Son of James Dykes & Frances Culbertson
Married Dorcas Keeling, 1 Nov 1835, Edwards, Illinois
Married Cynthia Soles, 9 Jan 1846, Nauvoo, Hancock,
Illinois
Married Louisa Jane Stevenson, 25 Oct 1853, Endowment House, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah
Married Cornelia A. Green, 31 Oct 1872, Sacramento, Sacramento, California
Latter-day Saint Biographical Encyclopedia
Volume 2
Dykes, George Parker, a member of the Mormon Battalion and an early Elder in the Church, was born Dec. 24, 1814, in St. Clair county, Illinois, the son of James and Fanny Dykes. He embraced the gospel in the days of the Prophet Joseph and labored extensively as a missionary after being ordained a Seventy May 12, 1839, under the hands of Joseph Young and others. While laboring as a missionary in Illinois he baptized the first Norwegians who ever joined the Church, in La Salle county, Illinois. As an officer in the Mormon Battalion he marched from Fort Leavenworth to California in 1846–1847. In 1849 he was called on a mission to Great Britain, whence he accompanied Erastus Snow to Scandinavia in June, 1850; he labored principally in the cities of Copenhagen and Aalborg, Denmark, and then went to Germany. Bro. Dykes died at Zenos, Maricopa county, Ariz., Feb. 25, 1888, about 83 years old.
GEORGE P. DYKES, First Lieutenant. Commanding Company since Oct. 30, 1846. Resigned Adjutancy. Mustered out with Company July 16, 1847, at Los Angeles, Cal. His full name was GEORGE PARKER DYKES. During the settlement of the Mormons in Caldwell County, Missouri, a regiment of Missouri Militia was organized among them, the officers of which were regularly commissioned by Governor BOGGS. In this regiment, JEFFERSON HUNT (Captain of Company A, of the Battalion) was Major, and GEORGE P. DYKES, was Lieutenant. When the settlement was broken up by the Missouri authorities, the arms of this regiment, although private property of those who carried them, were taken away by the said authorities. (Historical record, Vol. VIII, pages 710-960) ‘The first Sunday spent by the Battalion at Fort Leavenworth was observed by holding religious services. Elder GEORGE P. DYKES preached a kind of military and Gospel sermon, which was his usual style on such occasions. (‘Mormon Battalion,' Historical record, Vol VIII, page 913)
* Mormon Battalion members
Married Dorcas Keeling, 1 Nov 1835, Edwards, Illinois
Married Cynthia Soles, 9 Jan 1846, Nauvoo, Hancock,
Illinois
Married Louisa Jane Stevenson, 25 Oct 1853, Endowment House, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah
Married Cornelia A. Green, 31 Oct 1872, Sacramento, Sacramento, California
Latter-day Saint Biographical Encyclopedia
Volume 2
Dykes, George Parker, a member of the Mormon Battalion and an early Elder in the Church, was born Dec. 24, 1814, in St. Clair county, Illinois, the son of James and Fanny Dykes. He embraced the gospel in the days of the Prophet Joseph and labored extensively as a missionary after being ordained a Seventy May 12, 1839, under the hands of Joseph Young and others. While laboring as a missionary in Illinois he baptized the first Norwegians who ever joined the Church, in La Salle county, Illinois. As an officer in the Mormon Battalion he marched from Fort Leavenworth to California in 1846–1847. In 1849 he was called on a mission to Great Britain, whence he accompanied Erastus Snow to Scandinavia in June, 1850; he labored principally in the cities of Copenhagen and Aalborg, Denmark, and then went to Germany. Bro. Dykes died at Zenos, Maricopa county, Ariz., Feb. 25, 1888, about 83 years old.
