Son of Peter Haws & Charlotte Harrington
Married Adaline Dunn
Married Betsy Dunn (Adaline's sister), 1854
~Cemetery Rumblings~
What has been considered to be the longest infantry march in history—approximately 1,850 miles—began July 20, 1846, on the Little Pony River in Council Bluffs, Iowa. It was during the Mexican War of 1846 that United States President, James K. Polk, requested five hundred Mormon men to help in the war effort to reinforce the army. Mormon leaders agreed, and 543 Mormon men enlisted. It was their march from Iowa all the way to California that became the longest military march in history--and the ONLY religiously based unit in US military history.
Santa Rosa Rural Cemetery has the distinction of being the final resting place of one of those courageous Mormon soldiers . . .
Alpheus Peter Haws was born on October 15, 1825 in Essex in Upper Canada, and immigrated with his parents to the United States in 1828. He served as a Sergeant of Company D, Mormon Battalion, during the Mexican War, and was with the Battalion when they made their historic arrival in San Diego on January 29, 1847. He was discharged from the Battalion in July of 1847.
After his discharge, Alpheus eventually settled in Brigham City, Utah, where he and his two wives, Betsey and his plural wife, Charlotte, reared a family of ten children. He eventually moved to California, moving to Santa Rosa shortly before his death from “old age” on November 3, 1906. He was 81 years of age. He is buried in the Fulkerson Section of Santa Rosa Rural Cemetery, Plot 6.
~by Sandy Frary, Rural Cemetery Archivist, 8 April 2016
The inscription “IA VOLS” on Sgt. Haws’ gravestone is incorrect. The Mormon Battalion was created by President Polk’s authorization and was a Federal Unit—not an Iowa State Volunteer unit. “IOWA VOLUNTEERS” is an error that crept in during the 1880’s - 1890’s as Mexican War records were transferred to the Combined Military Service Records. “The Mormon Battalion” was the official name given the unit by its first Commander, Capt (Lt. Col.) James Allen. Allen and his successor commanders (Smith, Cooke and Hunt) always used the name “Mormon Battalion“—nothing else.
~ Kevin Henson, Mormon Battalion Trail Researcher
Midland, MI
81 years old. Sgt. Co. D Mormon Batt. IA Vols. Mexican War. Information from L Haws, Berkeley, CA.
ALPHEUS P. HAWES, Sergeant. (Tyler's list, ALPHEUS P. HAWS, Fourth Sergeant) Mustered out with Company July 16, 1847, at Los Angeles, Cal.
1870 US Census
45 year old Alpheus P Haws living in Grass Valley, Lander, Nevada with wife 34 year old Betsy, 16 year old Laura A. Haws, 13 year old Adaline G. Haws, 17 years old D C Haws, 4 year old W Haws and 2 year old Lola A. Haws.
1900 US Census
74 year old Alpheus Haws living in Oakland City, Alameda, California. Appears to be a veterans Hospital. States birthdate as Oct 1825, born In Canada, parents born in New York, immigrated in 1838, married in 1880.
* Mormon Battalion members
Married Adaline Dunn
Married Betsy Dunn (Adaline's sister), 1854
~Cemetery Rumblings~
What has been considered to be the longest infantry march in history—approximately 1,850 miles—began July 20, 1846, on the Little Pony River in Council Bluffs, Iowa. It was during the Mexican War of 1846 that United States President, James K. Polk, requested five hundred Mormon men to help in the war effort to reinforce the army. Mormon leaders agreed, and 543 Mormon men enlisted. It was their march from Iowa all the way to California that became the longest military march in history--and the ONLY religiously based unit in US military history.
Santa Rosa Rural Cemetery has the distinction of being the final resting place of one of those courageous Mormon soldiers . . .
Alpheus Peter Haws was born on October 15, 1825 in Essex in Upper Canada, and immigrated with his parents to the United States in 1828. He served as a Sergeant of Company D, Mormon Battalion, during the Mexican War, and was with the Battalion when they made their historic arrival in San Diego on January 29, 1847. He was discharged from the Battalion in July of 1847.
