Advertisement

Pvt Daniel Morgan Miller

Advertisement

Pvt Daniel Morgan Miller

Birth
Murray, Orleans County, New York, USA
Death
26 Sep 1872 (aged 51)
Spring City, Sanpete County, Utah, USA
Burial
Nephi, Juab County, Utah, USA GPS-Latitude: 39.7140056, Longitude: -111.8281389
Plot
Nc_A_8_15_1
Memorial ID
View Source
Son of Josiah Miller & Amanda Morgan

Married Elizabeth Mosley, 8 Jan 1851, Salt Lake City, Utah

Latter-day Saint Biographical Encyclopedia
Volume 4

Miller, Daniel Morgan, a member of the Mormon Battalion, Company E, was born Nov. 19, 1821, in Orleans County, New York, a son of Josiah Miller and Amanda Morgan. His parents were baptized into the Church in 1831, and moved to Kirtland, Ohio, where they resided until the saints migrated west. Bro. Miller was baptized July 16, 1846, at Council Bluffs by Elder A. Love, and ordained an Elder by Pres. Brigham Young and Geo. A. Smith. The same day he joined Company E, of the Mormon Battalion and traveled with it to Santa Fe. He was taken sick and could not proceed, but his brother Miles left him and went with the Battalion to California. Bro. Daniel, after spending the winter of 1846-1847 at Pueblo was able to travel with Capt. Brown's company to Salt Lake Valley, arriving there soon after the Pioneers. He resided in Salt Lake City until 1852, when he moved to Nephi, Juab Co., where he remained until his death. He was killed by the Indians while returning from a canyon with a lead of wood Sept. 26, 1872, near Spring City, Sanpete Co., Utah.

* Mormon Battalion members




Son of Josiah Miller & Amanda Morgan

Married Elizabeth Mosley, 8 Jan 1851, Salt Lake City, Utah

Latter-day Saint Biographical Encyclopedia
Volume 4

Miller, Daniel Morgan, a member of the Mormon Battalion, Company E, was born Nov. 19, 1821, in Orleans County, New York, a son of Josiah Miller and Amanda Morgan. His parents were baptized into the Church in 1831, and moved to Kirtland, Ohio, where they resided until the saints migrated west. Bro. Miller was baptized July 16, 1846, at Council Bluffs by Elder A. Love, and ordained an Elder by Pres. Brigham Young and Geo. A. Smith. The same day he joined Company E, of the Mormon Battalion and traveled with it to Santa Fe. He was taken sick and could not proceed, but his brother Miles left him and went with the Battalion to California. Bro. Daniel, after spending the winter of 1846-1847 at Pueblo was able to travel with Capt. Brown's company to Salt Lake Valley, arriving there soon after the Pioneers. He resided in Salt Lake City until 1852, when he moved to Nephi, Juab Co., where he remained until his death. He was killed by the Indians while returning from a canyon with a lead of wood Sept. 26, 1872, near Spring City, Sanpete Co., Utah.

* Mormon Battalion members






Advertisement