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Submitted: 6/24/20 • Approved: 6/24/20 • Last Updated: 6/27/20 • R95359-G0-S3
PRIVATE US Army
Company A Mormon Battalion
Mexican War
November 22, 1827 - October 24, 1898
Son of Chauncey Ira & Sarah Kellogg Calkins
Husband of Eliza Jane Gilmore Calkins
Brief Bio:
James Wood Calkins was baptized into The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at an early age. His parents brought his family to Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, to be with the Saints by the 1840s. After religious persecution had driven the family to Iowa Territory, James volunteered to serve with the Mormon Battalion. He enlisted on 16 July 1846 at Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie, Iowa Territory, in Company A. The muster rolls recorded him as being sick from 16 July 1846 through 31 August 1846. Due to this lengthy illness, he was detached with the sick to winter at Fort Pueblo rather than complete the journey to California. After his discharge James immigrated to the Salt Lake Valley, arriving on 27 July 1846. He remained in the valley one month before heading east to Atchison County, Missouri. He resided in Atchison from 11 November 1847 until March 1849, when he moved to Fremont County, Iowa.
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Contributed on 6/24/20 by spitandwittle
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