioneer
2
Born in Kirtland, Lake, Ohio, United States
1835 February 13
Mother
Elizabeth Ann Smith
Father
Newel K Whitney
Traveled in
Heber C. Kimball Company (1848)
1848 June 7 – September 24 (Age 13)
Pioneers in Company
Traveling Group
Don Carlos Whitney (Age 7)
Newel Kimball Whitney (Age 53)
Elizabeth Ann Smith (Age 47)
Mary Jane Whitney (Age 4)
Orson Kimball Whitney (Age 18)
Ellen Celeste Woodward (Age 15)
John Kimball Whitney (Age 15)
Anna Maria Whitney (Age 11)
Newel Melchizedek Whitney (Age 1)
Jethro Houston Whitney (Age 0)
Date Details
On 1848 June 7
Joined Company
On 1848 September 24
Company Arrived
Served in
White Mountain Mission
1855 April 21 – July (Age 20)
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Mission Type
Other
Marital Status
Single
Residence When Called
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
Date Details
On 1855 April 21
Called
On 1855 July
Released
Served in
British Mission
1863 April 9 – 1865 (Age 28)
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Mission Type
Proselytizing
Marital Status
Single
Priesthood Quorum When Called
3rd
Priesthood Office
Seventy
Residence When Called
United States
Set Apart By
A Lyman
Set Apart By
Amasa Mason Lyman
Date Details
On 1863 April 9
Set Apart
Circa 1865
Released
Traveled in
Joseph S. Rawlins Company (1866)
1866 August 2 – October 1 (Age 31)
Pioneers in Company
Roles
Returning Missionary
Date Details
On 1866 August 2
Joined Company
On 1866 October 1
Company Arrived
Died in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
1902 January 26 (Age 66)
Media
Joshua Kimball Whitney (1835 - 1902) Profile
Sources
Person
1860 United States Census
1860 United States Census.
DESERET Evening News
"Death of a Pioneer. Joshua K. Whitney Dies Suddenly on Sunday Evening", DESERET Evening News, (27 January 1902), Page 1.
Mission
Historical Record Book
"List of Missionaries White Mountain Mission", Historical Record Book, (1855).
KEEP BRITISH Mission manuscript history and historical reports, 1841-1971
KEEP BRITISH Mission manuscript history and historical reports, 1841-1971, 1 August 1863.
KEEP INDEX to the British Mission manuscript history and historical reports
"Whitney, Joshua K.", KEEP INDEX to the British Mission manuscript history and historical reports.
MISSIONARY Department missionary registers, 1860-1959
MISSIONARY Department missionary registers, 1860-1959, 9 April 1863, Vol. 2, Page 5, Line 177.
MISSIONARY Department missionary registers, 1860-1959, 9 April 1863, Vol. 1, Page 5, Line 177.
Pioneer
Utah State History Cemeteries and Burials Database
Utah State History Cemeteries and Burials Database.
