Robert Pixton
Birth Date
On 1819 February 27 (Born)
Death Date
On 1881 November 23 (Died)
Gender
Male
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Mission Activity
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Pioneer
2
Born in Manchester, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom
1819 February 27
Mother
Mary Hankinson
Father
George Pickstone
Date Details
Occurred On 1819 February 27
Married
Elizabeth Cooper
1839 May 5 (Age 20)
Baptized by
Lyman Wight
1842 March (Age 23)
Joined
Mormon Battalion Company E
1846 July 16 – 1847 July 16 (Age 27)
Members in Company
Rank
Private
Date Details
Started On 1846 July 16
Joined Company
Ended On 1847 July 16
Company Disbanded
Traveled in
Jonathan H. Holmes/Samuel Thompson Company (1848)
1848 July 2 – September 6 (Age 29)
Pioneers in Company
Date Details
Started On 1848 July 2
Joined Company
Ended On 1848 September 6
Company Arrived
Served in
British Mission
1862 April 27 – 1863 (Age 43)
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Mission Type
Proselytizing
Marital Status
Married
Priesthood Quorum When Called
31st
Priesthood Office
Seventy
Residence When Called
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
Set Apart By
John Taylor
Location Served
England
Date Details
Started On 1862 April 27
Set Apart
Ended Circa 1863
Released
Traveled in
Henson Walker Company (1865)
1865 August 12 – November 9 (Age 46)
Pioneers in Company
Roles
Returning Missionary
Date Details
Started On 1865 August 12
Joined Company
Ended On 1865 November 9
Company Arrived
Married
Rebecca Palmer Savage
1868 June 20 (Age 49)
Married
Lucy Tagg
1870 October 31 (Age 51)
Died in Taylorsville, Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
1881 November 23 (Age 62)
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Robert Pixton (1819 - 1881)
Robert Pixton (1819 - 1881) Profile
Sources
Person
Job Smith autobiography, circa 1902
Job Smith autobiography, circa 1902, Page 46.
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Saints By Sea
"Robert Pixton. ID: 69419", Saints By Sea.
Utah State History Cemeteries and Burials Database
Utah State History Cemeteries and Burials Database.
Mission
MISSIONARY Department missionary registers, 1860-1959
MISSIONARY Department missionary registers, 1860-1959, 27 April 1862, Vol. A, Page 4, Line 135.
MISSIONARY Department missionary registers, 1860-1959, 27 April 1862, Vol. B, Page 4, Line 135.
Pioneer
Deseret News
"The Immigration", Deseret News, (13 September 1865), Page 5.
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Robert Pixton papers, circa 1870
Robert Pixton papers, circa 1870. Autobiography, circa 1870: Page 44.
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Robert Pixton papers, circa 1870. Autobiography, circa 1870: Page 30-31.
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Mormon Battalion
Mormon Battalion lists, 1927
Mormon Battalion lists, 1927, Page 37.
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.
Ricketts, Norma Baldwin, The Mormon Battalion: U.S. Army of the West, 1846-1848, Logan, Utah, Utah State University Press, 1996, Page 222-223.
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.