Ruel Barrus
Birth Date
On 1821 August 11 (Born)
Death Date
On 1918 February 10 (Died)
Gender
Male
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Battalion Activity
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Pioneer
1
Born
1821 August 11
Date Details
Occurred On 1821 August 11
Joined
Mormon Battalion Company B
1846 July 16 – 1847 July 16 (Age 24)
Members in Company
Rank
Second Lieutenant
Traveling Group
James Lawson
Date Details
Started On 1846 July 16
Joined Company
Ended On 1847 July 16
Company Disbanded
Traveled in
Company Unknown (1857)
1857 (Age 35)
Pioneers in Company
Date Details
Occurred Circa 1857
Joined Company
Circa 1857
Company Arrived
Died
1918 February 10 (Age 96)
Media
Ruel Barrus (1821 - 1918) Profile
Sources
Person
1860 Utah Census, Tooele County
1860 Utah Census, Tooele County.
1870 Utah Census
1870 Utah Census. Tooele County.
Utah Death Certificate Index, 1905-1967
Utah Death Certificate Index, 1905-1967.
Pioneer
Biographical sketches, 1891-2013
"Ruel Barrus", Biographical sketches, 1891-2013.
Deseret Evening News
"Grantsville: Maj. Ruel Barrus, Mormon Battalion Veteran, Dies", Deseret Evening News, (12 February 1918), Page 10.
Deseret News
"Major Ruel Barrus Laid at Final Rest", Deseret News, (14 February 1918), Page 9.
Salt Lake Herald-Republican
"Pioneers Will Whirl in Cars Over Old Trail", Salt Lake Herald-Republican, (8 October 1905), Page 20.
Tooele County Daughters of Utah Pioneers. History of Utah's Tooele County: from the edge of the Great Basin frontier. Tooele, Utah: Transcript Bulletin Publishing, Inc, 2012
Tooele County Daughters of Utah Pioneers. History of Utah's Tooele County: from the edge of the Great Basin frontier. Tooele, Utah: Transcript Bulletin Publishing, Inc, 2012.
Mormon Battalion
Mormon Battalion lists, 1927
Mormon Battalion lists, 1927, Page 11.
Mormon Battalion returns lists, 1846 July
"Mormon Battalion return lists", Mormon Battalion returns lists, 1846 July, (July), Page 7.
"Mormon Battalion return lists", Mormon Battalion returns lists, 1846 July, (July), Page 8.
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.