Martha Jane Sargent
Alternate Names
Martha Jane Mowry (Married Name)
Martha Jane Sharp (Married Name)
Martha Jane Sargeant (Alternate Name)
Birth Date
On 1827 September 24 (Born)
Death Date
On 1920 December 20 (Died)
Gender
Female
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Born in Floyd, Indiana, United States
1827 September 24
Mother
Sarah Edwards
Father
Abel Morgan Sargent (1799 - 1850)
Date Details
Occurred On 1827 September 24
Baptized
1835 September (Age 7)
Married
Norman Sharp
1845 September (Age 17)
Joined
Mormon Battalion Camp Followers
1846 July 16 – 1847 July 16 (Age 18)
Members in Company
Traveling Group
Harley Mowry
Norman Sharp
Sarah Ellen Sharp
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 19)
Pioneers in Company
Traveling Group
Harley Mowry (Age 24)
Sarah Ellen Sharp (Age 0)
Date Details
Started On 1847 May 24
Joined Company
Ended On 1847 July 29
Company Arrived
Married
Harley Mowry
1847 July 4 (Age 19)
Died in Vernal, Uintah, Utah, United States
1920 December 20 (Age 93)
Media
Martha Jane Sargent (1827 - 1920) Profile
Sources
Person
Nauvoo Community Project
Nauvoo Community Project.
Utah Death Certificate Index, 1905-1967
Utah Death Certificate Index, 1905-1967.
Pioneer
Names of Pueblo soldiers and Mississippi brethren, 1847
Names of Pueblo soldiers and Mississippi brethren, 1847.
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.
Vernal Express
"Last Tribute Paid to Pioneer of Ashley Valley", Vernal Express, (31 December 1920), Page 1.
Mormon Battalion
Historian's Office correspondence files, 1856-1926
"Nelson Higgins letter to George A. Smith", Historian's Office correspondence files, 1856-1926, (December).