Son of John Rust & Mary Towle
Married Mary Thurston Rand, 28 Mar 1833, Danville, Caledonia, Vermont
Married Laura Marie Barrows, 1 Jan 1842, Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois
Married Wealthy Merrill, 19 Nov 1843, Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois
Married Jane Pepper (Dixon), 12 Dec 1855
Dr. William Walker Rust
Treasures of Pioneer History, Vol.4, p.493
Born at Danville, Vermont August 14, 1807, William was the son of Henry Rust. As a boy he learned the shoemaker trade and later was graduated from a medical school. At the age of twenty-six he married Mary Thurston Rand. She died at the birth of her third child, as did the infant, leaving two sons, George and Horace. The father left the boys in the care of a Mrs. Day and journeyed on to Missouri. There the wandering widower met some Mormon missionaries with whom he returned to Vermont, got his sons and with a company of converts migrated to Nauvoo. He then married Laura Harrison, but she, too, passed away the summer of 1843. Wealthy Merrill became his next wife and after she left him he married Mary Aspin. He was sent to Garden Grove to help prepare a place of refuge for the Saints.
Early in 1846, his son, George, went to Winter Quarters with the Haight family, and not long after Dr. Rust and his son, Horace, accompanied by his latest stepmother, also made the journey. When the call came for the Battalion, Dr. Rust was assigned to Company "C" as assistant surgeon. While en route on this historic march, Dr. Rust was severely injured by a mule and was returned with the sick detachment to Pueblo. In July of 1847 he entered Salt Lake Valley with other Battalion members.
Dr. Rust was in the Valley less than a month when he returned to Winter Quarters to rejoin his wife and Horace. He resided there nearly two years, then brought his wife to Salt Lake. Horace died of cholera and was buried on the plains. Dr. Rust traded a wagon and a yoke of cattle for a house and lot in the First Ward of Salt Lake City. Resorting to his profession and his trade, he managed to make a living. During his later years he moved to Payson where he resided until his death September 18, 1894. He took two or three more turns at matrimony, the most important of which was with Jane Pepper, by whose side he lies buried.—David P. Rust[p.494]
William came to Utah on July 29, 1847, with the James Brown company. He served as a missionary to the eastern states from 1840 to 1841, and 1843; one of the presidents of the 11th qourum of the seventies. Missionary to eastern states 1854-55; member of the Mormon Battalion. Settled at Salt Lake City 1847; moved to Payson 1858.
* Mormon Battalion members
Married Mary Thurston Rand, 28 Mar 1833, Danville, Caledonia, Vermont
Married Laura Marie Barrows, 1 Jan 1842, Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois
Married Wealthy Merrill, 19 Nov 1843, Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois
Married Jane Pepper (Dixon), 12 Dec 1855
Dr. William Walker Rust
Treasures of Pioneer History, Vol.4, p.493
Born at Danville, Vermont August 14, 1807, William was the son of Henry Rust. As a boy he learned the shoemaker trade and later was graduated from a medical school. At the age of twenty-six he married Mary Thurston Rand. She died at the birth of her third child, as did the infant, leaving two sons, George and Horace. The father left the boys in the care of a Mrs. Day and journeyed on to Missouri. There the wandering widower met some Mormon missionaries with whom he returned to Vermont, got his sons and with a company of converts migrated to Nauvoo. He then married Laura Harrison, but she, too, passed away the summer of 1843. Wealthy Merrill became his next wife and after she left him he married Mary Aspin. He was sent to Garden Grove to help prepare a place of refuge for the Saints.
Early in 1846, his son, George, went to Winter Quarters with the Haight family, and not long after Dr. Rust and his son, Horace, accompanied by his latest stepmother, also made the journey. When the call came for the Battalion, Dr. Rust was assigned to Company "C" as assistant surgeon. While en route on this historic march, Dr. Rust was severely injured by a mule and was returned with the sick detachment to Pueblo. In July of 1847 he entered Salt Lake Valley with other Battalion members.
Dr. Rust was in the Valley less than a month when he returned to Winter Quarters to rejoin his wife and Horace. He resided there nearly two years, then brought his wife to Salt Lake. Horace died of cholera and was buried on the plains. Dr. Rust traded a wagon and a yoke of cattle for a house and lot in the First Ward of Salt Lake City. Resorting to his profession and his trade, he managed to make a living. During his later years he moved to Payson where he resided until his death September 18, 1894. He took two or three more turns at matrimony, the most important of which was with Jane Pepper, by whose side he lies buried.—David P. Rust[p.494]
William came to Utah on July 29, 1847, with the James Brown company. He served as a missionary to the eastern states from 1840 to 1841, and 1843; one of the presidents of the 11th qourum of the seventies. Missionary to eastern states 1854-55; member of the Mormon Battalion. Settled at Salt Lake City 1847; moved to Payson 1858.
