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Rufus Chester Allen (1827 - 1915) Profile

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Mormon Battalion Company A muster roll, 1846 October – December

Mormon Battalion Company A Muster Roll

"Mormon Battalion Company A Muster Roll", Mormon Battalion Company A muster roll, 1846 October – December, October 1846, Page 2.

Mormon Battalion Company A muster roll, 1846 October – December.

Mormon Battalion lists, 1927

Mormon Battalion lists, 1927, Page 9.

Mormon Battalion lists, 1927.

Mormon Battalion returns lists, 1846 July

Mormon Battalion return lists

"Mormon Battalion return lists", Mormon Battalion returns lists, 1846 July, July 1846, Page 3.

Mormon Battalion returns lists, 1846 July.

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.

Selected pension application files relating to the Mormon Battalion, Mexican War, 1846-1848

Mormon Battalion, Volunteers

"Mormon Battalion, Volunteers", Selected pension application files relating to the Mormon Battalion, Mexican War, 1846-1848.

Selected pension application files relating to the Mormon Battalion, Mexican War, 1846-1848.

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

High Priests of Nauvoo and early Salt Lake City.

Historical Department journal history of the Church, 1830-2008

Historical Department journal history of the Church, 1830-2008, June 16, 1851.

Historical Department journal history of the Church, 1830-2008, March 9, 1851.

Historical Department journal history of the Church, 1830-2008.

Latter-day Saints Biographical Encyclopedia (1901)

Allen, Rufus Chester

"Allen, Rufus Chester", Latter-Day Saints biographical encyclopedia. 4 vols. Salt Lake City, Utah: Andrew Jenson History Company, 1901, 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

Andrew Jenson. Latter-day Saints Biographical Encyclopedia (1901).

A Mormon chronicle: the Diaries of John D. Lee, 1848-1876

A Mormon chronicle: the Diaries of John D. Lee, 1848-1876. 1955. Page 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

A Mormon chronicle: the Diaries of John D. Lee, 1848-1876.

Biographical information relating to Mormon pioneer overland travel database, 2003-2017

"Rufus Chester Allen", Biographical information relating to Mormon pioneer overland travel database, 2003-2017.

Biographical information relating to Mormon pioneer overland travel database, 2003-2017.

Biographical sketches, 1891-2013

"Rufus Chester Allen", BIOGRAPHICAL sketches, 1891-2013.

Biographical sketches, 1891-2013.

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, Page 3-17.

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

Semi-Centennial Commission Book of the Pioneers, 1897

Semi-Centennial Commission Book of the Pioneers, Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah, 1897, Vol. 1, Page 34.

Semi-Centennial Commission Book of the Pioneers, 1897.

The autobiography of Parley Parker Pratt

Parley Parker Pratt, 1807-1857, The autobiography of Parley Parker Pratt.

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

The autobiography of Parley Parker Pratt.

Washington County News

Mormon Battalion Veteran Called Home

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

Washington County News.

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Tompkins, Delaware, New York, United States

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Marcia Allen

Clarissa Abby Allen

Marshall Franklin Allen

Rebecca Allen

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Rufus Chester Allen

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Born in Tompkins, Delaware, New York, United States

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Occurred On 1827 October 22

Baptized

Joined Mormon Battalion Company A

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Started On 1846 July 16

Ended On 1847 July 16

Traveled in Levi W. Hancock/Jefferson Hunt/James Pace/Andrew Lytle Company (1847)

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Started Between 1847 August 25 – 26

Ended Between 1847 October 11 – 16

Traveled in Company Unknown (1848)

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Occurred Circa 1848

Circa 1848

Traveled in Company Unknown (1849)

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Occurred Circa 1849

Circa 1849

Served in Early Church Mission: South America

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Started On 1851 March 8

Ended On 1852 March 2

Traveled in Parley P. Pratt Company (1852)

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Started On 1852 September 14

Ended On 1852 October 18

Married Lavenia Elizabeth Hoopes Yearsley

Called as President to Southern Utah Mission

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Circa 1853 October

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Ended On 1857

Married Margaret Ruth McConnell

Traveled in Daniel Thompson Company (1866)

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Started On 1866 July 24

Ended On 1866 September 28

Married Laura Elizabeth Chaffin

Died in St. George, Washington, Utah, United States

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