GEORGE P. DYKES, First Lieutenant. Commanding Company since Oct. 30, 1846. Resigned Adjutancy. Mustered out with Company July 16, 1847, at Los Angeles, Cal. His full name was GEORGE PARKER DYKES. During the settlement of the Mormons in Caldwell County, Missouri, a regiment of Missouri Militia was organized among them, the officers of which were regularly commissioned by Governor BOGGS. In this regiment, JEFFERSON HUNT (Captain of Company A, of the Battalion) was Major, and GEORGE P. DYKES, was Lieutenant. When the settlement was broken up by the Missouri authorities, the arms of this regiment, although private property of those who carried them, were taken away by the said authorities. (Historical record, Vol. VIII, pages 710-960) ‘The first Sunday spent by the Battalion at Fort Leavenworth was observed by holding religious services. Elder GEORGE P. DYKES preached a kind of military and Gospel sermon, which was his usual style on such occasions. (‘Mormon Battalion,' Historical record, Vol VIII, page 913)
* Mormon Battalion members
Son of James Dykes & Frances Culbertson
Married Dorcas Keeling, 1 Nov 1835, Edwards, Illinois
Married Cynthia Soles, 9 Jan 1846, Nauvoo, Hancock,
Illinois
Married Louisa Jane Stevenson, 25 Oct 1853, Endowment House, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah
Married Cornelia A. Green, 31 Oct 1872, Sacramento, Sacramento, California
Latter-day Saint Biographical Encyclopedia
Volume 2
Dykes, George Parker, a member of the Mormon Battalion and an early Elder in the Church, was born Dec. 24, 1814, in St. Clair county, Illinois, the son of James and Fanny Dykes. He embraced the gospel in the days of the Prophet Joseph and labored extensively as a missionary after being ordained a Seventy May 12, 1839, under the hands of Joseph Young and others. While laboring as a missionary in Illinois he baptized the first Norwegians who ever joined the Church, in La Salle county, Illinois. As an officer in the Mormon Battalion he marched from Fort Leavenworth to California in 1846–1847. In 1849 he was called on a mission to Great Britain, whence he accompanied Erastus Snow to Scandinavia in June, 1850; he labored principally in the cities of Copenhagen and Aalborg, Denmark, and then went to Germany. Bro. Dykes died at Zenos, Maricopa county, Ariz., Feb. 25, 1888, about 83 years old.
GEORGE P. DYKES, First Lieutenant. Commanding Company since Oct. 30, 1846. Resigned Adjutancy. Mustered out with Company July 16, 1847, at Los Angeles, Cal. His full name was GEORGE PARKER DYKES. During the settlement of the Mormons in Caldwell County, Missouri, a regiment of Missouri Militia was organized among them, the officers of which were regularly commissioned by Governor BOGGS. In this regiment, JEFFERSON HUNT (Captain of Company A, of the Battalion) was Major, and GEORGE P. DYKES, was Lieutenant. When the settlement was broken up by the Missouri authorities, the arms of this regiment, although private property of those who carried them, were taken away by the said authorities. (Historical record, Vol. VIII, pages 710-960) ‘The first Sunday spent by the Battalion at Fort Leavenworth was observed by holding religious services. Elder GEORGE P. DYKES preached a kind of military and Gospel sermon, which was his usual style on such occasions. (‘Mormon Battalion,' Historical record, Vol VIII, page 913)
* Mormon Battalion members
Married Dorcas Keeling, 1 Nov 1835, Edwards, Illinois
Married Cynthia Soles, 9 Jan 1846, Nauvoo, Hancock,
Illinois
Married Louisa Jane Stevenson, 25 Oct 1853, Endowment House, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah
Married Cornelia A. Green, 31 Oct 1872, Sacramento, Sacramento, California
Latter-day Saint Biographical Encyclopedia
Volume 2
Dykes, George Parker, a member of the Mormon Battalion and an early Elder in the Church, was born Dec. 24, 1814, in St. Clair county, Illinois, the son of James and Fanny Dykes. He embraced the gospel in the days of the Prophet Joseph and labored extensively as a missionary after being ordained a Seventy May 12, 1839, under the hands of Joseph Young and others. While laboring as a missionary in Illinois he baptized the first Norwegians who ever joined the Church, in La Salle county, Illinois. As an officer in the Mormon Battalion he marched from Fort Leavenworth to California in 1846–1847. In 1849 he was called on a mission to Great Britain, whence he accompanied Erastus Snow to Scandinavia in June, 1850; he labored principally in the cities of Copenhagen and Aalborg, Denmark, and then went to Germany. Bro. Dykes died at Zenos, Maricopa county, Ariz., Feb. 25, 1888, about 83 years old.
GEORGE P. DYKES, First Lieutenant. Commanding Company since Oct. 30, 1846. Resigned Adjutancy. Mustered out with Company July 16, 1847, at Los Angeles, Cal. His full name was GEORGE PARKER DYKES. During the settlement of the Mormons in Caldwell County, Missouri, a regiment of Missouri Militia was organized among them, the officers of which were regularly commissioned by Governor BOGGS. In this regiment, JEFFERSON HUNT (Captain of Company A, of the Battalion) was Major, and GEORGE P. DYKES, was Lieutenant. When the settlement was broken up by the Missouri authorities, the arms of this regiment, although private property of those who carried them, were taken away by the said authorities. (Historical record, Vol. VIII, pages 710-960) ‘The first Sunday spent by the Battalion at Fort Leavenworth was observed by holding religious services. Elder GEORGE P. DYKES preached a kind of military and Gospel sermon, which was his usual style on such occasions. (‘Mormon Battalion,' Historical record, Vol VIII, page 913)
* Mormon Battalion members
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