Mormon Battalion Sick Detachments (1847)
- Direction
- Westbound
- Departure
- 24 May 1847
- Departed From
- Pueblo, Colorado
- Arrival
- 29 July 1847
- Number In Company
- 213
Three sick detachments of disabled men in the Mormon Battalion, along with some women and children, spent the winter in 1846-47 at Pueblo, Colorado. An advance party of 13 soldiers met Brigham Young's company on 4 July while trailing livestock. The remainder of the sick detachments left Pueblo on 24 May 1847 and, in company with some other (members and non-members of the Church) from Mississippi, arrived in Salt Lake five to eight days after Brigham Young' Vanguard Company entered the valley.
- Abner Blackburn reminiscences, 12-13. Trail excerpt transcribed from "Pioneer History Collection" available at Pioneer Memorial Museum [Daughters of Utah Pioneers Museum], Salt Lake City, Utah. Some restrictions apply.
- Andrew J. Shupe journal, 1838-1861, 124-31, 160.
- Autobiography and journal of John W. Hess, circa 1887-1895, 8-9.
- David Hess statement in Autobiography and journal of John W. Hess, circa 1887-1895.
- Franklin Allen diary, 1846 July-1848 October.
- Hayward Thomas reminiscences and journal, 1848-1851, 14-16.
- Joel J. Terrell diary, 1846 July-1847 July.
- John Steele journal, 24 May-30 July 1847, John Steele reminiscences and journals, 1846-1898.
- Joseph Skeen reminiscences and diary, 1846 July-1847 May.
- Names of Pueblo soldiers and Mississippi brethren
- Treasures of Pioneer History, volume 4, p. 474.
- William H. Walker in "Jubilee Matters," Deseret Weekly, 17 April 1897.
- William Holmes Walker, The Life Incidents and Travels of Elder William Holmes Walker and His Association with Joseph Smith, the Prophet (Elizabeth Jane Walker Piepgrass, 1943), 15-16.
Abbott, Joshua | 42 | 14 August 1804 | 9 April 1896 |
Abbott, Ruth | 36 | 20 December 1810 | 13 September 1888 |
Adams, Orson Bennett | 32 | 9 March 1815 | 4 February 1901 |
Adams, Susannah | 27 | 30 May 1819 | 23 January 1892 |
Allen, Franklin | 29 | 15 April 1818 | 16 December 1890 |
Allred, Eliza Bridget | 25 | 23 November 1821 | 20 April 1866 |
Allred, Elzadie Emeline | 19 | 2 December 1827 | 20 December 1887 |
Allred, James Tillman Sanford | 22 | 28 March 1825 | 29 March 1905 |
Allred, Reuben Warren | 19 | 9 November 1827 | 21 August 1916 |
Averett, Juduthan | 30 | 12 June 1816 | 7 January 1902 |
Babcock, Lorenzo | 23 | 22 December 1823 | 16 December 1906 |
Badham, Samuel | 31 | 24 August 1815 | 20 May 1868 |
Beckstead, William Ezra | 40 | 13 March 1827 | 17 May 1909 |
Bevan, James | 25 | 19 October 1821 | 26 October 1894 |
Bingham, Erastus | 24 | 30 September 1822 | 4 April 1906 |
Bingham, Thomas | 22 | 19 July 1824 | 31 December 1889 |
Bird, William | 23 | 16 July 1823 | 18 April 1894 |
Black, George David | 6 | 18 February 1841 | 7 April 1913 |
Blackburn, Abner | 20 | 13 January 1827 | 2 November 1904 |
Brannan, Samuel | 28 | 2 March 1819 | 5 May 1889 |
Brazier, Richard | 53 | 6 December 1793 | 16 August 1871 |
Brimhall, John | 23 | 16 April 1824 | 18 December 1906 |
Brown, Alexander | 21 | 3 March 1826 | 21 April 1910 |
Brown, Daniel | 24 | 2 October 1822 | 21 October 1899 |
Brown, Eunice | 39 | 4 March 1808 | 18 July 1858 |
Brown, Harriet Stanton | 17 | 7 November 1829 | 18 November 1920 |
Brown, James | 45 | 30 September 1801 | 30 September 1863 |
Brown, James Polly | 44 | 22 April 1803 | 6 November 1871 |
Brown, Jesse Sowell | 18 | 26 March 1829 | 29 January 1905 |
Brown, John Taylor | Infant | 1 June 1847 | 20 September 1849 |
Brown, Mary | 27 | 17 October 1819 | 2 November 1906 |
