Richard Erastus Egan
Birth Date
On 1842 March 29 (Born)
Death Date
On 1918 April 20 (Died)
Gender
Male
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Mission Activity
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Pioneer
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Born in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
1842 March 29
Mother
Tamson Parshley (1824 - 1905)
Father
Howard Egan (1815 - 1878)
Date Details
Occurred On 1842 March 29
Traveled in
Heber C. Kimball Company (1848)
1848 June 7 – September 24 (Age 6)
Pioneers in Company
Traveling Group
Howard Ransom Egan (Age 8)
Howard Egan (Age 32)
Tamson Parshley (Age 23)
Horace Adelbert Egan (Age 0)
Date Details
Started On 1848 June 7
Joined Company
Ended On 1848 September 24
Company Arrived
Baptized by
Nelson Wheeler Whipple
1857 March 5 (Age 14)
Married
Mary Ann Fisher
1861 January 1 (Age 18)
Served in
British Mission
1867 May 10 – 1869 May (Age 25)
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Mission Type
Proselytizing
Marital Status
Married
Priesthood Office
Elder
Residence When Called
Great Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
Set Apart By
John Taylor
Location Served
Europe
Date Details
Started On 1867 May 10
Set Apart
Ended On 1869 May
Released
Served in
Eastern States Mission
1899 October 2 (Age 57)
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Mission Type
Proselytizing
Marital Status
Married
Priesthood Office
High Priest
Residence When Called
South Bountiful, Davis, Utah, United States
Set Apart By
George Quayle Cannon
Location Served
Canada And New England
Date Details
Started On 1899 October 2
Set Apart
End Date Not Found
Served in
Eastern States Mission
1901 April 16 (Age 59)
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Mission Type
Proselytizing
Marital Status
Married
Priesthood Office
High Priest
Residence When Called
South Bountiful, Davis, Utah, United States
Set Apart By
John Henry Smith
Location Served
Eastern States And Great Britain
Date Details
Started On 1901 April 16
Set Apart
End Date Not Found
Died in Byron, Big Horn, Wyoming, United States
1918 April 20 (Age 76)
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Richard Erastus Egan (1842 - 1918) Profile
Richard Erastus Egan (1842 - 1918)
Sources
Person
1850 Utah Census
1850 Utah Census.
Mission
MISSIONARY Department missionary registers, 1860-1959
MISSIONARY Department missionary registers, 1860-1959, 16 May 1867, Vol. A, Page 9, Line 356.
MISSIONARY Department missionary registers, 1860-1959, 10 May 1867, Vol. B, Page 9, Line 356.
MISSIONARY Department missionary registers, 1860-1959, 16 April 1901, Vol. C, Page 140, Line 105.
MISSIONARY Department missionary registers, 1860-1959, 2 October 1899, Vol. C, Page 107, Line 707.
Pioneer
Camp of Israel schedules and reports, 1845-1849
"Heber C. Kimball's 1848 emigration division", Camp of Israel schedules and reports, 1845-1849, (July), Page 3.
Howard Egan, Pioneering the West 1846 to 1878: Major Howard Egan's Diary Also Thrilling Experiences of Pre-frontier Life Among Indians (1917)
Howard Egan, Pioneering the West 1846 to 1878: Major Howard Egan's Diary Also Thrilling Experiences of Pre-frontier Life Among Indians (1917), Page 140-145.
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Nauvoo City Court docket book, 1844 February-1845 May
Nauvoo City Court docket book, 1844 February-1845 May. Pioneer emigration list: Page 76.
Salt Lake Telegram
"Pioneer of 1847 Dies in Wyoming", Salt Lake Telegram, (23 April 1918), Page 12.