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1847–1868

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Birth Date
9 October 1812
Death Date
6 September 1856
Gender
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Almon Whiting Babbitt Sr.

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Almon W. Babbitt Company (1849)

  • Age at Departure: 36
  • Company Captain

Almon W. Babbitt Company (1851)

  • Age at Departure: 38
  • Company Captain
  • Head of Household

Traveled with

  • Julia Ann Babbitt (Age: 42)
  • Don Carlos Babbitt (Age: 7)
  • Almon Whiting Babbitt Jr. (Age: 4)

Sources

  • 1850 Illinois Census.
  • Albert Jones notes, circa 1906.
  • Cantwell, James to S. S. Jones, Handcart Veterans Association, 28 Sep. 1906. Handcart Veterans Association, Scrapbook, 1906-1914f, fd 2.
  • "Col. A. W. Babbitt," The Mormon, 8 Nov. 1856, 2.
  • "Col. Babbitt," The Mormon, 25 Oct. 1856, 2.
  • Historical Department journal history of the Church, 1830-2008, 24 May 1849, 1.
  • "Latest News from the Plains," The Mormon, 15 Nov. 1856, 3.
  • Mary H. Snow journal, 1851 March-June, 18-79.
  • "Mormons En Route for Utah," The Mormon, 13 Sept. 1856, 2.
  • "Murder of Col. A. W. Babbitt, Secretary of Utah Territory," New York Daily Times, 17 Nov. 1856.
  • "News From the Plains," The Mormon, 18 Oct. 1856, 2.
  • "Obituary," The Mormon, 22 Nov. 1856, 1.
  • Pioneer Women of Faith and Fortitude, vol. I, p. 125-26
  • Snow, Erastus, "Correspondence of President Erastus Snow," The Mormon, 27 Sep. 1856, 2-3.
  • "The Indian Outrages--Confirmation of the Death of Col. Babbitt," New York Daily Times, 7 Nov. 1856.
  • Utah, Territorial Militia Records, 1849-1877.