After his discharge, Alpheus eventually settled in Brigham City, Utah, where he and his two wives, Betsey and his plural wife, Charlotte, reared a family of ten children. He eventually moved to California, moving to Santa Rosa shortly before his death from “old age” on November 3, 1906. He was 81 years of age. He is buried in the Fulkerson Section of Santa Rosa Rural Cemetery, Plot 6.
~by Sandy Frary, Rural Cemetery Archivist, 8 April 2016
The inscription “IA VOLS” on Sgt. Haws’ gravestone is incorrect. The Mormon Battalion was created by President Polk’s authorization and was a Federal Unit—not an Iowa State Volunteer unit. “IOWA VOLUNTEERS” is an error that crept in during the 1880’s - 1890’s as Mexican War records were transferred to the Combined Military Service Records. “The Mormon Battalion” was the official name given the unit by its first Commander, Capt (Lt. Col.) James Allen. Allen and his successor commanders (Smith, Cooke and Hunt) always used the name “Mormon Battalion“—nothing else.
~ Kevin Henson, Mormon Battalion Trail Researcher
Midland, MI
81 years old. Sgt. Co. D Mormon Batt. IA Vols. Mexican War. Information from L Haws, Berkeley, CA.
ALPHEUS P. HAWES, Sergeant. (Tyler's list, ALPHEUS P. HAWS, Fourth Sergeant) Mustered out with Company July 16, 1847, at Los Angeles, Cal.
1870 US Census
45 year old Alpheus P Haws living in Grass Valley, Lander, Nevada with wife 34 year old Betsy, 16 year old Laura A. Haws, 13 year old Adaline G. Haws, 17 years old D C Haws, 4 year old W Haws and 2 year old Lola A. Haws.
1900 US Census
74 year old Alpheus Haws living in Oakland City, Alameda, California. Appears to be a veterans Hospital. States birthdate as Oct 1825, born In Canada, parents born in New York, immigrated in 1838, married in 1880.
* Mormon Battalion members
Son of Peter Haws & Charlotte Harrington
Married Adaline Dunn
Married Betsy Dunn (Adaline's sister), 1854
~Cemetery Rumblings~
What has been considered to be the longest infantry march in history—approximately 1,850 miles—began July 20, 1846, on the Little Pony River in Council Bluffs, Iowa. It was during the Mexican War of 1846 that United States President, James K. Polk, requested five hundred Mormon men to help in the war effort to reinforce the army. Mormon leaders agreed, and 543 Mormon men enlisted. It was their march from Iowa all the way to California that became the longest military march in history--and the ONLY religiously based unit in US military history.
Santa Rosa Rural Cemetery has the distinction of being the final resting place of one of those courageous Mormon soldiers . . .
Alpheus Peter Haws was born on October 15, 1825 in Essex in Upper Canada, and immigrated with his parents to the United States in 1828. He served as a Sergeant of Company D, Mormon Battalion, during the Mexican War, and was with the Battalion when they made their historic arrival in San Diego on January 29, 1847. He was discharged from the Battalion in July of 1847.
After his discharge, Alpheus eventually settled in Brigham City, Utah, where he and his two wives, Betsey and his plural wife, Charlotte, reared a family of ten children. He eventually moved to California, moving to Santa Rosa shortly before his death from “old age” on November 3, 1906. He was 81 years of age. He is buried in the Fulkerson Section of Santa Rosa Rural Cemetery, Plot 6.
~by Sandy Frary, Rural Cemetery Archivist, 8 April 2016
The inscription “IA VOLS” on Sgt. Haws’ gravestone is incorrect. The Mormon Battalion was created by President Polk’s authorization and was a Federal Unit—not an Iowa State Volunteer unit. “IOWA VOLUNTEERS” is an error that crept in during the 1880’s - 1890’s as Mexican War records were transferred to the Combined Military Service Records. “The Mormon Battalion” was the official name given the unit by its first Commander, Capt (Lt. Col.) James Allen. Allen and his successor commanders (Smith, Cooke and Hunt) always used the name “Mormon Battalion“—nothing else.
