Son of John Tippetts and Abigail Pearce
Married Abigail Jane Smith, Oct 1834. She died 16 Mar 1840, Adams, Adams, Illinois.
Married Caroline Fidelia Calkins, 25 Sep 1840
Married Eleanor Wise, 26 Dec 1863, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah
Our Pioneer Heritage, Vol. 2, p. 606
John Harvey Tippetts was born September 2, 1810, at Wittingham, Rockingham county, New Hampshire, the son of John Tippetts and Abigail Pierce. He was baptized into the Latter-day Saint Church in the fall of 1832 and shared with its members, the trials and vicissitudes that attended the Saints in Missouri and Illinois. When the call came for the Mormon Battalion, John Harvey enlisted in Company D., leaving his wife and children in straightened circumstances. He accompanied the sick detachment to Pueblo, Colorado and, in midwinter, he and a companion started with four days' provisions and two mules to carry money, mail and messages to the families and friends of the Battalion who were still in Winter Quarters. The journey occupied fifty-two days and was attended with much suffering. The last three days they were without food and after reaching their destination they went immediately to the home of Brigham Young where they were given a hearty meal. Mr. Tippetts soon located his family and there was much rejoicing.
In the spring of 1847 John Harvey was chosen as one of the men to accompany the pioneer band to the Rocky Mountains. They traveled some five hundred miles without incident when he, with five others, was sent ahead to find a trail. They were gone several days before returning to their company. At Fort Laramie Mr. Tippetts was one of the men sent to Pueblo to meet the detachment of the Mormon Battalion and the Mississippi Saints; therefore, his arrival in the valley was delayed until July 29th.
He journeyed to Winter Quarters that same year for his family and returned with them the following spring. Living was hard that first winter as he now had a wife and four children to care for. In the spring of this same year he built a small house on his inheritance in Zion where he lived until 1856, when he was called on a mission to England. He left in September and arrived in Liverpool the 1st of January, 1857. Later that year President Young sent word for all the Latter-day Saint missionaries to return to Utah. Upon his return to Salt Lake City he found his family had moved to Springville. When peace was restored he moved to Farmington, Davis county where he took up a tract of land for farming. In 1878 he was ordained a Patriarch. During the last years of his life he suffered intensely, passing away February 14, 1890. During his life Patriarch Tippetts married three wives by whom he became the father of ten children. His wives were Jane Abigail Smith, Caroline Hawkins and Eleanor Wise. — Eleanor H. Larson
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* Mormon Battalion members
Married Abigail Jane Smith, Oct 1834. She died 16 Mar 1840, Adams, Adams, Illinois.
Married Caroline Fidelia Calkins, 25 Sep 1840
Married Eleanor Wise, 26 Dec 1863, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah
Our Pioneer Heritage, Vol. 2, p. 606
John Harvey Tippetts was born September 2, 1810, at Wittingham, Rockingham county, New Hampshire, the son of John Tippetts and Abigail Pierce. He was baptized into the Latter-day Saint Church in the fall of 1832 and shared with its members, the trials and vicissitudes that attended the Saints in Missouri and Illinois. When the call came for the Mormon Battalion, John Harvey enlisted in Company D., leaving his wife and children in straightened circumstances. He accompanied the sick detachment to Pueblo, Colorado and, in midwinter, he and a companion started with four days' provisions and two mules to carry money, mail and messages to the families and friends of the Battalion who were still in Winter Quarters. The journey occupied fifty-two days and was attended with much suffering. The last three days they were without food and after reaching their destination they went immediately to the home of Brigham Young where they were given a hearty meal. Mr. Tippetts soon located his family and there was much rejoicing.
In the spring of 1847 John Harvey was chosen as one of the men to accompany the pioneer band to the Rocky Mountains. They traveled some five hundred miles without incident when he, with five others, was sent ahead to find a trail. They were gone several days before returning to their company. At Fort Laramie Mr. Tippetts was one of the men sent to Pueblo to meet the detachment of the Mormon Battalion and the Mississippi Saints; therefore, his arrival in the valley was delayed until July 29th.
He journeyed to Winter Quarters that same year for his family and returned with them the following spring. Living was hard that first winter as he now had a wife and four children to care for. In the spring of this same year he built a small house on his inheritance in Zion where he lived until 1856, when he was called on a mission to England. He left in September and arrived in Liverpool the 1st of January, 1857. Later that year President Young sent word for all the Latter-day Saint missionaries to return to Utah. Upon his return to Salt Lake City he found his family had moved to Springville. When peace was restored he moved to Farmington, Davis county where he took up a tract of land for farming. In 1878 he was ordained a Patriarch. During the last years of his life he suffered intensely, passing away February 14, 1890. During his life Patriarch Tippetts married three wives by whom he became the father of ten children. His wives were Jane Abigail Smith, Caroline Hawkins and Eleanor Wise. — Eleanor H. Larson
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* Mormon Battalion members
Son of John Tippetts and Abigail Pearce
Married Abigail Jane Smith, Oct 1834. She died 16 Mar 1840, Adams, Adams, Illinois.