Brown, Mary | 42 | 27 July 1804 | 25 June 1873 |
Brown, Mary Ann | 4 | 2 October 1842 | 15 February 1901 |
Brown, Neuman | 16 | 18 July 1830 | 6 April 1879 |
Brown, Robert H. | 15 | 11 May 1832 | 14 March 1877 |
Brown, Sarah Jane | 12 | 27 October 1834 | 25 September 1920 |
Buchanan, John | 22 | 25 January 1825 | 11 October 1897 |
Burt, William | 42 | 14 March 1805 | 17 March 1851 |
Button, James H. | 11 | 1836 | 1859 |
Button, Jutson Hallibut | 7 | 24 July 1839 | 19 January 1924 |
Button, Louisa | 5 | 1842 | 1869 |
Button, Mary Bittles | 31 | 15 December 1815 | 26 June 1896 |
Button, Samuel | 3 | 1844 | 21 November 1880 |
Bybee, John McCann | 18 | 17 February 1829 | 21 February 1909 |
Calkins, Alva Chauncey | 21 | 30 September 1825 | 21 July 1887 |
Calkins, James Wood | 19 | 22 November 1827 | 24 October 1898 |
Calvert, John Hamaker | 19 | 7 March 1828 | 28 August 1906 |
Camp, James Greer | 19 | 12 January 1828 | 13 January 1852 |
Carpenter, Isaac Jelliff | 19 | 9 June 1827 | 18 July 1910 |
Carpenter, William Hiram | 24 | 22 July 1822 | 8 May 1894 |
Casto, William | 31 | 10 February 1816 | 9 November 1894 |
Cazier, James | 29 | 13 July 1817 | 23 October 1891 |
Cazier, John | 26 | 14 March 1821 | 14 November 1890 |
Chase, Almira | 16 | 28 May 1830 | 23 February 1873 |
Chase, John Darwin | 31 | 10 August 1815 | 21 July 1902 |
Church, Haden Wells | 29 | 29 August 1817 | 27 September 1875 |
Clark, Albert | 23 | 1 March 1824 | 13 July 1893 |
Clark, George Sheffer | 30 | 7 November 1816 | 28 August 1901 |
Compton, Allen | 38 | 10 January 1809 | 17 August 1854 |
Cummings, George Washington | 35 | 8 October 1811 | 12 July 1887 |
Curtis, Josiah | 16 | 5 August 1830 | 25 December 1910 |
Dalton, Edward | 20 | 23 March 1827 | 6 April 1896 |
Dalton, Henry S. | 22 | 10 January 1825 | 3 February 1906 |
Davis, James | 20 | 26 May 1826 | 3 August 1865 |
Douglass, Ralph Briggs | 22 | 28 December 1824 | 3 May 1900 |
Dunn, James | 58 | 26 September 1788 | 1855 |
Durfey, Francillo | 35 | 17 May 1812 | 15 February 1871 |
Earl, James Calvin | 25 | 27 March 1822 | 27 February 1871 |
Eastman, Marcus N. | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
Edmunds, John | 30 | About 1817 | Unknown |
Frederick, David | 45 | 15 September 1801 | 2 February 1888 |
Garner, David | 29 | 30 January 1818 | 29 April 1889 |
Garner, Phillip | 38 | 11 October 1808 | 16 September 1872 |
Gifford, William W. | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
Glazier, Luther William | 24 | 22 March 1823 | 18 February 1865 |
Gould, John Calvin | 25 | 19 September 1821 | 29 September 1850 |
Gould, Samuel | 60 | 15 August 1786 | 30 December 1869 |
Gribble, Hulda Sophia | 18 | 28 June 1828 | 1 January 1903 |
Gribble, William | 30 | 3 August 1816 | 14 October 1866 |
Hanks, Ebenezer | 31 | 11 February 1815 | 4 April 1884 |
Hanks, Jane Wells | 29 | 4 October 1817 | 27 March 1896 |
Hendrickson, James | 24 | 12 November 1822 | 24 March 1888 |
Hess, Emeline | 23 | 20 August 1823 | 31 January 1862 |
Hess, John W. | 22 | 24 August 1824 | 16 December 1903 |
Hewitt, Eli Buckner | 21 | 1826 | 21 April 1860 |
Higgins, Alfred | 15 | 27 July 1831 | 1862 |
Higgins, Carlos Smith | 5 | 29 January 1842 | 21 November 1919 |
Higgins, Drusilla | 13 | 18 December 1833 | 10 February 1892 |
Higgins, Heber Kimball | 7 | 4 September 1839 | 14 March 1873 |
Higgins, Nelson | 40 | 1 September 1806 | 20 November 1890 |
Higgins, Nelson Daniel | 11 | 9 October 1835 | 22 October 1890 |
Higgins, Sarah | 41 | 5 April 1806 | 14 August 1864 |
Higgins, Wealthy Matilda | Infant | 2 May 1847 | 22 November 1849 |
