William Bailey Maxwell
Birth Date
On 1821 March 14 (Born)
Death Date
On 1895 August 26 (Died)
Gender
Male
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Mission Activity
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Pioneer
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Born in Shawneetown, Gallatin, Illinois, United States
1821 March 14
Mother
Ruth Hodge
Father
Richard Maxwell
Date Details
Occurred On 1821 March 14
Married
Lucretia Charlotte Bracken
1840 November 25 (Age 19)
Baptized
1845 June 12 (Age 24)
Joined
Mormon Battalion Company D
1846 July 16 – 1847 July 16 (Age 25)
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 25)
Pioneers in Company
Date Details
Occurred Circa 1847
Joined Company
Circa 1847
Company Arrived
Traveled in
Uriah Curtis Company (1852)
1852 June 28 – September 29 (Age 31)
Pioneers in Company
Traveling Group
James Bailey Maxwell (Age 8)
Lucretia Charlotte Bracken (Age 28)
Levi William Maxwell (Age 10)
Date Details
Started On 1852 June 28
Joined Company
Ended On 1852 September 29
Company Arrived
Served in
Las Vegas Mission
1855 April 6 – 1857 March 23 (Age 34)
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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
On 1855 April 22
Set Apart
On 1855 May 10
Departed from Home
On 1855 June 15
Arrived in Field
Ended On 1857 March 23
Departed from Field
Married
Martha Jane Mathis
1858 March 2 (Age 36)
Married
Marriette Magdaline Hamblin
1867 November 29 (Age 46)
Died in Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona Territory, United States
1895 August 26 (Age 74)
Media
William Bailey Maxwell (1821 - 1895) Profile
Sources
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
Brigham Young office emigrating companies reports, 1850-1862
"16th Company of 50 report", Brigham Young office emigrating companies reports, 1850-1862, (4 July 1852), Page 1-22.
Deseret News
"16th 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, 17 December 1847, Page 2.
Historical Department journal history of the Church, 1830-2008. Supplement after 31 December 1852: Page 102.
Presiding Bishopric immigrant location committee minutes, 1852 September 20-October 13
Presiding Bishopric immigrant location committee minutes, 1852 September 20-October 13, 20 September 1852.
Mormon Battalion
Descriptive roll [Mormon Battalion], 1846
Descriptive roll [Mormon Battalion], 1846, Page 1.
Mormon Battalion lists, 1927
Mormon Battalion lists, 1927, Page 31.
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.
