James Calvin Earl (abt. 1822 - 1871)

Born about 27 Mar 1822 in Logan, Ohio, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Mary Elizabeth (Parsons) Earl — married 26 Apr 1849 in Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States

Descendants

Died 27 Feb 1871 at about age 48 in Pine Valley, Washington, Utah, United States

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James Earl was a Latter Day Saint pioneer.

Private James Earl served with the Iowa Volunteers during the Mexican-American War
Service Started: Jul 1846
Unit(s): Company A, Mormon Battalion
Service Ended: Jul 1847

Biography

James Calvin Earl was a Private in Company A. He was a member of Lieutenant Willis's Pueblo detachment.

Son of Joseph Earl Jr. (1780-abt.1822) and Dorcas Tabitha (Wixom) Earl (abt.1783-abt.1838)

Married Mary Elizabeth (Parsons) Earl (1829-1917), 26 Apr 1849, Salt Lake City, Utah, and they had the following known children:

• Amanda Eleanor (Earl) Nay (1850-1940)
• Tabitha Jane (Earl) Behunin (1853-1934)
• Mary Elizabeth (Earl) White (1855-1918)
• Louise Ann (Earl) Nay (1856-1935)
• Cyrus Hubbert Wheelock Earl (1859-1923)
• Sylvester Henry Earl (1863-1946)
• Minervia Earl (1865-1865)
• Rosetta (Earl) Warren (1869-1959)

Latter-day Saint Biographical Encyclopedia Volume 3

Earl, James Calvin, a member of the Mormon Battalion, was born March 27, 1822, in Logan county, Ohio, the son of Joseph and Dorcas Tabitha Earl. He was baptized Oct. 24, 1838, in Schuyler county, Illinois, by his brother Sylvester H. Earl. He passed through the persecutions of the Saints in Illinois and went into exile with his co-religionists in 1846. While stopping temporarily at Mount Pisgah, Iowa, he enlisted in the Mormon Battalion July 10, 1847, and marched as far as Santa Fe, New Mexico, with the main body of the battalion; thence he was assigned to the sick detachment under Captain James Brown and spent the winter of 1846-1847 on the Arkansas river and arrived in Great Salt Lake Valley July 29, 1847, a few days after the arrival of the pioneers under Prest. Brigham Young. In 1848 he married Mary Elizabeth Parsons in Salt Lake City. Miss Parsons had crossed the plains in 1848, driving two yoke of oxen. She was born May 12, 1829, and baptized by Isaac Clark in Macedonia, Hancock county, Illinois. Her marriage to James Calvin Earl was blessed with nine children, namely, Amanda Ellen, James Calvin junior, Tabitha Jane, Louise Ann, Mary Elizabeth, Cyrus Hibbert Wheelock, Sylvester Henry, Minerva and Rosetta. Bro. Earl died in Pine Valley, Washington county, Utah, Feb. 27, 1871. His wife survived him and died Feb. 23, 1917, aged 49 years.

James Earl is on the Company A re-enlistment roll in 1847 in California, "A James Earl 25". But he is also listed with the Santa Fe sick detachment which went a different direction.

Sources

• James Calvin Earl in the LDS Church History Biographical Database
• free Google ebook Latter-Day Saint Biographical Encyclopedia: A Compilation of Biographical Sketches of Prominent Men and Women in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints · Volume 3
• LDS Pioneer
• ["Utah Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel Database, 1847-1868," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK9B-ZXXS : 10 February 2018), James Calvin Earl, 29 Jul 1847; from "Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel: 1847-1868," database, > The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (https://history.lds.org/overlandtravels/ : 2004-).
• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCSX-4MS : 23 December 2020), James C Earl, Utah, Utah Territory, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MH2W-C74 : 18 February 2021), Jas C Earl, 1860.
• "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNCB-FDB : 29 May 2021), James Earl, 1870.
• "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVVH-NNR8 : 19 May 2020), James Calvin Earl, 1871; Burial, Pine Valley Cemetery, Pine Valley, Washington County, Utah, USA; citing record ID 102558, Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/102558/james-calvin-earl

• James Calvin Earl at Geni

• James Calvin Earl at FamilySearch