Son of Henry Terrell & Charity Gordon Judkins
Married Mary Rebecca Hatch, 1 Jan 1855
Another Vallant Veteran Gone From this Sphere of Action
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Joel Judkins Terrell was the son of Henry and Charity J. Terrell. He was born, March 16, 1801, in Campbell County, Virginia. When about seven years old he emigrated with his father's family to the New State of Ohio, and settled in Highland County, where they remained till 1838, when they again removed to Iowa, a few miles from Burlington, in Des Moines County, Joel J. Terrell was baptized into the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints in the spring of 1844. He shared with their exodus from Nauvoo, 1846. He served in the Mormon Battalion, in Capt. James Brown's company. He was with Captain's Brown's detachment at Santa Fe, who entered the Salt Lake Valley with the pioneers. He assisted in making the first adobes and building the Old Fort, where the pioneers first camped in Salt Lake City. The same year he went back with President Brigham Young's company to the Missouri River, and returned again to the valley with Joseph, Charles, and Henry Woodmansee, in Orson Spencer's Company. In 1860 he came to Weber County and settled at Mound Fort, near Ogden City, where he continued to reside until his demise. In 1882, Joel J. Terrell made a trip to the East to visit his friends and gather up the geneology of his ancestors who had died without a knowledge of the Gospel but who can be oficiated for in the House of the Lord.
3rd Sergeant (Private at M. O.) Private. On detached service since Oct. 17, 1846, by order of Colonel Doniphan, Commanding Army of the West. Mustered out with detachment, to date July 16, 1847
Married Mary Rebecca Hatch, 1 Jan 1855
Another Vallant Veteran Gone From this Sphere of Action
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Joel Judkins Terrell was the son of Henry and Charity J. Terrell. He was born, March 16, 1801, in Campbell County, Virginia. When about seven years old he emigrated with his father's family to the New State of Ohio, and settled in Highland County, where they remained till 1838, when they again removed to Iowa, a few miles from Burlington, in Des Moines County, Joel J. Terrell was baptized into the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints in the spring of 1844. He shared with their exodus from Nauvoo, 1846. He served in the Mormon Battalion, in Capt. James Brown's company. He was with Captain's Brown's detachment at Santa Fe, who entered the Salt Lake Valley with the pioneers. He assisted in making the first adobes and building the Old Fort, where the pioneers first camped in Salt Lake City. The same year he went back with President Brigham Young's company to the Missouri River, and returned again to the valley with Joseph, Charles, and Henry Woodmansee, in Orson Spencer's Company. In 1860 he came to Weber County and settled at Mound Fort, near Ogden City, where he continued to reside until his demise. In 1882, Joel J. Terrell made a trip to the East to visit his friends and gather up the geneology of his ancestors who had died without a knowledge of the Gospel but who can be oficiated for in the House of the Lord.
3rd Sergeant (Private at M. O.) Private. On detached service since Oct. 17, 1846, by order of Colonel Doniphan, Commanding Army of the West. Mustered out with detachment, to date July 16, 1847
Son of Henry Terrell & Charity Gordon Judkins
Married Mary Rebecca Hatch, 1 Jan 1855
Another Vallant Veteran Gone From this Sphere of Action
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Joel Judkins Terrell was the son of Henry and Charity J. Terrell. He was born, March 16, 1801, in Campbell County, Virginia. When about seven years old he emigrated with his father's family to the New State of Ohio, and settled in Highland County, where they remained till 1838, when they again removed to Iowa, a few miles from Burlington, in Des Moines County, Joel J. Terrell was baptized into the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints in the spring of 1844. He shared with their exodus from Nauvoo, 1846. He served in the Mormon Battalion, in Capt. James Brown's company. He was with Captain's Brown's detachment at Santa Fe, who entered the Salt Lake Valley with the pioneers. He assisted in making the first adobes and building the Old Fort, where the pioneers first camped in Salt Lake City. The same year he went back with President Brigham Young's company to the Missouri River, and returned again to the valley with Joseph, Charles, and Henry Woodmansee, in Orson Spencer's Company. In 1860 he came to Weber County and settled at Mound Fort, near Ogden City, where he continued to reside until his demise. In 1882, Joel J. Terrell made a trip to the East to visit his friends and gather up the geneology of his ancestors who had died without a knowledge of the Gospel but who can be oficiated for in the House of the Lord.
3rd Sergeant (Private at M. O.) Private. On detached service since Oct. 17, 1846, by order of Colonel Doniphan, Commanding Army of the West. Mustered out with detachment, to date July 16, 1847
Married Mary Rebecca Hatch, 1 Jan 1855
Another Vallant Veteran Gone From this Sphere of Action
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Joel Judkins Terrell was the son of Henry and Charity J. Terrell. He was born, March 16, 1801, in Campbell County, Virginia. When about seven years old he emigrated with his father's family to the New State of Ohio, and settled in Highland County, where they remained till 1838, when they again removed to Iowa, a few miles from Burlington, in Des Moines County, Joel J. Terrell was baptized into the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints in the spring of 1844. He shared with their exodus from Nauvoo, 1846. He served in the Mormon Battalion, in Capt. James Brown's company. He was with Captain's Brown's detachment at Santa Fe, who entered the Salt Lake Valley with the pioneers. He assisted in making the first adobes and building the Old Fort, where the pioneers first camped in Salt Lake City. The same year he went back with President Brigham Young's company to the Missouri River, and returned again to the valley with Joseph, Charles, and Henry Woodmansee, in Orson Spencer's Company. In 1860 he came to Weber County and settled at Mound Fort, near Ogden City, where he continued to reside until his demise. In 1882, Joel J. Terrell made a trip to the East to visit his friends and gather up the geneology of his ancestors who had died without a knowledge of the Gospel but who can be oficiated for in the House of the Lord.
3rd Sergeant (Private at M. O.) Private. On detached service since Oct. 17, 1846, by order of Colonel Doniphan, Commanding Army of the West. Mustered out with detachment, to date July 16, 1847
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