Russell Gideon Brownell
Birth Date
On 1818 July 17 (Born)
Death Date
On 1895 April 6 (Died)
Gender
Male
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Battalion Activity
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Pioneer
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Born
1818 July 17
Date Details
Occurred On 1818 July 17
Joined
Mormon Battalion Company C
1846 July 16 – 1847 July 16 (Age 27)
Members in Company
Rank
First Corporal
Date Details
Started On 1846 July 16
Joined Company
Ended On 1847 July 16
Company Disbanded
Traveled in
Levi W. Hancock/Jefferson Hunt/James Pace/Andrew Lytle Company (1847)
1847 August 25 – October 16 (Age 29)
Pioneers in Company
Date Details
Started Between 1847 August 25 – 26
Joined Company
Ended Between 1847 October 11 – 16
Company Arrived
Traveled in
Samuel Gully/Orson Spencer Company (1849)
1849 May 28 – September 25 (Age 30)
Pioneers in Company
Date Details
Started On 1849 May 28
Joined Company
Ended Between 1849 September 22 – 25
Company Arrived
Married
Matilda Jane Hartley
1857 March 4 (Age 38)
Died
1895 April 6 (Age 76)
Media
Russell Gideon Brownell (1818 - 1895) Profile
Sources
Person
1850 United States Census
1850 United States Census. Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory.
Mormon Battalion
Mormon Battalion Company C muster roll, 1846
Mormon Battalion Company C muster roll, 1846, Page 2.
Mormon Battalion lists, 1927
Mormon Battalion lists, 1927, Page 13.
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.
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.