Ruel Michael Barrus
Birth Date
On 1850 November 14 (Born)
Death Date
On 1916 May 23 (Died)
Gender
Male
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Born in Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States
1850 November 14
Mother
Huldah Abigail Nickerson (1816 - 1872)
Father
Emery Barrus (1809 - 1899)
Date Details
Occurred On 1850 November 14
Traveled in
Appleton M. Harmon Company (1853)
1853 June 15 – October 16 (Age 2)
Pioneers in Company
Traveling Group
Orrin Eleazar Barrus (Age 7)
Emery Alexander Barrus (Age 5)
Emery Barrus (Age 44)
Huldah Abigail Nickerson (Age 37)
Benjamin Franklin Barrus (Age 15)
Mary Hulda Barrus (Age 10)
Date Details
Started On 1853 June 15
Joined Company
Ended On 1853 October 16
Company Arrived
Baptized by William Allred
1863 May 30 (Age 12)
Served in
Eastern States Mission
1879 December 6 (Age 29)
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Mission Type
Proselytizing
Marital Status
Single
Priesthood Office
Priest
Residence When Called
Grantsville, Tooele, Utah Territory, United States
Set Apart By
Joseph Fielding Smith, Sr.
Location Served
New York
Date Details
Started On 1879 December 6
Set Apart
End Date Not Found
Died in Groveland, Bingham, Idaho, United States
1916 May 23 (Age 65)
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Ruel Michael Barrus (1850 - 1916) Profile
Sources
Mission
MISSIONARY Department missionary registers, 1860-1959
MISSIONARY Department missionary registers, 1860-1959, 6 December 1879, Vol. B, Page 52, Line 2046.
MISSIONARY Department missionary registers, 1860-1959, 6 December 1879, Vol. A, Page 48, Line 2046.
Pioneer
Brigham Young office emigrating companies reports, 1850-1862
"Appleton M. Harmon Company report, 1853.", Brigham Young office emigrating companies reports, 1850-1862, Page 1-16.
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.
