Rufus Chester Allen
Birth Date
On 1827 October 22 (Born)
Death Date
On 1915 December 7 (Died)
Gender
Male
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Born in Tompkins, Delaware, New York, United States
1827 October 22
Mother
Marsha Allen
Father
Albern Allen
Baptized
1837 July (Age 9)
Traveled in
Levi W. Hancock/Jefferson Hunt/James Pace/Andrew Lytle Company
1847 August 25 – October 16 (Age 19)
Pioneers in Company
Date Details
Between 1847 August 25 – 26
Joined Company
Between 1847 October 11 – 16
Company Arrived
Traveled in
Company Unknown
1848 (Age 20)
Pioneers in Company
Traveling Group
Marcia Allen (Age 43)
Clarissa Abby Allen (Age 17)
Marshall Franklin Allen (Age 14)
Rebecca Allen (Age 10)
Date Details
Circa 1848
Joined Company
Circa 1848
Company Arrived
Served in
South American Mission
1851 March 8 – 1852 March 2 (Age 23)
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Mission Type
Proselytizing
Marital Status
Single
Priesthood Office
Seventy
Residence When Called
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
Served With
Parley Parker Pratt, Sr.
Date Details
On 1851 March 8
Set Apart
On 1852 March 2
Departed from Field
Traveled in
Parley P. Pratt Company
1852 September 14 – October 18 (Age 24)
Pioneers in Company
Date Details
On 1852 September 14
Joined Company
On 1852 October 18
Company Arrived
Married
Lavenia Elizabeth Hoopes Yearsley
1853 March 31 (Age 25)
Served in Indians in Rio Virgin and Santa Clara Valley
1854 – 1857 (Age 26)
Mission Type
Proselytizing
Marital Status
Married
Priesthood Office
High Priest
Date Details
On 1854
Departed from Home
On 1857
Arrived at Home
Married
Margaret Ruth McConnell
1857 March 20 – 1880 (Age 29)
Traveled in
Daniel Thompson Company
1866 July 24 – September 28 (Age 38)
Pioneers in Company
Roles
Teamster
Date Details
On 1866 July 24
Joined Company
On 1866 September 28
Company Arrived
Married
Laura Elizabeth Chaffin
1886 May 5 (Age 58)
Died in St. George, Washington, Utah, United States
1915 December 7 (Age 88)
Media
Rufus Chester Allen (1827 - 1915) Profile
Sources
Person
1850 Utah Census, Utah County
1850 Utah Census, Utah County.
Utah Death Certificate Index, 1905-1967
Utah Death Certificate Index, 1905-1967.
Utah State History Cemeteries and Burials Database
Utah State History Cemeteries and Burials Database.
Utah, FamilySearch, Early Church Information File, 1830-1900
Utah, FamilySearch, Early Church Information File, 1830-1900, Item 1050-1080, Page 731-759.
Transcript for Early Church Information File, FamilySearch
Mission
Andrew Jenson, Latter-day Saint Biographical Encyclopedia
Andrew Jenson, Latter-day Saint Biographical Encyclopedia, Vol. 1, Page 535.
Transcript for Andrew Jenson, "Allen, Rufus Chester," Latter-day Saint Biographical Encyclopedia, vol. 1 (Salt Lake City: Andrew Jenson History Company, 1901): 535
High Priests of Nauvoo and early Salt Lake City
High Priests of Nauvoo and early Salt Lake City, Page 3.
Transcript for Nauvoo Restoration, comp., High Priests of Nauvoo and Early Salt Lake City, M251.33, p. 3, Church History Library
Historical Department journal history of the Church
Historical Department journal history of the Church, 16 June 1851.
Historical Department journal history of the Church, 9 March 1851.
Pioneer
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.
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.
Perpetual Emigrating Fund Company church trains accounts, 1861-1868
"Captain Daniel Thompson, memoranda book (1), 1866", 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.
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.
Washington County News
"Mormon Battalion Veteran Called Home", Washington County News, (16 December 1915), Page 1.