Hinckley, Arza Erastus | 20 | 15 August 1826 | 18 February 1901 |
Hirons, James Pettyjohn | 28 | 15 July 1819 | 13 February 1892 |
Hirons, Mary Ann | 21 | 13 September 1824 | Unknown |
Hoagland, Lucas | 20 | 15 January 1827 | 1 July 1906 |
Holden, Elijah Edward | 21 | 27 March 1826 | 7 September 1858 |
Hopkins, Charles A. | 37 | 20 February 1810 | 12 October 1863 |
Hoskins, Henry | 39 | 1 December 1807 | 11 December 1879 |
Hulett--Removed, Schuyler | 20 | 24 August 1826 | 16 March 1908 |
Hunt, Celia | 41 | 19 September 1805 | 28 January 1897 |
Hunt, Gilbert | 22 | 11 April 1825 | 14 November 1858 |
Hunt, Harriet | 12 | 9 February 1835 | 10 April 1918 |
Hunt, Hyrum | 6 | 7 October 1840 | 25 December 1880 |
Hunt, Jane | 15 | 1 October 1831 | 26 December 1899 |
Hunt, John | 14 | 9 March 1833 | 1 June 1917 |
Hunt, Joseph | 10 | 9 May 1837 | 2 September 1916 |
Hunt, Lydia Ardelicia Elinor | 20 | 31 July 1826 | 16 February 1915 |
Hunt, Mary | 1 | 12 July 1845 | 29 September 1930 |
Hunt, Matilda Jane | 19 | 1 January 1828 | 22 October 1865 |
Huntington, Clark Allen | 15 | 6 December 1831 | 16 November 1896 |
Huntington, Dimick Baker | 39 | 26 May 1808 | 1 February 1879 |
Huntington, Fanny Maria | 36 | 26 October 1810 | 14 December 1894 |
Huntington, Lot Elisha | 13 | 29 April 1834 | 16 January 1862 |
Huntington, Martha Zina | 2 | 19 July 1844 | 5 April 1883 |
Jackson, Charles A. | 30 | 27 August 1816 | 25 June 1888 |
Jacobs, Bailey | Unknown | unknown | unknown |
Johnson, Jarvis | 17 | 6 July 1829 | 28 January 1898 |
Johnstun, Jesse Walker | 27 | 21 January 1820 | 8 May 1860 |
Karren, Thomas | 37 | 1 May 1810 | 4 April 1876 |
Kelley, Malinda | 31 | 16 October 1815 | 18 November 1881 |
Kelley, Malinda Catherine | Infant | 7 February 1847 | 17 February 1899 |
Kelley, Nicholas | 30 | 1817 | March 1884 |
Kelley, Parley | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
Kelley, Sarah | 26 | ca. 1821 | Unknown |
Kenney, Loren Edward | 31 | 7 July 1815 | 30 October 1890 |
Lake, Barnabas | 19 | 2 June 1827 | 18 June 1893 |
Lamb, Lisbon | 19 | 27 July 1827 | 19 October 1880 |
Larson, Thurston | 17 | 11 October 1828 | 11 March 1907 |
Laughlin, David Saunders | 33 | 26 April 1814 | 5 December 1856 |
Luddington, Angeline Adeline | 1 | 17 December 1845 | 1 September 1922 |
Luddington, Elam | 40 | 23 November 1806 | 3 March 1893 |
Luddington, Lena | 66 | About 1781 | Unknown |
Luddington, Mary Elizabeth | 22 | 24 July 1824 | Unknown |
Maxwell, Maxie | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
Mayfield, Andrew Jackson | Unknown | 1828 | 1912 |
Mayfield, John | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
Mayfield, Sarah | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
McClellan, William Carroll | 19 | 12 May 1828 | 28 April 1916 |
Mecham, Erastus Darwin | 20 | 20 July 1826 | 7 June 1899 |
Mesick, Peter I. | 43 | 24 October 1803 | 16 October 1884 |
Miller, Daniel Morgan | 25 | 19 November 1821 | 26 September 1872 |
Mowrey, Martha Jane | 19 | 24 September 1827 | 20 December 1920 |
Mowry, Harley | 24 | 9 August 1822 | 20 October 1920 |
Nease, Ellen | 11 | 12 March 1836 | 2 March 1882 |
Nease, Peter | 12 | 5 July 1834 | October 1910 |
Nowlin, Jabez Townsend | 25 | 18 August 1821 | 22 November 1893 |
Oakley, James Degroot | 18 | 5 September 1828 | 30 April 1915 |
Park, William Asberry | 20 | 25 October 1826 | 23 May 1915 |
Perkins, David Martin | 23 | 23 August 1823 | 4 April 1874 |
Pierson, Harmon Dudley | 29 | 25 April 1818 | 3 July 1891 |
Pierson, Judson A. | 20 | 1827 | Unknown |
