Samuel Thompson
Birth Date
On 1813 March 30 (Born)
Death Date
On 1892 April 22 (Died)
Gender
Male
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Born in Pomfret, Chautauqua, New York, United States
1813 March 30
Mother
Leah Lewis
Father
David Thompson
Date Details
Occurred On 1813 March 30
Baptized
1833 (Age 19)
Joined
Mormon Battalion Company C
1846 July 16 – 1847 July 16 (Age 33)
Members in Company
Rank
Second Lieutenant
Traveling Group
Edmund Lee Brown, Sr.
Date Details
Started On 1846 July 16
Joined Company
Ended On 1847 July 16
Company Disbanded
Called as Captain to
Jonathan H. Holmes/Samuel Thompson Company (1848)
1848 July 2 – September 6 (Age 35)
Pioneers in Company
Roles
Captain
Date Details
Started On 1848 July 2
Joined Company
Ended On 1848 September 6
Company Arrived
Married
Drusilla Holt
1849 April 8 (Age 36)
Called as President to
Las Vegas Mission
1856 February 24 – 1857 March 23 (Age 42)
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Mission Type
Proselytizing
Marital Status
Plurally Married
Residence When Called
Salt Lake County, Utah Territory, United States
Location Served
To the Lamanites
Date Details
Started On 1856 February 24
Called
On 1856 June 15
Arrived in Field
Ended On 1857 March 23
Departed from Field
Died in Vernal, Uintah, Utah Territory, United States
1892 April 22 (Age 79)
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Samuel Thompson (1813 - 1892) Profile
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Person
Deseret Evening News
"Death of Samuel Thompson", Deseret Evening News, (4 May 1892), Page 8.
Mission
Brigham Young office files, 1832-1878 (bulk 1844-1877)
"William Bringhurst letter", Brigham Young office files, 1832-1878 (bulk 1844-1877), (14 July 1856).
Historical Department journal history of the Church, 1830-2008
Historical Department journal history of the Church, 1830-2008, 24 February 1856, Page 3.
Mormon Indian Missions - 1855
Mormon Indian Missions - 1855. Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, 1959. Page 40.
Woods, Fred E., A gamble in the desert: the Mormon mission in Las Vegas (1855-1857), Salt Lake City, Utah: Mormon Historic Sites Foundation, c2005
Woods, Fred E., A gamble in the desert: the Mormon mission in Las Vegas (1855-1857), Salt Lake City, Utah: Mormon Historic Sites Foundation, c2005. 2005.
Pioneer
Crossroads: Utah Crossroads quarterly newsletter
"To the Tops of the California Mountains: The 1848 Carson Pass Diary of Elijah Elmer", Crossroads: Utah Crossroads quarterly newsletter, Page 5-7.
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Ephraim Green journal
Ephraim Green journal, June.
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Henry W. Bigler reminiscences and diaries, 1846-1850
Henry W. Bigler reminiscences and diaries, 1846-1850, July, Vol. 2, Page 1-13.
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Henry W. Bigler reminiscences and diaries, 1846-1850, February, Vol. 1, Page 91-106.
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Juvenile Instructor
Henele Pikale (Henry W. Bigler), "Recollections of the Past", Juvenile Instructor, (1 December 1886), Page 365-366.
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Samuel H. Rogers reminiscences and diary, 1841-1886
Samuel H. Rogers reminiscences and diary, 1841-1886, June.
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Zadoc K. Judd autobiography, 1903-1907
Zadoc K. Judd autobiography, 1903-1907, Page 33-36.
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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 43.
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, Page 222-223.
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.