William Hiram Carpenter
Birth Date
On 1820 July 22 (Born)
Death Date
On 1895 May 8 (Died)
Gender
Male
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Born in Glenville, Schenectady, New York, United States
1820 July 22
Mother
Jane Elizabeth Schermerhorn
Father
Hiram Carpenter
Date Details
Occurred On 1820 July 22
Baptized
1843 December 2 (Age 23)
Joined
Mormon Battalion Company C
1846 July 16 – 1847 July 16 (Age 25)
Members in Company
Rank
First Corporal
Additional Information
Detached to Pueblo
Date Details
Started On 1846 July 16
Joined Company
Ended On 1847 July 16
Company Disbanded
Traveled in
Mormon Battalion Detachments (1847)
1847 May 24 – July 29 (Age 26)
Pioneers in Company
Date Details
Started On 1847 May 24
Joined Company
Ended On 1847 July 29
Company Arrived
Married
Cynthia Tryphosa Wetherbee
1849 November 28 (Age 29)
Traveled in
David Wood Company (1852)
1852 June 6 – October 1 (Age 31)
Pioneers in Company
Traveling Group
Cynthia Tryphosa Wetherbee (Age 24)
Joseph Wetherbee Carpenter (Age 0)
Date Details
Started On 1852 June 6
Joined Company
Ended Between 1852 September 20 – October 1
Company Arrived
Married
Marmora Sheffield
1855 February 13 (Age 34)
Married
Margaret Predmore
1878 January 30 (Age 57)
Died in St. George, Washington, Utah, United States
1895 May 8 (Age 74)
Media
William Hiram Carpenter (1822 - 1895) Profile
Sources
Pioneer
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. Supplement after 31 December 1852: Page 39.
Mormon Battalion
Mormon Battalion Company C muster roll, 1846
Mormon Battalion Company C muster roll, 1846, Page 2.
Mormon Battalion James Brown Detached Company descriptive roll and pay record, 1847
"Pay record", Mormon Battalion James Brown Detached Company descriptive roll and pay record, 1847, Page 1.
"Descriptive roll", Mormon Battalion James Brown Detached Company descriptive roll and pay record, 1847, Page 1.
Mormon Battalion lists, 1927
Mormon Battalion lists, 1927, Page 15.
Names of Pueblo soldiers and Mississippi brethren, 1847
Names of Pueblo soldiers and Mississippi brethren, 1847, Page 1.
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.
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.