Oliver Gaultry Workman
Oliver served in the Mormon Battalion. He initially traveled to the Salt Lake Valley from California in the Jonathan H. Holmes/Samuel Thompson Company in 1848. He returned to Kanesville, Iowa where he married Susan Abigail Brown. They both appear in the 1851 Pottawattamie, Iowa census. She is in the 1856 Utah census but he is not.
At the end of a mission, Oliver traveled home with the Jesse B. Martin Company in 1857, and was the Captain of the 3rd ten.
Born in Monroe, Overton, Tennessee, United States
1827 January 7
Mother
Lydia Bilyeu
Date Details
Occurred On 1827 January 7
Baptized by David Lewis
1839 February (Age 12)
Joined Mormon Battalion Company B
1846 July 16 – 1847 July 16 (Age 19) Members in Company
Rank
Private
Date Details
Started On 1846 July 16
Joined Company
Ended On 1847 July 16
Company Disbanded
Traveled in Jonathan H. Holmes/Samuel Thompson Company (1848)
1848 July 2 – September 6 (Age 21) Pioneers in Company
Date Details
Started On 1848 July 2
Joined Company
Ended On 1848 September 6
Company Arrived
Married Susan Abigail Brown
1850 March 2 (Age 23)
Traveled in Betz Company (1852)
1852 (Age 23) Pioneers in Company
Date Details
Occurred Circa 1852
Joined Company
Circa 1852
Company Arrived
Served in British Mission
1854 December 3 – 1857 March 28 (Age 27) See Missionaries
Mission Type
Proselytizing
Marital Status
Married
Priesthood Office
Seventy
Location Served
Warwickshire, England
Date Details
Started On 1854 December 3
Arrived in Field
Ended On 1857 March 28
Departed from Field
Traveled in Jesse B. Martin Company (1857)
1857 June 1 – September 12 (Age 30) Pioneers in Company
Date Details
Started On 1857 June 1
Joined Company
Ended On 1857 September 12
Company Arrived
Served in Southern States Mission
1889 January 15 – November 12 (Age 62) See Missionaries
Mission Type
Proselytizing
Marital Status
Plurally Married
Priesthood Quorum When Called
30th
Priesthood Office
Seventy
Residence When Called
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
Set Apart By
Location Served
Middle Tennessee Conference
Date Details
Started On 1889 January 15
Set Apart
Ended On 1889 November 12
Arrived at Home
Died in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
1902 July 28 (Age 75)
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Oliver Gaultry Workman (1828 - 1902) Profile
Oliver Gaultry Workman (1828 - 1902)