James Brown Pike was born May 1, 1784 in New York City where his parents (COL Zebulon and Isabella) were married. James never served in the military himself due to the lingering effects of TB he endured all his life. Many of the Pike family also suffered TB and perished from this disease in their family home in Indiana. James' youngest brother also died of TB at West Point in 1812.
He was the younger brother of Captain Zebulon Montgomery Pike, famous for naming Pike's Peak on the Expedition he led into the southwest in the years 1806-07. His brother Zebulon later, promoted to Brigadier General during the War of 1812, was mortally wounded in action during the attack on York, Upper Canada (now Toronto, Ontario) and died there on April 27, 1813.
James' first born son, William Montgomery Pike, was born out of wedlock but raise with his siblings. As an adult, William found himself on the ill fated Donner Party in 1846 and was accidentally shot and died in October of 1846. He was reportedly laid to rest in Truckee Meadows, at the foot of the Sierra Nevada Mountains, as the first snows began to fall.
He was the younger brother of Captain Zebulon Montgomery Pike, famous for naming Pike's Peak on the Expedition he led into the southwest in the years 1806-07. His brother Zebulon later, promoted to Brigadier General during the War of 1812, was mortally wounded in action during the attack on York, Upper Canada (now Toronto, Ontario) and died there on April 27, 1813.
James' first born son, William Montgomery Pike, was born out of wedlock but raise with his siblings. As an adult, William found himself on the ill fated Donner Party in 1846 and was accidentally shot and died in October of 1846. He was reportedly laid to rest in Truckee Meadows, at the foot of the Sierra Nevada Mountains, as the first snows began to fall.
James Brown Pike was born May 1, 1784 in New York City where his parents (COL Zebulon and Isabella) were married. James never served in the military himself due to the lingering effects of TB he endured all his life. Many of the Pike family also suffered TB and perished from this disease in their family home in Indiana. James' youngest brother also died of TB at West Point in 1812.
He was the younger brother of Captain Zebulon Montgomery Pike, famous for naming Pike's Peak on the Expedition he led into the southwest in the years 1806-07. His brother Zebulon later, promoted to Brigadier General during the War of 1812, was mortally wounded in action during the attack on York, Upper Canada (now Toronto, Ontario) and died there on April 27, 1813.
James' first born son, William Montgomery Pike, was born out of wedlock but raise with his siblings. As an adult, William found himself on the ill fated Donner Party in 1846 and was accidentally shot and died in October of 1846. He was reportedly laid to rest in Truckee Meadows, at the foot of the Sierra Nevada Mountains, as the first snows began to fall.
He was the younger brother of Captain Zebulon Montgomery Pike, famous for naming Pike's Peak on the Expedition he led into the southwest in the years 1806-07. His brother Zebulon later, promoted to Brigadier General during the War of 1812, was mortally wounded in action during the attack on York, Upper Canada (now Toronto, Ontario) and died there on April 27, 1813.
James' first born son, William Montgomery Pike, was born out of wedlock but raise with his siblings. As an adult, William found himself on the ill fated Donner Party in 1846 and was accidentally shot and died in October of 1846. He was reportedly laid to rest in Truckee Meadows, at the foot of the Sierra Nevada Mountains, as the first snows began to fall.
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"Blessed are the dead that die in the Lord."
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