Marcus De Lafayette Shepherd
Birth Date
On 1824 October 10 (Born)
Death Date
On 1904 February 5 (Died)
Gender
Male
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Battalion Activity
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Mission Activity
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Pioneer
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Born in Chagrin Falls, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States
1824 October 10
Mother
Roxalana Ray
Father
Samuel Shepherd (1790 - 1877)
Date Details
Occurred On 1824 October 10
Baptized by
James Sloan
1837 July 2 (Age 12)
Joined
Mormon Battalion Company A
1846 July 16 – 1847 July 16 (Age 21)
Members in Company
Rank
Third Corporal
Date Details
Started On 1846 July 16
Joined Company
Ended On 1847 July 16
Company Disbanded
Called as Captain to
Marcus De Lafayette Shepherd Company (1848)
1848 October (Age 23)
Pioneers in Company
Roles
Captain
Date Details
Started Circa 1848 October
Joined Company
Ended Circa 1848
Company Arrived
Married
Harriet Editha Parrish
1851 March 9 (Age 26)
Called as Captain to
Marcus De Lafayette Shepherd Company (1857-1858)
1857 December 1 – 1858 February 16 (Age 33)
Pioneers in Company
Roles
Captain
Traveling Group
Mary Elizabeth Shepherd (Age 3)
Harriet Editha Parrish (Age 26)
Lyman Andrew Shepherd (Age 1)
Date Details
Started On 1857 December 1
Joined Company
Ended On 1858 February 16
Company Arrived
Traveled in
Sidney Tanner Company (1861)
1861 July 20 – September (Age 36)
Pioneers in Company
Date Details
Started On 1861 July 20
Joined Company
Ended Circa 1861 September
Company Arrived
Served in
Southern States Mission
1881 October 24 – 1882 May 29 (Age 57)
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Mission Type
Proselytizing
Marital Status
Married
Priesthood Office
High Priest
Residence When Called
Beaver City, Beaver, Utah, United States
Set Apart By
Joseph Fielding Smith, Sr.
Location Served
Southern States
Date Details
Started On 1881 October 24
Set Apart
Ended On 1882 May 29
Released
Died in Beaver, Beaver, Utah, United States
1904 February 5 (Age 79)
Media
Marcus De Lafayette Shepherd (1824 - 1904) Profile
Sources
Person
1860 Utah Census
1860 Utah Census.
Deseret Evening News
"Life in Utah Fifty Years Ago", Deseret Evening News, (9 January 1915), Page 26.
Utah, Deaths and Burials, 1888-1946
Utah, Deaths and Burials, 1888-1946.
Mission
First Presidency missionary calls and recommendations, 1877 - 1918
First Presidency missionary calls and recommendations, 1877 - 1918.
MISSIONARY Department missionary registers, 1860-1959
MISSIONARY Department missionary registers, 1860-1959, 24 October 1881, Vol. A, Page 57, Line 2453.
MISSIONARY Department missionary registers, 1860-1959, 24 October 1881, Vol. B, Page 62, Line 2453.
Southern States Mission manuscript history and historical reports 1832-1978
Southern States Mission manuscript history and historical reports 1832-1978, Vol. 1, Page 346.
Pioneer
Frank Esshom, Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah: Comprising Photographs, Genealogies, Biographies (1913)
Frank Esshom, Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah: Comprising Photographs, Genealogies, Biographies (1913), Page 285.
Orson F. Whitney. History of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah: George Q. Cannon & Sons Co., Publishers, 1892
Orson F. Whitney. History of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah: George Q. Cannon & Sons Co., Publishers, 1892, Vol. 4, Page 208.
Perpetual Emigrating Fund Company church trains accounts, 1861-1868
"Account book, 1861-1862", Perpetual Emigrating Fund Company church trains accounts, 1861-1868.
"Memorandum of freight, 1861-1863", Perpetual Emigrating Fund Company church trains accounts, 1861-1868.
Utah State History Cemeteries and Burials Database
Utah State History Cemeteries and Burials Database.
William H. Miles diary, 1861 July-August and 1862 May-July
William H. Miles diary, 1861 July-August and 1862 May-July, July.
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Mormon Battalion
Mormon Battalion Company A muster roll, 1846 October – December
"Mormon Battalion Company A Muster Roll", Mormon Battalion Company A muster roll, 1846 October – December, (October), Page 1.
Mormon Battalion lists, 1927
Mormon Battalion lists, 1927, Page 39.
Mormon Battalion returns lists, 1846 July
"Mormon Battalion return lists", Mormon Battalion returns lists, 1846 July, (July), Page 5.
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.