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Dimick Baker Huntington
26 May 1808 – 1 Feb 1879
| Birth | 26 May 1808 |
| Death | 1 Feb 1879 |
| Cemetery | Salt Lake City Cemetery Salt Lake City , Salt Lake County , Utah , USA |
| Added by | Carl W. McBrayer on 21 Jun 2005 |
| FaG | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/11212958 |
Bio
Shoemaker, blacksmith. Best known among the earlier settlers of Utah as an Indian interpreter. Baptized into The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on August 1, 1835 by Hyrum Smith. Constable at Far West, Missouri. Coroner and constable at Nauvoo, Illinois. Ordained as a patriarch by Hyrum Smith, on January 22, 1843. Drum major in the Nauvoo Legion Band. Among those arrested for destruction of the Nauvoo Expositor, 1844. Endowed in Nauvoo Temple, January 20, 1846. Enlisted with the Mormon Battalion (company "D") in the Mexican War. Arrived in Salt Lake Valley in 1847. Helped establish settlements in Utah and Sanpete counties. Accompanied Parley Pratt on an exploring expedition to southern Utah, in 1850. Participated in Indian fights at Battle Creek and Provo; served as an interpreter among Great Basin Indians. In 1868 was prominent at the famous conference between Indians and white officials and settlers at which a treaty of peace was entered into, terminating the Black Hawk War.
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UTAH PVT MORMON BN VOL MEXICAN WAR
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Family
Parents
Spouse
- Fannie Maria Allen Huntington 1810–1894 FaG
- Ellen Sophia Jacobs Flanders 1832–1901 FaG
- Harriett Augusta Hoagland Huntington 1833–1895 FaG
Siblings
- Nancy Dorcas Huntington 1806–1807
- Chancy Dyer Huntington 1806–1875
- Presendia Lathrop Huntington Kimball 1810–1892
- Infant Huntington 1813–1813
- Adaline Elizabeth Huntington 1815–1826
- William Dresser Huntington 1818–1887
- Zina Diantha "Aunt Zina" Huntington Young 1821–1901
- Oliver Boardman Huntington 1823–1907
- Dr John Dickenson Huntington 1827–1900
Children
- Clark Allen Huntington Sr 1831–1896 FaG
- Lot Elisha Huntington 1834–1862 FaG
- Margrett Huntington 1836–1839 FaG
- Fannie Maria Huntington 1838–1841 FaG
- Martha Zina Huntington Paul 1844–1883 FaG
- Betsy Prescinda Huntington 1846–1846 FaG
- Julia Caroline Huntington Hancock 1848–1925 FaG
- Sarah Adaline Huntington 1851–1856 FaG
- Joseph Smith Huntington 1855–1907 FaG
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