Nicholas Groesbeck
Alternate Names
Nicholas Harmon Groesbeck, Sr.
Birth Date
On 1819 September 5 (Born)
Death Date
On 1884 June 29 (Died)
Gender
Male
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Mission Activity
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Pioneer
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Born in Buskirk, Rensselaer, New York, United States
1819 September 5
Mother
Mary Bovee
Father
Harmon Groesbeck
Baptized by Swett
1837 March (Age 17)
Married
Elizabeth Thompson
1841 March 24 (Age 21)
Traveled in
John Banks Company
1856 July 9 – September 22 (Age 36)
Pioneers in Company
Traveling Group
William Groesbeck (Age 9)
John Amberson Groesbeck (Age 6)
Helen Melvina Groesbeck (Age 4)
Elizabeth Thompson (Age 35)
Nicholas Harmon Groesbeck Jr. (Age 14)
Hyrum Groesbeck (Age 1)
Date Details
On 1856 July 9
Joined Company
On 1856 September 22
Company Arrived
Served in
British Mission
1866 August 12 – 1867 September 28 (Age 46)
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Mission Type
Proselytizing
Marital Status
Plurally Married
Missionary Activity Notes
Presided over the Nottingham Conference.
Priesthood Quorum When Called
24th
Priesthood Office
Seventy
Residence When Called
Great Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
Set Apart By
H C Kimball
Set Apart By
Heber Chase Kimball
Date Details
On 1866 August 12
Set Apart
On 1866 October 8
Arrived in Field
On 1867 May 6
Released
On 1867 May 24
Departed from Field
On 1867 September 28
Arrived at Home
Traveled in
Company Unknown
1867 (Age 47)
Pioneers in Company
Roles
Returning Missionary
Date Details
Circa 1867
Joined Company
Circa 1867
Company Arrived
Served in
Eastern States Mission
1869 October 10 – 1870 (Age 50)
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Mission Type
Proselytizing
Marital Status
Plurally Married
Priesthood Quorum When Called
24th
Priesthood Office
Seventy
Residence When Called
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
Set Apart By
J Van Cott
Set Apart By
John Van Cott
Date Details
On 1869 October 10
Set Apart
On 1870
Released
Died in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
1884 June 29 (Age 64)
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Nicholas Groesbeck (1819 - 1884)
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Sources
Person
Early Church Information File, FamilySearch, image 4419
Early Church Information File, FamilySearch, image 4419.
Utah State History Cemeteries and Burials Database
Utah State History Cemeteries and Burials Database.
Utah, Deaths and Burials, 1888-1946
Utah, Deaths and Burials, 1888-1946.
Utah, Salt Lake County Death Records, 1849-1949
Utah, Salt Lake County Death Records, 1849-1949.
Mission
Index to the British Mission history, 1841-1971, Church History Library
Index to the British Mission history, 1841-1971, Church History Library.
Missionary Department missionary registers, 1860-1959
Missionary Department missionary registers, 1860-1959, 10 October 1869, Vol. 2, Page 16, Line 615.
Missionary Department missionary registers, 1860-1959, 12 August 1866, Vol. 1, Page 8, Line 344.
Missionary Department missionary registers, 1860-1959, 10 October 1869, Vol. 1, Page 15, Line 615.
Missionary Department missionary registers, 1860-1959, 12 August 1866, Vol. 2, Page 9, Line 344.
Pioneer
3rd Company of 50 reports
3rd Company of 50 reports, July.
Deseret News
"Immigration to Utah", Deseret News, (15 October 1856), Page 6.
Transcript for "Immigration to Utah," Deseret News, 15 October 1856, 254
Frank Esshom, Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah (Salt Lake City: Utah Pioneers Book Publishing Company, 1913), 902
Frank Esshom, Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah (Salt Lake City: Utah Pioneers Book Publishing Company, 1913), 902.
Historical Department journal history of the Church
Historical Department journal history of the Church, 3 October 1856, Page 8.
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