George W. Catlin

Ref.: < https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/18381965/george-washington-catlin >, George Washington Catlin, Grouse Creek Cemetery, Grouse Creek, Box Elder County, Utah. Plot :1/9; Memorial ID: 18381965.

MORMON PIONEER:

Ref.: Latter-day Saints Winter Quarters Project. < https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/article/trek/winter-quarter... >

1. Catlin, George Washington (Catlin, George W.) (Serving in Company C of the Mormon Battalion).

Ref.: Wikipedia: The Mormon Battalion was the only religiously based unit in United States military history,[1] and it served from July 1846 to July 1847 during the Mexican-American War. The battalion was a volunteer unit of between 534[2][3] and 559[4] Latter-day Saints men led by Mormon company officers, commanded by regular US army officers. During its service, the battalion made a grueling march nearly 2,000 miles long from Council Bluffs, Iowa, to San Diego.

The battalion's march and service was instrumental in helping the US secure much of the American Southwest, including new lands in several Western states, especially the Gadsden Purchase of 1853 of much of southern Arizona. The march also opened a southern wagon route to California. Veterans of the battalion played significant roles in America's westward expansion in California, Utah, Arizona and other parts of the West.
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• Residence: Grouse Creek, Box Elder, Utah, United States
• Residence: 1850 - Davis, Utah Territory
• Residence: 1850 - Davis county, Davis, Utah Territory
• Residence: 1870 - Fillmore, Millard, Utah Territory, United States
• Residence: 1870 - Utah, United States
• Residence: 1880 - Pioche, Lincoln, Nevada, United States
• Residence: 1898 - Grouse Creek, Daggett, Utah, United States
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