Pugmire, Jonathan | 23 | 7 December 1823 | 18 September 1880 |
Richardson, Thomas | 43 | 18 February 1804 | 3 November 1886 |
Richmond, Benjamin B. | 21 | 20 October 1825 | 27 October 1854 |
Roberts, Benjamin Morgan | 20 | 15 January 1827 | 18 August 1891 |
Rowe, Caratat Conderset | 24 | 11 May 1823 | 12 February 1904 |
Rowe, William | 21 | 20 February 1826 | 24 July 1906 |
Rust, William Walker | 38 | 14 August 1808 | 18 September 1894 |
Sanderson, Henry Weeks | 18 | 16 March 1829 | 19 November 1896 |
Sargent, Abel Morgan | 48 | 27 February 1799 | 24 June 1850 |
Sargent, Caroline | 11 | 28 October 1835 | 2 May 1905 |
Sessions, Emeline Caroline | 25 | 20 May 1822 | 20 August 1851 |
Sessions, John | 25 | 22 August 1821 | 2 October 1896 |
Sharp, Sarah Ellen | Infant | 28 November 1846 | 1 March 1937 |
Sharpe, Albert | 37 | About 1810 | Unknown |
Shelton, Caroline | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
Shelton, Cooper | 8 | About 1839 | Unknown |
Shelton, Elizabeth Trains Mayfield | 41 | 6 January 1806 | About 1866 |
Shelton, Maria | 2 | 1845 | Unknown |
Shelton, Sebert Crutcher | 53 | 29 June 1793 | 10 August 1857 |
Shelton, Thomas | 5 | 1842 | Unknown |
Shipley, Joseph | 33 | 1 November 1813 | 24 October 1901 |
Shupe, Andrew Jackson | 31 | 9 November 1815 | 8 March 1877 |
Shupe, Elizabeth Margaret | Infant | 2 March 1847 | 2 October 1848 |
Shupe, James Wright | 24 | 23 February 1823 | 5 January 1899 |
Shupe, Sarah | 24 | 28 September 1822 | 22 June |
Skeen, Joseph | 30 | 10 August 1816 | 15 December 1882 |
Smith, John Glover | 38 | 31 October 1808 | 13 March 1888 |
Smith, Richard Demont | 18 | 10 July 1828 | 12 December 1848 |
Squires, William | Unknown | Unknown | 1850 |
Steele, Catherine | 30 | 16 November 1816 | 15 June 1891 |
Steele, John | 26 | 21 March 1821 | 31 December 1903 |
Steele, Mary Campbell | 6 | 23 December 1840 | 12 December 1874 |
Stewart, Benjamin | 18 | 2 October 1828 | 27 December 1857 |
Stewart, James | 20 | 14 February 1827 | 18 October 1908 |
Stillman, Clark | 19 | 17 August 1827 | 12 December 1867 |
Stillman, Dexter | 43 | 23 March 1804 | 11 November 1852 |
Stillman, Phoebe Lodema | 14 | 5 August 1832 | 18 January 1909 |
Tanner, Myron | 20 | 7 June 1826 | 11 January 1903 |
Terrell, Joel Judkins | 46 | 16 March 1801 | 19 February 1883 |
Thomas, Hayward | 32 | 6 December 1814 | 16 August 1893 |
Thomas, Nathan T. | 36 | 22 May 1811 | 18 June 1889 |
Tindell, Solomon | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
Tubbs, William Rockwell | 23 | 25 January 1824 | 6 May 1897 |
Walker, William Holmes | 26 | 28 August 1820 | 9 January 1908 |
Welch, Madison | 19 | 19 May 1828 | 19 October 1894 |
Whiting, Almon | 25 | 7 November 1821 | 10 May 1900 |
Whiting, Edmund | 15 | 31 July 1831 | 12 June 1908 |
Whitney, Francis Tufts | 42 | 24 March 1805 | 6 April 1883 |
Wilkin, David | 27 | 1 August 1819 | 21 January 1891 |
Wilkin, Isabella | 25 | 9 December 1821 | 1877 |
Williams, Albina Mariam | 20 | 25 July 1826 | 28 November 1914 |
Williams, Caroline Marie | 4 | 24 April 1843 | 21 December 1917 |
Williams, Ephraim Thomas | 1 | 15 June 1845 | 28 April 1885 |
Williams, Phebe Isabel | Infant | 17 January 1847 | 12 November 1880 |
Williams, Thomas Stephen | 21 | 2 January 1826 | 18 March 1860 |
Willis, William Wesley | 35 | 16 August 1811 | 8 November 1872 |
Wilson, George Deliverance | 39 | 28 December 1807 | 18 October 1887 |
Woodworth, Lysander Catlin | 19 | 3 February 1828 | 26 March 1898 |
Wriston, Isaac Newton | Unknown | About 1825 | 6 July 1852 |
Wriston, John Price | 24 | 13 April 1823 | 4 March 1899 |