Russell King Homer
Birth Date
On 1815 July 15 (Born)
Death Date
On 1890 February 12 (Died)
Gender
Male
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Mission Activity
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Pioneer
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Born in Spafford, Onondaga, New York, United States
1815 July 15
Mother
Anna Warner
Father
Benjamin Cobb Homer
Married
Eliza Williamson
1836 December 20 (Age 21)
Baptized
1845 March 21 (Age 29)
Traveled in
Samuel Gully/Orson Spencer Company (1849)
1849 May 28 – September 25 (Age 33)
Pioneers in Company
Date Details
On 1849 May 28
Joined Company
Between 1849 September 22 – 25
Company Arrived
Served in
Hawaiian Mission
1849 October 19 – December 11 (Age 34)
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Mission Type
Other
Marital Status
Married
Date Details
On 1849 October 19
Departed from Home
On 1849 December 11
Released
Called as Captain to
Russell K. Homer Company (1858)
1858 June 19 – October 7 (Age 42)
Pioneers in Company
Roles
Captain
Traveling Group
Lovisa Matilda Homer (Age 9)
Benjamin John Homer (Age 5)
Eliza Williamson (Age 40)
Mary Ann Homer (Age 3)
Edmund Homer (Age 19)
Nancy Ann Homer (Age 17)
Anna Eliza Homer (Age 15)
William Harrison Homer (Age 12)
Rosetta Catherine Homer (Age 1)
Date Details
On 1858 June 19
Joined Company
On 1858 October 7
Company Arrived
Called as Captain to
Russell K. Homer Company (1859)
1859 – 1859 October 19 (Age 43)
Pioneers in Company
Roles
Captain
Date Details
Circa 1859
Joined Company
On 1859 October 19
Company Arrived
Married
Eliza Thornton
1861 March 29 (Age 45)
Married
Mary Priannah Petty
1867 November 23 (Age 52)
Died in Clarkston, Cache, Utah Territory, United States
1890 February 12 (Age 74)
Media
Russell King Homer (1815 - 1890) Profile
Sources
Person
Logan Journal
"R. K. Homer Dead", Logan Journal, (19 February 1890), Page 3.
Mission
Historical Department journal history of the Church, 1830-2008
Historical Department journal history of the Church, 1830-2008, 11 December 1849, Page 1-2.
Pioneer
Camp of Israel schedules and reports, 1845-1849
"Ezra T. Benson's 100, report", Camp of Israel schedules and reports, 1845-1849, (24 September 1849), Page 1-8.
Christopher O. Folkmann papers, 1857-1962
"Biography of Christopher O. Folkmann", Christopher O. Folkmann papers, 1857-1962, Page 19-22.
Homer family history
Crockett, Rachel Maretta Homer, "Homer, William H., Reminiscences", Homer family history, Page 25-27.
Transcript for Homer, William H., Reminiscences, in Rachel Maretta Homer Crockett, Homer Family History [1942], 25-27
Homer family history. 1942. Page 28-29.
Transcript for Crockett, Rachel Maretta Homer, Homer Family History (1942), 28-29
Our Pioneer Heritage
Our Pioneer Heritage, Vol. 2, Page 46-47.
