| LC control no. | no2014066527 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Wilcken, Charles Henry, 1831-1915 |
| Variant(s) | Wilcken, C. H., 1831-1915 Wilcken, Carl Heinrich, 1831-1915 |
| Birth date | 1831-10-05 |
| Death date | 1915-04-09 |
| Place of birth | Stockelsdorf (Germany) |
| Place of death | Salt Lake City (Utah) |
| Affiliation | Deseret Telegraph Company |
| Profession or occupation | Artillerymen |
| Found in | Philip T. Blair Family Papers, via WWW, May 12, 2014 (Charles Henry Wilcken; usage: C.H. Wilcken) Wikipedia, via WWW, May 12, 2014 (Charles Henry Wilcken, b. Oct. 5, 1831, Eckhorst, Duchy of Holstein; d. Apr. 9, 1915, Salt Lake City, Utah; German-American artiilleryman who joined The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and served as water commissioner directing irrigation, as a municipal policeman, and as superintendent of the Deseret Telegraph Company) Charles H. Wilcken papers, 1864-1933 Wikipedia, August 12, 2016 (Charles Henry Wilcken; Carl Heinrich "Charles Henry" Wilcken (October 5, 1831-April 9, 1915) was a German-American artilleryman who was awarded the Iron Cross by the King of Prussia, Frederick William IV; on arrival in the United States in 1857, lacking English and possessing military skills and discipline, he signed on with what came to be known as Johnston's Army, a part of the United States Army sent to put down the so-called "Mormon Rebellion" (also known as the Utah War); he got permission to hunt for game to supplement the military rations; on one such trip he met some Mormons and decided to desert to join them; later, to cover his defection, it was claimed that he had been captured by the Utah Territorial militia (the "Nauvoo Legion") at Fort Bridger; Wilcken worked as a miller in Salt Lake City, a skill he learned in Prussia; later he served as the friend, driver, and bodyguard for LDS Church presidents John Taylor and Wilford Woodruff; he was born in Eckhorst, Duchy of Holstein (now in Stockelsdorf, Ostholstein, Germany) and died in Salt Lake City, Utah; Wilcken's granddaughter Anna Amelia Pratt was the mother of American politician George W. (George Wilcken) Romney) |
| Associated language | eng |
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