Sarah Blackman
Alternate Names
Sarah Higgins (Married Name)
Birth Date
On 1806 April 5 (Born)
Death Date
On 1864 August 13 (Died)
Gender
Female
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Born in Columbus, Chenango, New York, United States
1806 April 5
Mother
Triphena Smith
Father
Josiah Blackman
Date Details
Occurred On 1806 April 5
Married
Nelson Higgins
1826 December 24 (Age 20)
Joined
Mormon Battalion Camp Followers
1846 July 16 – 1847 July 16 (Age 40)
Members in Company
Traveling Group
Carlos Smith Higgins
Drusilla Higgins
Heber Kimball Higgins
Nelson Daniel Higgins
Nelson Higgins
Wealthy Matilda Higgins
Additional Information
Detached to Pueblo
Date Details
Started On 1846 July 16
Joined Company
Ended On 1847 July 16
Company Disbanded
Traveled in
Mormon Battalion Detachments (1847)
1847 May 24 – July 29 (Age 41)
Pioneers in Company
Traveling Group
Heber Kimball Higgins (Age 7)
Carlos Smith Higgins (Age 5)
Nelson Higgins (Age 40)
Almira Higgins (Age 16)
Alfred Higgins (Age 15)
Drusilla Higgins (Age 13)
Nelson Daniel Higgins (Age 11)
Wealthy Matilda Higgins (Age 0)
Date Details
Started On 1847 May 24
Joined Company
Ended On 1847 July 29
Company Arrived
Baptized by
Addison Everett
1847 August 8 (Age 41)
Died in Moroni, Sanpete, Utah Territory, United States
1864 August 13 (Age 58)
Media
Sarah Blackman (1806 - 1864) Profile
Sources
Person
Deseret News
"Died", Deseret News, (24 August 1864), Page 8.
Mormon Battalion
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 233-234.