Son of Joseph Earl & Dorcas Tabitha Wixom
Married Mary Elizabeth Parsons, 26 Apr 1849, Salt Lake City, Utah
Latter-day Saint Biographical Encyclopedia
Volume 3
Earl, James Calvin, a member of the Mormon Battalion, was born March 27, 1822, in Logan county, Ohio, the son of Joseph and Dorcas Tabitha Earl. He was baptized Oct. 24, 1838, in Schuyler county, Illinois, by his brother Sylvester H. Earl. He passed through the persecutions of the Saints in Illinois and went into exile with his co-religionists in 1846. While stopping temporarily at Mount Pisgah, Iowa, he enlisted in the Mormon Battalion July 10, 1847, and marched as far as Santa Fe, New Mexico, with the main body of the battalion; thence he was assigned to the sick detachment under Captain James Brown and spent the winter of 1846-1847 on the Arkansas river and arrived in Great Salt Lake Valley July 29, 1847, a few days after the arrival of the pioneers under Prest. Brigham Young. In 1848 he married Mary Elizabeth Parsons in Salt Lake City. Miss Parsons had crossed the plains in 1848, driving two yoke of oxen. She was born May 12, 1829, and baptized by Isaac Clark in Macedonia, Hancock county, Illinois. Her marriage to James Calvin Earl was blessed with nine children, namely, Amanda Ellen, James Calvin junior, Tabitha Jane, Louise Ann, Mary Elizabeth, Cyrus Hibbert Wheelock, Sylvester Henry, Minerva and Rosetta. Bro. Earl died in Pine Valley, Washington county, Utah, Feb. 27, 1871. His wife survived him and died Feb. 23, 1917, aged 49 years.
James Earl is on the Company A re-enlistment roll in 1847 in California, "A James Earl 25". But he is also listed with the Santa Fe sick detachment which went a different direction:
* Mormon Battalion members
Married Mary Elizabeth Parsons, 26 Apr 1849, Salt Lake City, Utah
Latter-day Saint Biographical Encyclopedia
Volume 3
Earl, James Calvin, a member of the Mormon Battalion, was born March 27, 1822, in Logan county, Ohio, the son of Joseph and Dorcas Tabitha Earl. He was baptized Oct. 24, 1838, in Schuyler county, Illinois, by his brother Sylvester H. Earl. He passed through the persecutions of the Saints in Illinois and went into exile with his co-religionists in 1846. While stopping temporarily at Mount Pisgah, Iowa, he enlisted in the Mormon Battalion July 10, 1847, and marched as far as Santa Fe, New Mexico, with the main body of the battalion; thence he was assigned to the sick detachment under Captain James Brown and spent the winter of 1846-1847 on the Arkansas river and arrived in Great Salt Lake Valley July 29, 1847, a few days after the arrival of the pioneers under Prest. Brigham Young. In 1848 he married Mary Elizabeth Parsons in Salt Lake City. Miss Parsons had crossed the plains in 1848, driving two yoke of oxen. She was born May 12, 1829, and baptized by Isaac Clark in Macedonia, Hancock county, Illinois. Her marriage to James Calvin Earl was blessed with nine children, namely, Amanda Ellen, James Calvin junior, Tabitha Jane, Louise Ann, Mary Elizabeth, Cyrus Hibbert Wheelock, Sylvester Henry, Minerva and Rosetta. Bro. Earl died in Pine Valley, Washington county, Utah, Feb. 27, 1871. His wife survived him and died Feb. 23, 1917, aged 49 years.
James Earl is on the Company A re-enlistment roll in 1847 in California, "A James Earl 25". But he is also listed with the Santa Fe sick detachment which went a different direction:
* Mormon Battalion members
Son of Joseph Earl & Dorcas Tabitha Wixom
Married Mary Elizabeth Parsons, 26 Apr 1849, Salt Lake City, Utah
Latter-day Saint Biographical Encyclopedia
Volume 3
Earl, James Calvin, a member of the Mormon Battalion, was born March 27, 1822, in Logan county, Ohio, the son of Joseph and Dorcas Tabitha Earl. He was baptized Oct. 24, 1838, in Schuyler county, Illinois, by his brother Sylvester H. Earl. He passed through the persecutions of the Saints in Illinois and went into exile with his co-religionists in 1846. While stopping temporarily at Mount Pisgah, Iowa, he enlisted in the Mormon Battalion July 10, 1847, and marched as far as Santa Fe, New Mexico, with the main body of the battalion; thence he was assigned to the sick detachment under Captain James Brown and spent the winter of 1846-1847 on the Arkansas river and arrived in Great Salt Lake Valley July 29, 1847, a few days after the arrival of the pioneers under Prest. Brigham Young. In 1848 he married Mary Elizabeth Parsons in Salt Lake City. Miss Parsons had crossed the plains in 1848, driving two yoke of oxen. She was born May 12, 1829, and baptized by Isaac Clark in Macedonia, Hancock county, Illinois. Her marriage to James Calvin Earl was blessed with nine children, namely, Amanda Ellen, James Calvin junior, Tabitha Jane, Louise Ann, Mary Elizabeth, Cyrus Hibbert Wheelock, Sylvester Henry, Minerva and Rosetta. Bro. Earl died in Pine Valley, Washington county, Utah, Feb. 27, 1871. His wife survived him and died Feb. 23, 1917, aged 49 years.
James Earl is on the Company A re-enlistment roll in 1847 in California, "A James Earl 25". But he is also listed with the Santa Fe sick detachment which went a different direction:
* Mormon Battalion members
Married Mary Elizabeth Parsons, 26 Apr 1849, Salt Lake City, Utah
Latter-day Saint Biographical Encyclopedia
Volume 3
Earl, James Calvin, a member of the Mormon Battalion, was born March 27, 1822, in Logan county, Ohio, the son of Joseph and Dorcas Tabitha Earl. He was baptized Oct. 24, 1838, in Schuyler county, Illinois, by his brother Sylvester H. Earl. He passed through the persecutions of the Saints in Illinois and went into exile with his co-religionists in 1846. While stopping temporarily at Mount Pisgah, Iowa, he enlisted in the Mormon Battalion July 10, 1847, and marched as far as Santa Fe, New Mexico, with the main body of the battalion; thence he was assigned to the sick detachment under Captain James Brown and spent the winter of 1846-1847 on the Arkansas river and arrived in Great Salt Lake Valley July 29, 1847, a few days after the arrival of the pioneers under Prest. Brigham Young. In 1848 he married Mary Elizabeth Parsons in Salt Lake City. Miss Parsons had crossed the plains in 1848, driving two yoke of oxen. She was born May 12, 1829, and baptized by Isaac Clark in Macedonia, Hancock county, Illinois. Her marriage to James Calvin Earl was blessed with nine children, namely, Amanda Ellen, James Calvin junior, Tabitha Jane, Louise Ann, Mary Elizabeth, Cyrus Hibbert Wheelock, Sylvester Henry, Minerva and Rosetta. Bro. Earl died in Pine Valley, Washington county, Utah, Feb. 27, 1871. His wife survived him and died Feb. 23, 1917, aged 49 years.
James Earl is on the Company A re-enlistment roll in 1847 in California, "A James Earl 25". But he is also listed with the Santa Fe sick detachment which went a different direction:
* Mormon Battalion members
Family Members
Siblings
Advertisement
Explore more
Sponsored by Ancestry
Advertisement