Married Caroline Fidelia Calkins, 25 Sep 1840
Married Eleanor Wise, 26 Dec 1863, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah
Our Pioneer Heritage, Vol. 2, p. 606
John Harvey Tippetts was born September 2, 1810, at Wittingham, Rockingham county, New Hampshire, the son of John Tippetts and Abigail Pierce. He was baptized into the Latter-day Saint Church in the fall of 1832 and shared with its members, the trials and vicissitudes that attended the Saints in Missouri and Illinois. When the call came for the Mormon Battalion, John Harvey enlisted in Company D., leaving his wife and children in straightened circumstances. He accompanied the sick detachment to Pueblo, Colorado and, in midwinter, he and a companion started with four days' provisions and two mules to carry money, mail and messages to the families and friends of the Battalion who were still in Winter Quarters. The journey occupied fifty-two days and was attended with much suffering. The last three days they were without food and after reaching their destination they went immediately to the home of Brigham Young where they were given a hearty meal. Mr. Tippetts soon located his family and there was much rejoicing.
In the spring of 1847 John Harvey was chosen as one of the men to accompany the pioneer band to the Rocky Mountains. They traveled some five hundred miles without incident when he, with five others, was sent ahead to find a trail. They were gone several days before returning to their company. At Fort Laramie Mr. Tippetts was one of the men sent to Pueblo to meet the detachment of the Mormon Battalion and the Mississippi Saints; therefore, his arrival in the valley was delayed until July 29th.
He journeyed to Winter Quarters that same year for his family and returned with them the following spring. Living was hard that first winter as he now had a wife and four children to care for. In the spring of this same year he built a small house on his inheritance in Zion where he lived until 1856, when he was called on a mission to England. He left in September and arrived in Liverpool the 1st of January, 1857. Later that year President Young sent word for all the Latter-day Saint missionaries to return to Utah. Upon his return to Salt Lake City he found his family had moved to Springville. When peace was restored he moved to Farmington, Davis county where he took up a tract of land for farming. In 1878 he was ordained a Patriarch. During the last years of his life he suffered intensely, passing away February 14, 1890. During his life Patriarch Tippetts married three wives by whom he became the father of ten children. His wives were Jane Abigail Smith, Caroline Hawkins and Eleanor Wise. — Eleanor H. Larson
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* Mormon Battalion members
Married Abigail Jane Smith, Oct 1834. She died 16 Mar 1840, Adams, Adams, Illinois.
Married Caroline Fidelia Calkins, 25 Sep 1840
Married Eleanor Wise, 26 Dec 1863, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah
Our Pioneer Heritage, Vol. 2, p. 606
John Harvey Tippetts was born September 2, 1810, at Wittingham, Rockingham county, New Hampshire, the son of John Tippetts and Abigail Pierce. He was baptized into the Latter-day Saint Church in the fall of 1832 and shared with its members, the trials and vicissitudes that attended the Saints in Missouri and Illinois. When the call came for the Mormon Battalion, John Harvey enlisted in Company D., leaving his wife and children in straightened circumstances. He accompanied the sick detachment to Pueblo, Colorado and, in midwinter, he and a companion started with four days' provisions and two mules to carry money, mail and messages to the families and friends of the Battalion who were still in Winter Quarters. The journey occupied fifty-two days and was attended with much suffering. The last three days they were without food and after reaching their destination they went immediately to the home of Brigham Young where they were given a hearty meal. Mr. Tippetts soon located his family and there was much rejoicing.
In the spring of 1847 John Harvey was chosen as one of the men to accompany the pioneer band to the Rocky Mountains. They traveled some five hundred miles without incident when he, with five others, was sent ahead to find a trail. They were gone several days before returning to their company. At Fort Laramie Mr. Tippetts was one of the men sent to Pueblo to meet the detachment of the Mormon Battalion and the Mississippi Saints; therefore, his arrival in the valley was delayed until July 29th.
He journeyed to Winter Quarters that same year for his family and returned with them the following spring. Living was hard that first winter as he now had a wife and four children to care for. In the spring of this same year he built a small house on his inheritance in Zion where he lived until 1856, when he was called on a mission to England. He left in September and arrived in Liverpool the 1st of January, 1857. Later that year President Young sent word for all the Latter-day Saint missionaries to return to Utah. Upon his return to Salt Lake City he found his family had moved to Springville. When peace was restored he moved to Farmington, Davis county where he took up a tract of land for farming. In 1878 he was ordained a Patriarch. During the last years of his life he suffered intensely, passing away February 14, 1890. During his life Patriarch Tippetts married three wives by whom he became the father of ten children. His wives were Jane Abigail Smith, Caroline Hawkins and Eleanor Wise. — Eleanor H. Larson
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* Mormon Battalion members
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