Sylvanus Collett
Birth Date
On 1835 May 2 (Born)
Death Date
On 1901 April 10 (Died)
Gender
Male
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Mission Activity
2
Pioneer
1
Born in Wellington, Herefordshire, England, United Kingdom
1835 May 2
Mother
Esther Jones (1814 - 1857)
Father
Daniel Collett (1807 - 1894)
Date Details
Occurred On 1835 May 2
Baptized by Cheney
1844 May (Age 8)
Traveled in
Samuel Gully/Orson Spencer Company (1849)
1849 May 28 – September 25 (Age 14)
Pioneers in Company
Date Details
Started On 1849 May 28
Joined Company
Ended Between 1849 September 22 – 25
Company Arrived
Married
Lydia Karren
1853 September 21 (Age 18)
Served in
White Mountain Mission
1855 May – July (Age 19)
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Mission Type
Other
Marital Status
Married
Residence When Called
Lehi, Utah, Utah Territory, United States
Location Served
Millard County, Utah Territory
Date Details
Started On 1855 May
Departed from Home
Ended On 1855 July
Released
Served in
Salmon River Mission
1856 March 28 – 1858 March 26 (Age 20)
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Mission Type
Proselytizing
Marital Status
Married
Priesthood Quorum When Called
38th
Priesthood Office
Seventy
Residence When Called
Utah, Utah Territory, United States
Date Details
Started On 1856 March 28
Departed from Home
Ended On 1858 March 26
Departed from Field
Married
Phoebe Lodema Merrill
1865 March 6 (Age 29)
Died in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
1901 April 10 (Age 65)
Media
Sylvanus Collett (1835 - 1901) Profile
Sylvanus Collett (1835 - 1901)
Sources
Person
1850 United States Census
1850 United States Census. Salt Lake County, Utah.
Salt Lake Herald-Republican
"Death of General Collett, a Famous Old Pioneer", Salt Lake Herald-Republican, (11 April 1901), Page 8.
Mission
Historical Department journal history of the Church, 1830-2008
Historical Department journal history of the Church, 1830-2008, 24 February 1856, Page 3.
Historical Record Book, 1841-1874
"Item 8: List of missionaries, 1855", Historical Record Book, 1841-1874, (1855).
Manuscript history of Salmon River Mission, 1850-1860
Manuscript history of Salmon River Mission, 1850-1860.
Manuscript history of Salmon River Mission, 1850-1860.
Manuscript history of White Mountain Mission
Manuscript history of White Mountain Mission, 28 May 1855, Page 3.
Salmon River Mission journal, 1855-1858
Salmon River Mission journal, 1855-1858.