Nelson Higgins
Birth Date
On 1806 September 1 (Born)
Death Date
On 1890 November 20 (Died)
Gender
Male
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Battalion Activity
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Pioneer
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Born in Milford, Otsego, New York, United States
1806 September 1
Mother
Mary Daggett
Father
Daniel Higgins
Date Details
Occurred On 1806 September 1
Married
Sarah Blackman
1826 December 24 (Age 20)
Joined
Mormon Battalion Company D
1846 July 16 – 1847 July 16 (Age 39)
Members in Company
Rank
Captain
Traveling Group
Carlos Smith Higgins
Drusilla Higgins
Heber Kimball Higgins
Nelson Daniel Higgins
Sarah Blackman
Wealthy Matilda Higgins
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 40)
Pioneers in Company
Traveling Group
Heber Kimball Higgins (Age 7)
Carlos Smith Higgins (Age 5)
Sarah Blackman (Age 41)
Almira Higgins (Age 16)
Alfred Higgins (Age 15)
Drusilla Higgins (Age 13)
Nelson Daniel Higgins (Age 11)
Wealthy Matilda Higgins (Age 0)
Date Details
Started On 1847 May 24
Joined Company
Ended On 1847 July 29
Company Arrived
Re-baptized by
Addison Everett
1847 August 8 (Age 40)
Married
Margaret Ogilvy
1851 November 4 (Age 45)
Married
Nancy Meribah Behunin
1856 February 20 (Age 49)
Died in Elsinore, Sevier, Utah Territory, United States
1890 November 20 (Age 84)
Media
Nelson Higgins (1806 - 1890) Profile
Sources
Pioneer
Joel J. Terrell diary
Joel J. Terrell diary, July.
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Mormon Battalion
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.
Ricketts, Norma Baldwin, The Mormon Battalion: U.S. Army of the West, 1846-1848, Logan, Utah, Utah State University Press, 1996, Page 233-234.