Rufus Chester Allen (1827 - 1915) Profile

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Andrew Jenson, Latter-day Saint Biographical Encyclopedia

Latter-day Saint Biographical Encyclopedia, Vol. 1, Page 535.

Enlisted in the Mormon Battalion.  Ordained a Seventy in 1849 and later became a president in the 33rd quorum.Called in October, 1849 to south on an exploring trip.  In 1851 he was called to go with Apostle Parley P Pratt on a mission to the Pacific Islands.  From San Francisco, he accompanied Apostle Pratt on a mission to South america.  After an unsuccessful attempt at introducing the gospel in Chili, they returned to Salt Lake City in 1852.  Was sent as a missionary to the Indians in the Rio Virgin and Santa Clara country in the spring of 1854, he was released in 1857.

Transcript for Andrew Jenson, "Allen, Rufus Chester," Latter-day Saint Biographical Encyclopedia, vol. 1 (Salt Lake City: Andrew Jenson History Company, 1901): 535

Andrew Jenson, Latter-day Saint Biographical Encyclopedia.

High Priests of Nauvoo and early Salt Lake City

High Priests of Nauvoo and early Salt Lake City, Page 3.

States birth as 22 Oct 1827 in Delaware County, New York.  Ordained a High Priest 20 May 1855: Cedar City by H. C. Kimball, J. M. Grant.  Enrolled in H.P. Quorum, SLC 7 Oct 1855. (High Priest Qrm Rec, orgnzd 23 Apr 1848, SLC, Utah, LDS Arc.)

Transcript for Nauvoo Restoration, comp., High Priests of Nauvoo and Early Salt Lake City, M251.33, p. 3, Church History Library

High Priests of Nauvoo and early Salt Lake City.

Historical Department journal history of the Church

CR 100 137: Historical Department journal history of the Church, 1830-2008, June 16, 1851.

Historical Department journal history of the Church, March 9, 1851.

Historical Department journal history of the Church.

A Mormon chronicle: the Diaries of John D. Lee, 1848-1876 edited and annotated by Robert Glass Cleland and Juanita Brooks (1955), 1:30-79

A Mormon chronicle: the Diaries of John D. Lee, 1848-1876 edited and annotated by Robert Glass Cleland and Juanita Brooks (1955), 1:30-79.

Transcript for A Mormon chronicle: the Diaries of John D. Lee, 1848-1876 edited and annotated by Robert Glass Cleland and Juanita Brooks (1955), 1:30-79

Biographical Sketches, 1891-2013

"Rufus Chester Allen", Biographical Sketches, 1891-2013.

Biographical Sketches, 1891-2013.

Norma Baldwin Ricketts, The Mormon Battalion: U.S. Army of the West, 1846-1848 (Logan, Utah: Utah State University Press, 1996)

Norma Baldwin Ricketts, The Mormon Battalion: U.S. Army of the West, 1846-1848 (Logan, Utah: Utah State University Press, 1996), Page 23.

Norma Baldwin Ricketts, The Mormon Battalion: U.S. Army of the West, 1846-1848 (Logan, Utah: Utah State University Press, 1996).

Perpetual Emigrating Fund Company church trains accounts, 1861-1868

Captain Daniel Thompson, memoranda book (1), 1866

"Captain Daniel Thompson, memoranda book (1), 1866", Perpetual Emigrating Fund Company church trains accounts, 1861-1868.

Perpetual Emigrating Fund Company church trains accounts, 1861-1868.

Pratt, Parley P., Autobiography of Parley Parker Pratt [1888], 454-55

Pratt, Parley P., Autobiography of Parley Parker Pratt [1888], 454-55.

Tuesday, 14th.—All being ready, we took leave of the Saints in San Barnardino [Bernardino], and commenced our journey at nine o’clock, A.M.



Brothers Rich and Lyman, with several other friends, accompanied us a few miles, and ox teams and teamsters accompanied us for three days, to haul us over the Cajon Pass, where we took leave of them, and at evening organized our company as follows:—P[arley]. P. Pratt and wife, Rufus Allen, William Follett, Clark Ames, Samuel Gould, Andrew Calhoun and wife, Elisha Hyatt wife and child, Thomas Dowel, John Hyatt, John Green, George Clark, John Green was appointed captain of the guard. In all, eleven men, four women and one child. [Only three women are listed.]



We were soon joined by five Spaniards, who had near forty animals, mostly horses, who accompanied us for some hundreds of miles, and joined us in guarding, etc. Their animals being poor and unshod, we left them on the Rio Virgin. We met a company of twenty-four emigrants near the Salt Spring.



On the Muddy our camp was thronged with near sixty Indians, in a state of nudity, bringing with them green corn, melons, and dressed skins for sale, or exchange for clothing. They were all good natured and glad to see us; some of them accompanied us twenty-five miles, held our horses, guns, etc., and assisted us up the hills.



After twenty days we all arrived in safety at Santa Clara, about one hundred miles from the settlement in Iron County.



October 7th.—All arrived in safety in the settlement in Iron County, Utah, and were kindly received and entertained by the Saints.



I called on sister Robinson in the twilight of evening, and asked for the dinner which I had spoken for one and a half years before. We were kindly received by her and others.



We tarried three days in Parowan Fort and preached to the Saints.



Taking leave of the Saints we resumed our journey. Nothing worthy of note transpired during the rest of the journey, which was two hundred and fifty miles, mostly among the settlements, where we were kindly entertained.



On the 18th, near midnight, I arrived home.

Transcript for Pratt, Parley P., Autobiography of Parley Parker Pratt [1888], 454-55

"Rufus Chester Allen," In Biographical Information Relating to Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel database

"Rufus Chester Allen," In Biographical Information Relating to Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel database.

The Book of the Pioneers

The Book of the Pioneers, Vol. 1, Page 34.

The Book of the Pioneers.

Washington County News

Mormon Battalion Veteran Called Home

"Mormon Battalion Veteran Called Home", Washington County News, December 16, 1915, Page 1.

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