David Martin Perkins (1823 - 1874)

Born 23 Aug 1823 in White, Tennessee, United States

Ancestors

Died 4 Apr 1874 at age 50 in Pleasant Grove, Utah, United States

Biography

David Perkins was a Latter Day Saint pioneer.

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

David Martin Perkins was a Private in Company C. He was a member of Captain Brown's Pueblo detachment.

• Fact: Residence (from 1839 to 1846) Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
• Fact: Emmigration (29 July 1847) Utah, United States
• Fact: Residence (1850) Salt Lake, Utah, United States
• Fact: Residence (1860) Davis, Utah, United States
• Fact: Residence (1870) Census Brighton Precinct, Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
• Fact: Burial (April 1874) Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
• Fact: Residence Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States

David first arrived in the Valley with the sick detachments of the Mormon Battalion. Shortly after arriving, he returned to Winter Quarters. He crossed the plains again in 1849 with the Allen Taylor company.

Mormon Battalion Sick Detachments (1847)

Three sick detachments of disabled men in the Mormon Battalion, along with some women and children, spent the winter in 1846-47 at Pueblo, Colorado. An advance party of 13 soldiers met Brigham Young's company on 4 July while trailing livestock. The remainder of the sick detachments left Pueblo on 24 May and, in company with some Saints from Mississippi, arrived in Salt Lake City five days after Brigham Young had entered the valley.

He was one of the early settlers of Kaysville.

Sources

• Genealogy: "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 26 April 2022, 15:03), entry for David Martin Perkins (PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:KWV9-42D ); contributed by various users.

• Pioneer Database: "Utah Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel Database, 1847-1868," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK9B-ZXX1 : 10 February 2018), David Martin Perkins, 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-).