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John Brimhall (b. 16 Apr 1824, d. 18 Dec 1906)

John Brimhall (son of Sylvanus Brimhall and Lydia De Guiteau) was born 16 Apr 1824 in Olean, Steuben, New York, and died 18 Dec 1906 in Glendale, Kane , UT.. He married Ann Aretta Harris on 05 Oct 1850 in Liberty, Clark, IN., daughter of Moses David Harris and Frances Smith.

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..
Frances Jane Brimhall, b. 11 Feb 1858, Ogden, Weber, UT, d. 01 Dec 1917.
Moses Sylvanus Brimhall, b. 02 Mar 1860, Ogden, Weber, UT., d. 15 Aug 1938, CA..
Nancy Melvina Brimhall, b. 09 Apr 1862, Harrisburg, Washington, UT., d. 1907, UT..
Cynthia Annaretta Brimhall, b. 24 Jul 1864, Glendale, Kane , UT., d. 08 Mar 1908, Emmett, Gem, ID..
Arrillia Brimhall, b. 17 Dec 1866, Washington, Washington, UT., d. 24 Oct 1951, 13 Sep 1926.
Kaziah Abagail Brimhall, b. 20 Jan 1870, Spanish Fork, Utah, UT., d. 04 Oct 1904, Glendale, Kane , UT..