Husband of Elizabeth Isabelle Jacobsen
Son of Daniel Pulsipher and Clarissa Norton

Veteran of Mezican War 1846 - 1848
Infantry Company A
Mormon Battalion

CONCHO, ARIZONA
David Pulsipher Sen.
A Veteran of the Mormon Battalion Gone to His Rest

Concho, Apache County, Arizona, April 12, -- DAVID PULSIPHER, a veteran of the Mormon Battalion, passed away this morning. He had been an invalid for several years but for the last few months had been very ill and suffered much pain and distress, which he bore with fortitude and without murmur or complaint.

Brother David Pulispher was born August 10, 1828, at Spafford, Onondaga County, New York, from there he moved with his parents to Kirtland, Ohio and in the year 1836 was baptized a member of the church. In connection with his parents he passed through all the trials and persecutions of the Saints endured in the early days.

When he was fifteen years old his father died and the burden of supporting his widowed mother and two children, a brother and a sister, fell upon him, which he did faithfully for two years, when in 1846 he went to Council Bluffs, and there volunteered his service to his country as a member of the Mormon Battalion. He endured the hardships of that memorable journey across the great western desert, he served his county as a soldier well and faithfully, and when the company arrived in California he was honorably discharged.

He was there during the gold excitement of 1849, in fact was one of the first to discover the precious metal. He spent several years mining, finally became dissatisfied with the life he was leading and a strong desire came upon him to again be with the Saints, so in 1863 he took up his journey across the desert, and after some hardships arrived in Utah, where he had the joy of meeting his mother and sister after seventeen long years, but his brother had died during his long absence.

He settled at Draper, Salt Lake County, and in 1867 was married to Elizabeth Jacobson. He was called to Arizona in 1873 but returned to Utah, til 1879 when he came with his family to Arizona again and settled at Concho, Apache County, where he has resided til he was called home.

He leaves a wife and seven children and many friends to mourn his absence. He was a faithful Latter-day Saint and died as he lived with a strong testimony of the Gospel.

Deseret Evening News
24 April 1900
∼David is the son of Daniel & Clarissa Norton Pulsipher. The Pulsiphers were farmers and lumbermen. At age 17 David joined the Mormon Battalion & upon reaching Calif. was discharged in 1847. He met Lizzy and they were married on 26 Oct. 1867 in Salt Lake City, Utah. They lived in Draper, Utah then moved to Arizona. He was crippled with rheumatism for 17 years before his death. He was honored as a Pioneer in Utah & Arizona.