Show h by j J J i ZIons ZIon's camp and th the Mormon battalion will always be held as two epochs In the history of the church the first being organized on Thursday Thursday Thursday Thurs Thurs- day May 8 S 1834 and the church two days before beCore having b been en given the name of oC the Church Chuich of oC Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints while the organization of ot the V Mormon battalion was completed Wednesday Wednesday Wednes Wednes- day July 22 1846 And of oC Zions Zion's camp camp The prophets prophet's company of volunteers was organized on the date named with an outfit consisting of oC over a hundred and fifty men with tw twenty nty baggage wagons and on May 8 it traveled twelve miles On June 4 1834 Zions Zion's camp crossed the Mississippi into Missouri l at which tI time Sylvester Smith rebelled I against the order of oC the thern company On the march of oC Zions Zion's camp camp Smith manifested a quarrelsome spirit it was declared and rebelled on several several several sev sev- eral occasions against Joseph the prophet and the established order of oC the camp for which he lie was tried before the high council after aeter his return to Kirtland Then he confessed con con- his faults and retained his standing In the church and was or ordained ordained or- or a seventy February 28 1835 at KIrtland When Zion ZIons ZIon's s camp was ready to renew the march threats were made by opponents of the church that they ther could not pass through Richmond Richmond Rich Rich- mond Mo but the march was made the camp passed through Richmond and camped between two branches of the Fishing river While arrangements had been made to attack them with a force of oC over three hundred men the mob was unable to reach them as when they reached the river a terrific storm prevailed and several members of the mob In endeavoring to cross the Missouri l during the storm were I drowned and on June 23 the camp arrived at a point near Liberty Clay county count Missouri On the day following cholera broke out In the camp In its worst form and four da days s 's s it raged during which time sixty-eight sixty of the members were attacked and thirteen died among whom was A A. Sidney Gilbert the latter a prominent member of the church who died on June 26 Among the survivors of Zions Zion's camp was LevI Lev GIfford and he died on March 4 1860 at Moroni Moron Sanpete Sanpete San- San pete county On October 10 1865 the survIving members of Zions Zion's camp had a reunion and feast in Social hall Salt Lake City Meanwhile members of the Mormon Mormon Mormon Mor Mor- mon battalion continued to pass away On July 17 William Villiam W W. Casto a pioneer of 1847 and a member of the battalion died at Mill l Creek In Salt Lake county S On January 18 1909 one of the two surviving women of the Mor 1 Morman Mormon mon man battalion Mrs Phoebe Merrill l Thompson died in Parker Ida at atthe atthe atthe the age of 77 years The next member of the battalion to pass away was John M M. Bybee a Utah pioneer of 1847 who died on February February February ary 21 1909 the then 1 on June 15 Andrew Andrew Andrew An An- drew Jackson Worman Vorman a church veteran and member of oC the battalion battalion battalion bat bat- died a VIrgen City Samuel Campbell was the next to be called and he died In Vernal ernal on February 17 1910 John Jacob Riser passed away at Centerville Alameda county California on n April 16 Inthe in inthe inthe the same year and Alexander Bro Brown died in Ogden V He was also a pioneer of pf 1847 Levi Lev Savage a achurch achurch achurch church veteran as also a member of the battalion passe passed l away asay in on December 14 13 One other members of oC the battalion battalion battalion bat bat- died in 1911 James V V. V Williams Wil Wil- hams liams it Monroe and in 1913 four tour inore passed on namely Isaac Philo Carter died near Heyburn Ida Mrs Charlotte Campbell wom woman n survivor of ot the battalion died in Salt Lake City while on December 12 of the same year Sanford Sanford Sanford San- San ford Porter died in Logan |