Church History Biographical Database
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.
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Clear AllBorn in Monroe, Overton, Tennessee, United States
1827 January 7
Baptized
1839 February (Age 12)
Appointed as Private
Mormon Battalion Company B
1846 July 16 – 1847 July 16 (Age 19)
1846 July 16 – 1847 July 16 (Age 19)
Start Date Details
Appointed
End Date Details
Ended On 1847 July 16
Discharged
Additional Information
Enrollment
Enlisted and Marched
Joined Jonathan H. Holmes/Samuel Thompson Company
1848 July 2 – September 6 (Age 21)
Start Date Details
Joined When Organization was Formed
End Date Details
Ended On 1848 September 6
Organization was Ended
Married Susan Abigail Brown
1850 March 2 (Age 23)
Joined Betz Company
1852 (Age 24)
Start Date Details
Occurred Circa 1852
Joined When Organization was Formed
End Date Details
Circa 1852
Organization was Ended
Additional Information
Age at Time of Travel
23
Traveling Group
Arrived in the Field as Missionary
British Mission
1854 December 3 – 1857 March 28 (Age 27)
1854 December 3 – 1857 March 28 (Age 27)
Start Date Details
Arrived in the Field
End Date Details
Ended On 1857 March 28
Departed from the Field
Additional Information
Marital Status at Start of Position
Married
Priesthood Office When Called
Seventy
Location Served
Warwickshire, England
Mission Qualifier
Proselytizing
Joined Jesse B. Martin Company
1857 June 1 – September 12 (Age 30)
Start Date Details
Joined When Organization was Formed
End Date Details
Ended On 1857 September 12
Organization was Ended
Set Apart as Missionary
Southern States Mission
1889 January 15 – November 12 (Age 62)
1889 January 15 – November 12 (Age 62)
Start Date Details
Set Apart
End Date Details
Ended On 1889 November 12
Arrived at Home
Additional Information
Marital Status at Start of Position
Plurally Married
Residence When Called
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
Priesthood Office When Called
Seventy
Priesthood Quorum When Called
30th
Location Served
Middle Tennessee Conference
Mission Qualifier
Proselytizing
Set Apart By
Heber J. Grant
Died in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
1902 July 28 (Age 75)
Date Details
Occurred On 1902 July 28
Died
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Oliver Gaultry Workman (1828 - 1902) Profile
Oliver Gaultry Workman (1828 - 1902)