Robert Owens
Birth Date
On 1818 July 10 (Born)
Death Date
On 1883 November 8 (Died)
Gender
Male
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Mission Activity
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Pioneer
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Born in Dover, Kent, Delaware, United States
1818 July 10
Mother
Margaret Turner
Father
Edmund H Owens
Date Details
Occurred On 1818 July 10
Married
Catherine Ann Williams
1837 October 22 (Age 19)
Baptized by Edson Whipple
1844 September 21 (Age 26)
Joined
Mormon Battalion Company B
1846 July 16 – 1847 July 16 (Age 28)
Members in Company
Rank
Private
Date Details
Started On 1846 July 16
Joined Company
Ended On 1847 July 16
Company Disbanded
Traveled in
Levi W. Hancock/Jefferson Hunt/James Pace/Andrew Lytle Company (1847)
1847 August 25 – October 16 (Age 29)
Pioneers in Company
Date Details
Started Between 1847 August 25 – 26
Joined Company
Ended Between 1847 October 11 – 16
Company Arrived
Married
Martha Allen
1850 March 7 (Age 31)
Served in
East Indian Mission
1852 October (Age 34)
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Mission Type
Proselytizing
Marital Status
Plurally Married
Residence When Called
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
Location Served
India
Date Details
Started On 1852 October
Departed from Home
End Date Not Found
Died in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States
1883 November 8 (Age 65)
Media
Robert Owens (1818 - 1883) Profile
Sources
Person
1850 Utah Census
1850 Utah Census.
Nauvoo Community Project
Nauvoo Community Project.
Nauvoo Seventies list / compiled by Nauvoo Restoration
Nauvoo Seventies list / compiled by Nauvoo Restoration, Page 336.
Mission
East India Mission manuscript history, 1849-1914
East India Mission manuscript history, 1849-1914, Page 13.
Historical Department journal history of the Church, 1830-2008
Historical Department journal history of the Church, 1830-2008, 28 August 1852.
Mormon Battalion
Mormon Battalion lists, 1927
Mormon Battalion lists, 1927, Page 35.
Mormon Battalion returns lists, 1846 July
"Mormon Battalion return lists", Mormon Battalion returns lists, 1846 July, (July), Page 10.
Ricketts, Norma Baldwin, The Mormon Battalion: U.S. Army of the West, 1846-1848, Logan, Utah, Utah State University Press, 1996
Ricketts, Norma Baldwin, The Mormon Battalion: U.S. Army of the West, 1846-1848, Logan, Utah, Utah State University Press, 1996, Page 23.
Selected pension application files relating to the Mormon Battalion, Mexican War, 1846-1848
"Mormon Battalion, Volunteers", Selected pension application files relating to the Mormon Battalion, Mexican War, 1846-1848.