Thomas Weir
Birth Date
On 1808 July 26 (Born)
Death Date
On 1873 July 25 (Died)
Gender
Male
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Battalion Activity
1
Pioneer
2
Born
1808 July 26
Date Details
Occurred On 1808 July 26
Joined
Mormon Battalion Company A
1846 July 16 – 1847 July 16 (Age 37)
Members in Company
Rank
Fourth Corporal
Date Details
Started On 1846 July 16
Joined Company
Ended On 1847 July 16
Company Disbanded
Traveled in
Jonathan H. Holmes/Samuel Thompson Company (1848)
1848 July 2 – September 6 (Age 39)
Pioneers in Company
Date Details
Started On 1848 July 2
Joined Company
Ended On 1848 September 6
Company Arrived
Traveled in
Harry Walton/Garden Grove Company (1851)
1851 May 17 – September 25 (Age 42)
Pioneers in Company
Traveling Group
Mary Eliza Weir (Age 4)
Elizabeth Caroline Clark (Age 34)
Nancy America Weir (Age 0)
Date Details
Started On 1851 May 17
Joined Company
Ended Between 1851 September 24 – 25
Company Arrived
Married
Isabella Watson
1853 April 17 – 1855 September 17 (Age 44)
Died
1873 July 25 (Age 64)
Sources
Person
1850 United States Census
1850 United States Census. Iowa, Pottawattamie County.
Pioneer
Genealogical information on the Crooks family, circa 1955
"George Crooks diary", Genealogical information on the Crooks family, circa 1955, Page 15-16.
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Jonathan H. Holmes diary, 1846-1848
Jonathan H. Holmes diary, 1846-1848.
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Ossian F. Taylor journal, 1851 April-September
Ossian F. Taylor journal, 1851 April-September, April.
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Mormon Battalion
Mormon Battalion Company A muster roll, 1846 October – December
"Mormon Battalion Company A Muster Roll", Mormon Battalion Company A muster roll, 1846 October – December, (October), Page 2.
Mormon Battalion lists, 1927
Mormon Battalion lists, 1927, Page 45.
Mormon Battalion returns lists, 1846 July
"Mormon Battalion return lists", Mormon Battalion returns lists, 1846 July, (July), Page 6.
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 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.