PVT Richard Harrison Carter

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PVT Richard Harrison Carter

Birth
Newry, Oxford County, Maine, USA
Death
19 Nov 1846 (aged 26)
Socorro, Socorro County, New Mexico, USA
Burial
Albuquerque, Bernalillo County, New Mexico, USA
Plot
URN Garden PH I-A, Row I, Space 1-A
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Richard H. Carter died of a fever brought on by hunger and weakness while on the Mormon Battalion march from Iowa to San Diego, California. He was buried by his comrades, south of Socorro, in Socorro County, New Mexico, "between the bluff and the Rio Grande" as told by Private John Harvey Tippet . Tippet stated that “it was very cold and snowy that day".

When Richard died, he left behind his young wife and 3 small children. His youngest child, Angelia would follow him in death at the age of 3 in 1848. His wife Hannah died of small pox in 1852 leaving his oldest child Mary and her younger brother Samuel orphaned. Also left orphaned was another child born to Hannah after her husband's death, Franklin.

The exact grave location has not been identified. However, the evening camp was reported by Corporal James Scott as near, "the ruined village one mile below Socora." There is evidence that a small pueblo on the southern outskirts of Socorro called Penjeacú once existed, which may well be the ruined village Corporal Scott identified. The Battalion camped on the river bottoms nearby according to Tippet's journal.

In the summer of 2020, the John and Hannah Knight Libby Carter family organization purchased a cemetery plot for Richard at the Sunset Memorial Park in Albuquerque, roughly 80 miles north.

The grave is marked with an official Veteran's Administration bronze marker as of December 22, 2020.

May he never be forgotten, worlds without end, and may he be had in honorable remembrance, for ever and ever.
Richard H. Carter died of a fever brought on by hunger and weakness while on the Mormon Battalion march from Iowa to San Diego, California. He was buried by his comrades, south of Socorro, in Socorro County, New Mexico, "between the bluff and the Rio Grande" as told by Private John Harvey Tippet . Tippet stated that “it was very cold and snowy that day".

When Richard died, he left behind his young wife and 3 small children. His youngest child, Angelia would follow him in death at the age of 3 in 1848. His wife Hannah died of small pox in 1852 leaving his oldest child Mary and her younger brother Samuel orphaned. Also left orphaned was another child born to Hannah after her husband's death, Franklin.

The exact grave location has not been identified. However, the evening camp was reported by Corporal James Scott as near, "the ruined village one mile below Socora." There is evidence that a small pueblo on the southern outskirts of Socorro called Penjeacú once existed, which may well be the ruined village Corporal Scott identified. The Battalion camped on the river bottoms nearby according to Tippet's journal.

In the summer of 2020, the John and Hannah Knight Libby Carter family organization purchased a cemetery plot for Richard at the Sunset Memorial Park in Albuquerque, roughly 80 miles north.

The grave is marked with an official Veteran's Administration bronze marker as of December 22, 2020.

May he never be forgotten, worlds without end, and may he be had in honorable remembrance, for ever and ever.

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