Sylvester Hulet
Alternate Names
Sylvester Hulett (Alternate Name)
Birth Date
On 1800 March 1 (Born)
Death Date
On 1885 November 17 (Died)
Gender
Male
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Pioneer
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Born in Lee, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States
1800 March 1
Mother
Mary Lewis
Father
Sylvanus Hulet
Date Details
Occurred On 1800 March 1
Baptized
1830 (Age 29)
Joined
Mormon Battalion Company D
1846 July 16 – 1847 July 16 (Age 46)
Members in Company
Rank
Second Lieutenant
Additional Information
Member of the Stephen Watts Kearny escort.
Date Details
Started On 1846 July 16
Joined Company
Ended On 1847 July 16
Company Disbanded
Traveled in
Charles C. Rich Company (1847)
1847 June 21 – October 2 (Age 47)
Pioneers in Company
Date Details
Started On 1847 June 21
Joined Company
Ended On 1847 October 2
Company Arrived
Served in
Las Vegas Mission
1855 May – 1857 March 23 (Age 55)
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Mission Type
Proselytizing
Marital Status
Married
Priesthood Office
Elder
Residence When Called
Manti, Utah Territory, United States
Location Served
To the Lamanites
Date Details
Started On 1855 May
Called
On 1855 June 15
Arrived in Field
Ended On 1857 March 23
Departed from Field
Died in Fairview, Sanpete, Utah Territory, United States
1885 November 17 (Age 85)
Sources
Person
1860 United States Census
1860 United States Census. Utah, Sanpete County.
Mission
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.
Mormon Battalion
Brigham Young history documents, 1844-1866
"James H. Glines letter", Brigham Young history documents, 1844-1866, (15 October 1846), Page 44659.
Descriptive roll [Mormon Battalion], 1846
Descriptive roll [Mormon Battalion], 1846, Page 1.
Mormon Battalion lists, 1927
Mormon Battalion lists, 1927, Page 27.
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.