Henry Standage (1818 - 1899)

Born 18 Feb 1818 in Lancashire, England, United Kingdom

Descendants

Died 9 May 1899 at age 81 in Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona Territory, United States

Biography

Private Henry Standage served with the Iowa Volunteers during the Mexican-American War
Service Started: Jul 1846
Unit(s): Company E, Mormon Battalion
Service Ended: Jul 16, 1847

Henry was the son of William Standage and Elizabeth Howard. He was both a storeKeeper and a farmer. He married Sophronia Armenia Scott in 1845. Henry Standage was a private in Company E of the Mormon Battalion, serving in the Mexican-American War. He completed the journey to California and was discharged at Los Angeles, July 16, 1847.

Henry made his first trip to the Salt Lake Valley in 1847, coming east from California with a number of other Mormon Battalion veterans. The following year, he drove east from Salt Lake City to assist Kimball's Company as a teamster.

According to his Family Search biography, Henry founded Stringtown in Mesa County.

• Fact: Residence (1839-1846) Nauvook, Illinois, United States
• Fact: Immigration (16 Oct 1847) Deseret, United States
• Fact: Immigration (24 Sep 1848) Deseret, United States
• Fact: Residence (1860) Cache, Utah Territory, United States
• Fact: Residence (1880) Richmond, Cache, Utah, United States
• Fact: Burial (9 May 1899) Mesa Cemetery, Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona, United States

Sources

• 1860 Census: "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MH27-P4S : 18 March 2020), Henry Standge, 1860.

• 1880 Census: "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNSJ-J31 : 15 July 2017), Henry Standayas, Richmond, Cache, Utah, United States; citing enumeration district ED 13, sheet 239A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,255,336.

• Burial: "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVVZ-ZXZ2 : 27 July 2019), Henry Standage, 1899; Burial, Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona, United States of America, City of Mesa Cemetery; citing record ID 14485591, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com. Find A Grave: Memorial #14485591.

• Genealogy: "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 30 July 2020, 19:07), entry for Henry Standage(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:KWJF-BWD); contributed by various users.

• Marriage: "Arizona Marriages, 1865-1949", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FQ28-6XH : 10 March 2020), Henry Standage, 1896.

• Pioneer Database: "Utah Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel Database, 1847-1868," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK9B-ZFM2 : 10 February 2018), Henry Standage, 16 Oct 1847; from "Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel: 1847-1868," database, > The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (https://history.lds.org/overlandtravels/ : 2004-).

• Pioneer Database: "Utah Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel Database, 1847-1868," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK9B-C8FB : 10 February 2018), Henry Standage, 24 Sep 1848; from "Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel: 1847-1868," database, > The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (https://history.lds.org/overlandtravels/ : 2004-).

• Residence: "Illinois, Hancock County, Nauvoo Community Project, 1839-1846 (BYU Center for Family History and Genealogy)," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QL3Z-GPM2 : 23 February 2018), Henry M Standage, from 1839 to 1846; citing Residence, Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States, from 1839 to 1846, Citing BYU Center for Family History and Genealogy, Provo, Utah.