* Mormon Battalion members
Son of John Rust & Mary Towle
Married Mary Thurston Rand, 28 Mar 1833, Danville, Caledonia, Vermont
Married Laura Marie Barrows, 1 Jan 1842, Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois
Married Wealthy Merrill, 19 Nov 1843, Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois
Married Jane Pepper (Dixon), 12 Dec 1855
Dr. William Walker Rust
Treasures of Pioneer History, Vol.4, p.493
Born at Danville, Vermont August 14, 1807, William was the son of Henry Rust. As a boy he learned the shoemaker trade and later was graduated from a medical school. At the age of twenty-six he married Mary Thurston Rand. She died at the birth of her third child, as did the infant, leaving two sons, George and Horace. The father left the boys in the care of a Mrs. Day and journeyed on to Missouri. There the wandering widower met some Mormon missionaries with whom he returned to Vermont, got his sons and with a company of converts migrated to Nauvoo. He then married Laura Harrison, but she, too, passed away the summer of 1843. Wealthy Merrill became his next wife and after she left him he married Mary Aspin. He was sent to Garden Grove to help prepare a place of refuge for the Saints.
Early in 1846, his son, George, went to Winter Quarters with the Haight family, and not long after Dr. Rust and his son, Horace, accompanied by his latest stepmother, also made the journey. When the call came for the Battalion, Dr. Rust was assigned to Company "C" as assistant surgeon. While en route on this historic march, Dr. Rust was severely injured by a mule and was returned with the sick detachment to Pueblo. In July of 1847 he entered Salt Lake Valley with other Battalion members.
Dr. Rust was in the Valley less than a month when he returned to Winter Quarters to rejoin his wife and Horace. He resided there nearly two years, then brought his wife to Salt Lake. Horace died of cholera and was buried on the plains. Dr. Rust traded a wagon and a yoke of cattle for a house and lot in the First Ward of Salt Lake City. Resorting to his profession and his trade, he managed to make a living. During his later years he moved to Payson where he resided until his death September 18, 1894. He took two or three more turns at matrimony, the most important of which was with Jane Pepper, by whose side he lies buried.—David P. Rust[p.494]
William came to Utah on July 29, 1847, with the James Brown company. He served as a missionary to the eastern states from 1840 to 1841, and 1843; one of the presidents of the 11th qourum of the seventies. Missionary to eastern states 1854-55; member of the Mormon Battalion. Settled at Salt Lake City 1847; moved to Payson 1858.
* Mormon Battalion members
Married Mary Thurston Rand, 28 Mar 1833, Danville, Caledonia, Vermont
Married Laura Marie Barrows, 1 Jan 1842, Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois
Married Wealthy Merrill, 19 Nov 1843, Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois
Married Jane Pepper (Dixon), 12 Dec 1855
Dr. William Walker Rust
Treasures of Pioneer History, Vol.4, p.493
Born at Danville, Vermont August 14, 1807, William was the son of Henry Rust. As a boy he learned the shoemaker trade and later was graduated from a medical school. At the age of twenty-six he married Mary Thurston Rand. She died at the birth of her third child, as did the infant, leaving two sons, George and Horace. The father left the boys in the care of a Mrs. Day and journeyed on to Missouri. There the wandering widower met some Mormon missionaries with whom he returned to Vermont, got his sons and with a company of converts migrated to Nauvoo. He then married Laura Harrison, but she, too, passed away the summer of 1843. Wealthy Merrill became his next wife and after she left him he married Mary Aspin. He was sent to Garden Grove to help prepare a place of refuge for the Saints.
Early in 1846, his son, George, went to Winter Quarters with the Haight family, and not long after Dr. Rust and his son, Horace, accompanied by his latest stepmother, also made the journey. When the call came for the Battalion, Dr. Rust was assigned to Company "C" as assistant surgeon. While en route on this historic march, Dr. Rust was severely injured by a mule and was returned with the sick detachment to Pueblo. In July of 1847 he entered Salt Lake Valley with other Battalion members.
Dr. Rust was in the Valley less than a month when he returned to Winter Quarters to rejoin his wife and Horace. He resided there nearly two years, then brought his wife to Salt Lake. Horace died of cholera and was buried on the plains. Dr. Rust traded a wagon and a yoke of cattle for a house and lot in the First Ward of Salt Lake City. Resorting to his profession and his trade, he managed to make a living. During his later years he moved to Payson where he resided until his death September 18, 1894. He took two or three more turns at matrimony, the most important of which was with Jane Pepper, by whose side he lies buried.—David P. Rust[p.494]
William came to Utah on July 29, 1847, with the James Brown company. He served as a missionary to the eastern states from 1840 to 1841, and 1843; one of the presidents of the 11th qourum of the seventies. Missionary to eastern states 1854-55; member of the Mormon Battalion. Settled at Salt Lake City 1847; moved to Payson 1858.
* Mormon Battalion members
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Mexican War * U.S. Mormon Battalion 1846-1848
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