Ezra Hela Allen (1814 - 1848)

Born 28 Jul 1814 in Madrid, St. Lawrence, New York, United States

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Died 27 Jun 1848 at age 33 in Tragedy Spring, Amador, California, United States

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Biography

Ezra Allen was a Latter Day Saint pioneer.

Musician Ezra Allen served with the Iowa Volunteers during the Mexican-American War
Service Started: Jul 1846
Unit(s): Company , Mormon Battalion
Service Ended: Jul 16, 1847

Ezra was the son of Samuel Allen and Sarah Powers.

He married Sarah Beriah Fisk on 25 December 1832, Madrid, New York. Children - Cynthia Ammorette, 19 Apr 1839
Jerusha Elvira, 27 Mar 1841
Alexander Hamilton 25 Jul 1843
Alexander Alma, 28 Sep 1845.

He was a Musician in Company "C" of the Mormon Battalion. He completed the journey to California and was discharged at Los Angeles, July 16, 1847. He was killed by Indians at Tragedy Springs, near Carson Summit in the Sierra Nevada on June 27, 1847.

Fact: Burial (27 June 1848) Tragedy Spring Cemetery, Plot: common grave of three, Hwy 88, west of Silver Lake, Tragedy Spring, El Dorado, California, United States^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #33294410

• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 08 November 2017, 23:02), entry for Ezra Hela Allen(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:KWJB-CZQ); contributed by various users.

• https://history.lds.org/overlandtravel/pioneers/45061/ezra-hela-allen

• Members of the Mormon Battalion, A Sesquicentennia1 Remembrance, compiled by Dr. Susan Ward Easton, p. 2. https://dcms.lds.org/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE5417209

• [Mormon Battalion Lists] 1927, compiled under the direction of Senator Reed Smoot from War Department files, Adjutant General's Office, March 1927. The original copies are on file with the LDS Church Historical Department. Ezra H. Allen, Musician. 17:06, 17 December 2017 (EST)