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Pvt Alva Phelps

Birth
Bridgewater Township, Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania, USA
Death
16 Sep 1846 (aged 32)
Gray County, Kansas, USA
Burial
Burial Details Unknown. Specifically: Buried along the Oregon Trail Add to Map
Memorial ID
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Alva was a Private in Company E of the Mormon Battalion.

At Ingalls the battalion crossed the Arkansas and marched towards the Cimarron River. At this crossing the first of three sick detachments, ten men and several families, were sent back along the Arkansas to Fort Pueblo to spend the winter. These three sick detachments met the Mississippi Saints at Fort Pueblo and, the following summer, collectively joined Brigham Young and the pioneers at Fort Laramie.

Ingalls is a city in Gray County, Kansas.

Father: Griswold Phelps (Griswell)
Mother: Rhoda Squires

(Information Provided by Dan)
Alva was a Private in Company E of the Mormon Battalion.

At Ingalls the battalion crossed the Arkansas and marched towards the Cimarron River. At this crossing the first of three sick detachments, ten men and several families, were sent back along the Arkansas to Fort Pueblo to spend the winter. These three sick detachments met the Mississippi Saints at Fort Pueblo and, the following summer, collectively joined Brigham Young and the pioneers at Fort Laramie.

Ingalls is a city in Gray County, Kansas.

Father: Griswold Phelps (Griswell)
Mother: Rhoda Squires

(Information Provided by Dan)


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