~ Kevin Henson, Mormon Battalion Trail Researcher
Midland, MI
81 years old. Sgt. Co. D Mormon Batt. IA Vols. Mexican War. Information from L Haws, Berkeley, CA.
ALPHEUS P. HAWES, Sergeant. (Tyler's list, ALPHEUS P. HAWS, Fourth Sergeant) Mustered out with Company July 16, 1847, at Los Angeles, Cal.
1870 US Census
45 year old Alpheus P Haws living in Grass Valley, Lander, Nevada with wife 34 year old Betsy, 16 year old Laura A. Haws, 13 year old Adaline G. Haws, 17 years old D C Haws, 4 year old W Haws and 2 year old Lola A. Haws.
1900 US Census
74 year old Alpheus Haws living in Oakland City, Alameda, California. Appears to be a veterans Hospital. States birthdate as Oct 1825, born In Canada, parents born in New York, immigrated in 1838, married in 1880.
* Mormon Battalion members
Married Adaline Dunn
Married Betsy Dunn (Adaline's sister), 1854
~Cemetery Rumblings~
What has been considered to be the longest infantry march in history—approximately 1,850 miles—began July 20, 1846, on the Little Pony River in Council Bluffs, Iowa. It was during the Mexican War of 1846 that United States President, James K. Polk, requested five hundred Mormon men to help in the war effort to reinforce the army. Mormon leaders agreed, and 543 Mormon men enlisted. It was their march from Iowa all the way to California that became the longest military march in history--and the ONLY religiously based unit in US military history.
Santa Rosa Rural Cemetery has the distinction of being the final resting place of one of those courageous Mormon soldiers . . .
Alpheus Peter Haws was born on October 15, 1825 in Essex in Upper Canada, and immigrated with his parents to the United States in 1828. He served as a Sergeant of Company D, Mormon Battalion, during the Mexican War, and was with the Battalion when they made their historic arrival in San Diego on January 29, 1847. He was discharged from the Battalion in July of 1847.
After his discharge, Alpheus eventually settled in Brigham City, Utah, where he and his two wives, Betsey and his plural wife, Charlotte, reared a family of ten children. He eventually moved to California, moving to Santa Rosa shortly before his death from “old age” on November 3, 1906. He was 81 years of age. He is buried in the Fulkerson Section of Santa Rosa Rural Cemetery, Plot 6.
~by Sandy Frary, Rural Cemetery Archivist, 8 April 2016
The inscription “IA VOLS” on Sgt. Haws’ gravestone is incorrect. The Mormon Battalion was created by President Polk’s authorization and was a Federal Unit—not an Iowa State Volunteer unit. “IOWA VOLUNTEERS” is an error that crept in during the 1880’s - 1890’s as Mexican War records were transferred to the Combined Military Service Records. “The Mormon Battalion” was the official name given the unit by its first Commander, Capt (Lt. Col.) James Allen. Allen and his successor commanders (Smith, Cooke and Hunt) always used the name “Mormon Battalion“—nothing else.
~ Kevin Henson, Mormon Battalion Trail Researcher
Midland, MI
81 years old. Sgt. Co. D Mormon Batt. IA Vols. Mexican War. Information from L Haws, Berkeley, CA.
ALPHEUS P. HAWES, Sergeant. (Tyler's list, ALPHEUS P. HAWS, Fourth Sergeant) Mustered out with Company July 16, 1847, at Los Angeles, Cal.
1870 US Census
45 year old Alpheus P Haws living in Grass Valley, Lander, Nevada with wife 34 year old Betsy, 16 year old Laura A. Haws, 13 year old Adaline G. Haws, 17 years old D C Haws, 4 year old W Haws and 2 year old Lola A. Haws.
1900 US Census
74 year old Alpheus Haws living in Oakland City, Alameda, California. Appears to be a veterans Hospital. States birthdate as Oct 1825, born In Canada, parents born in New York, immigrated in 1838, married in 1880.
* Mormon Battalion members
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