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Orson Bennett Adams (1815 - 1901) Profile

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Orson Bennett Adams

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Mormon Battalion lists, 1927

Mormon Battalion James Brown Detached Company descriptive roll and pay record, 1847

Mormon Battalion Company C muster roll, 1846

Selected pension application files relating to the Mormon Battalion, Mexican War, 1846-1848

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

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Semi-Centennial Commission Book of the Pioneers, 1897

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Orson Bennett Adams

Birth Date

Death Date

Gender

Born

Married Susannah Smith

Appointed as First Sergeant

Start Date Details

Sources

Mormon Battalion Company C muster roll, 1846

Mormon Battalion James Brown Detached Company descriptive roll and pay record, 1847

Mormon Battalion lists, 1927

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

Selected pension application files relating to the Mormon Battalion, Mexican War, 1846-1848

End Date Details

Additional Information

Enrollment

Detached to Pueblo

Joined Mormon Battalion Detachments

Start Date Details

Sources

Brigham Young office files, 1832-1878 (bulk 1844-1877)

Reuben Miller journals, 1848-1849

Semi-Centennial Commission Book of the Pioneers, 1897

End Date Details

Additional Information

Traveling Group

Joined Samuel Gully/Orson Spencer Company

Start Date Details

Sources

Brigham Young office files, 1832-1878 (bulk 1844-1877)

Reuben Miller journals, 1848-1849

Semi-Centennial Commission Book of the Pioneers, 1897

End Date Details

Ended Between 1849 September 22 – 25

Married Margaret Jane Carter

Date Details

Started Circa 1856

Died