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
Father
Howard Egan
Traveled in
Heber C. Kimball Company
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
On 1848 June 7
Joined Company
On 1848 September 24
Company Arrived
Baptized by N W Whipple
1857 March 5 (Age 14)
Served in
British Mission
1867 May 10 – 1869 May (Age 25)
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Mission Type
Proselytizing
Marital Status
Married
Missionary Activity Notes
Priesthood Office
Elder
Residence When Called
Great Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
Set Apart By
John Taylor
Set Apart By
John Taylor
Date Details
On 1867 May 10
Set Apart
On 1869 May
Released
Served in
Eastern States Mission
1899 October 2 (Age 57)
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Mission Type
Proselytizing
Marital Status
Married
Missionary Activity Notes
Priesthood Office
High Priest
Residence When Called
South Bountiful, Davis, Utah, United States
Set Apart By
George Q Cannon
Set Apart By
George Quayle Cannon
Served in
Eastern States Mission
1901 April 16 (Age 59)
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Mission Type
Proselytizing
Marital Status
Married
Missionary Activity Notes
Priesthood Office
High Priest
Residence When Called
South Bountiful, Davis, Utah, United States
Set Apart By
John Henry Smith
Set Apart By
John Henry Smith
Died in Byron, Big Horn, Wyoming, United States
1918 April 20 (Age 76)
Media
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, Vol. 1, Page 9, Line 356.
Missionary Department missionary registers, 1860-1959, Vol. 2, Page 9, Line 356.
Missionary Department missionary registers, 1860-1959, Vol. 3, Page 140, Line 105.
Missionary Department missionary registers, 1860-1959, Vol. 3, Page 107, Line 707.
Pioneer
Howard Egan, Pioneering the West, 1846 to 1878, edited and compiled by William M. Egan (1917), 140-45
Howard Egan, Pioneering the West, 1846 to 1878, edited and compiled by William M. Egan (1917), 140-45.
Transcript for Howard Egan, Pioneering the West, 1846 to 1878, edited and compiled by William M. Egan (1917), 140-45
MS 3441: Nauvoo City Court docket book, 1844 February-1845 May
MS 3441: Nauvoo City Court docket book, 1844 February-1845 May. Pioneer emigration list: Page 76.
"Pioneer of 1847 Dies in Wyoming," Salt Lake Telegram
"Pioneer of 1847 Dies in Wyoming," Salt Lake Telegram, 23 April 1918.
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