Notes for John Brimhall: Latter-day Saint Biographical Encyclopedia Volume 4
Brimhall, John, a member of the Mormon Battalion, Company C, was born April 16, 1824, in Steuben County, New York. Becoming a convert to "Mormonism', he was baptized Oct. 20, 1845, enlisted in July, 1846, in the Battalion, marched to Santa Fe, N. M., where he was placed with the sick detachment and marched to Pueblo, where he spent the winter of 1846-1847. The following spring (1847) the sick detachment of the Battalion and the company of Mississippi saints who had also wintered at Pueblo, continued the journey to the "Valley," where they arrived a few days after the Pioneers. Bro. Brimhall helped to make the first adobes in the "Valley," passed through many of the Indian troubles as a military man and experienced the hardships which fell to the lot of the early pioneers. After changing residences several times, he died at Glendale, Kane Co., Utah, Dec. 18, 1906, at the age of 82 years. By his wife, Anna Retta Harris, he had ten children, eight of whom were living at the time of his death.
JOHN BRIMHALL, Private. On detached service since Nov. 10, 1846, by Battalion Order No. 16. Mustered out with Detachment, to date July 16, 1847.
http://heritage.uen.org/resources/Wc3aaf1545b91d.htm The soldiers of the battalion who arrived in the Salt Lake valley this day July 29, 1847 included: John Brimhall.
Heart Throbs of the West, Vol.8, p.415 August 26, 1847: On this day the pioneer leaders bade farewell to their friends who were to remain in the Valley and set out upon their return journey to the Missouri. Such of the Pioneers and Battalion men present as had families at Winter Quarters or on the way west, were selected to accompany the President and his party. In addition to the Pioneers, members of the Battalion were: John Brimhall
More About John Brimhall: Baptism (LDS): 20 Jul 1845 Burial: 20 Dec 1906, Glendale, Kane, Utah.
More About John Brimhall and Ann Aretta Harris: Marriage: 05 Oct 1850, Liberty, Clark, IN..
Children of John Brimhall and Ann Aretta Harris are:
+Lydia Ann Brimhall, b. 19 Sep 1851, Payson, Utah, UT., d. 28 Mar 1893, Mt. Carmel, UT..
Sarah Brimhall, b. 04 Feb 1853, Spanish Fork, Utah, UT., d. 20 Feb 1920, Emmett, Gem, ID..
John William Brimhall, b. 10 Apr 1854, Ogden, Weber, UT., d. 31 Mar 1933, Lovell, Big Horn, WY..
Mary Ann Brimhall, b. 21 Jun 1856, Ogden, Weber, UT., d. 22 Sep 1932, Emmett, Gem, ID..
John Brimhall (b. 16 Apr 1824, d. 18 Dec 1906)
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