William Alexander Follett
Birth Date
On 1825 November 11 (Born)
Death Date
On 1885 October 21 (Died)
Gender
Male
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Pioneer
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Born in Shalersville, Portage, Ohio, United States
1825 November 11
Mother
Louisa Tanner
Father
King Follett
Date Details
Occurred On 1825 November 11
Baptized
1833 August 1 (Age 7)
Married
Nancy Mariah Fausett
1845 September 29 (Age 19)
Joined
Mormon Battalion Company B
1846 July 16 – 1847 July 16 (Age 20)
Members in Company
Rank
Private
Date Details
Started On 1846 July 16
Joined Company
Ended On 1847 July 16
Company Disbanded
Traveled in
Company Unknown (1847)
1847 (Age 21)
Pioneers in Company
Date Details
Occurred Circa 1847
Joined Company
Circa 1847
Company Arrived
Traveled in
Thomas C.D. Howell Company (1852)
1852 June 7 – September 2 (Age 26)
Pioneers in Company
Date Details
Started On 1852 June 7
Joined Company
Ended On 1852 September 2
Company Arrived
Served in
Las Vegas Mission
1855 April 6 – 1857 March 23 (Age 29)
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Mission Type
Proselytizing
Marital Status
Married
Priesthood Office
Elder
Location Served
To the Lamanites
Date Details
Started On 1855 April 6
Called
Ended On 1857 March 23
Departed from Field
Died in Pima, Graham, Arizona Territory, United States
1885 October 21 (Age 59)
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William Alexander Follett (1825 - 1885) Profile
William Alexander Follett (1825 - 1885)
Sources
Person
1850 United States Census
1850 United States Census. Iowa, Pottawattamie County.
Mission
Historical Department journal history of the Church, 1830-2008
Historical Department journal history of the Church, 1830-2008, 6 April 1855.
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.
Pioneer
Deseret News
"3rd Company", Deseret News, (18 September 1852), Page 2.
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Historical Department journal history of the Church, 1830-2008
Historical Department journal history of the Church, 1830-2008. Supplement after 31 December 1852: Page 17.
Mormon Battalion
Mormon Battalion lists, 1927
Mormon Battalion lists, 1927, Page 23.
Mormon Battalion returns lists, 1846 July
"Mormon Battalion return lists", Mormon Battalion returns lists, 1846 July, (July), Page 9.
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.
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.