Sanford Porter, Jr.
Alternate Names
Sanford Porter (Alternate Name)
Birth Date
On 1823 June 25 (Born)
Death Date
On 1913 December 12 (Buried)
Gender
Male
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Born in Vienna Center, Trumbull County, Ohio, United States
1823 June 25
Mother
Nancy Arreta Warriner
Father
Sanford Porter
Date Details
Occurred On 1823 June 25
Joined
Mormon Battalion Company E
1846 July 16 – 1847 July 16 (Age 23)
Members in Company
Rank
Private
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 24)
Pioneers in Company
Date Details
Started Between 1847 August 25 – 26
Joined Company
Ended Between 1847 October 11 – 16
Company Arrived
Baptized
1856 September 29 (Age 33)
Buried in Logan City Cemetery, Logan, Cache, Utah, United States
1913 December 12 (Age 90)
Media
Sanford Porter (1823 - 1913) Profile
Sources
Person
Deseret Evening News
"An Old Church Member", Deseret Evening News, (27 May 1897), Page 2.
Pioneer
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.
Mormon Battalion
Mormon Battalion lists, 1927
Mormon Battalion lists, 1927, Page 37.
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.