Pvt Alva Chauncey Calkins

Son of Chauncey Ira Calkins & Sarah Kellogg

Married Martha Skidmore, 2 Apr 1854

ALVIE C. CALKINS. (Tyler's list, ALVA C. CALKINS) Private. On detached service, Battalion Order No. 16, of Nov. 10, 1846. Mustered out with detachment, to date July 16, 1847

The three brothers, Alva C. Calkins, James Wood Calkins, and Sylvanus Calkins along with their first cousin Edwin R. Calkins enlisted as privates in Company A of the U.S. Mormon Battalion. Alva was on detached service 10 Nov 1846. He was one of the men sent to Pueblo by way of Santa Fe, New Mexico, to winter, under the command of Lieutenant W. W. Willis. As such he would have entered the Salt Lake Valley the 29th July 1847.

Alva died in Jerome, Gove County, Kansas when visiting family members.

• Mormon Battalion members
  • Updated from Find A Grave Memorial via sister Mary Elizabeth Beckstead (born Calkins) by SmartCopy: Jun 27 2015, 22:28:19 UTC

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GEDCOM Source

"FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch   The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (https://www.familysearch.org)

GEDCOM Source

"FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch   The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (https://www.familysearch.org)