William Cook Prows
Birth Date
On 1827 June 11 (Born)
Death Date
On 1894 May 23 (Died)
Gender
Male
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Born in Kanawha, Virginia, United States
1827 June 11
Mother
Eleanor Kouns
Father
Thomas Prows III
Date Details
Occurred On 1827 June 11
Joined
Mormon Battalion Company B
1846 July 16 – 1847 July 16 (Age 19)
Members in Company
Rank
Private
Date Details
Started On 1846 July 16
Joined Company
Ended On 1847 July 16
Company Disbanded
Traveled in
Ebenezer Brown Company (1848)
1848 August 12 – October 10 (Age 21)
Pioneers in Company
Date Details
Started On 1848 August 12
Joined Company
Ended On 1848 October 10
Company Arrived
Married
Lodesky Ann Roberds
1850 April 14 (Age 22)
Died in Colonia Juárez, Casas Grandes, Chihuahua, Mexico
1894 May 23 (Age 66)
Media
William Cook Prows (1827 - 1894) Profile
Sources
Pioneer
Andrew Jenson collection, circa 1841-1942
Andrew Jenson collection, circa 1841-1942.
John Borrowman diaries, 1846-1860
John Borrowman diaries, 1846-1860, 5 August 1848.
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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.
Ricketts, Norma Baldwin, The Mormon Battalion: U.S. Army of the West, 1846-1848, Logan, Utah, Utah State University Press, 1996, Page 23.
Mormon Battalion
Mormon Battalion lists, 1927
Mormon Battalion lists, 1927, Page 37.
Mormon Battalion returns lists, 1846 July
"Mormon Battalion return lists", Mormon Battalion returns lists, 1846 July, (July), Page 10.
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.