Biogrpahy
Thomas Bingham was born 19 July 1824 in Littleton, Grafton County, New Hampshire, United States to Erastus Bingham (1798-1882) and Lucinda Gates (1797-1874) and died 31 December 1889 Vernal, Uintah County, Utah, United States of unspecified causes. He married Caron Huppuch Holladay (1830-1915) 6 September 1849 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah.
Mormon Battalion Veteran

Participant in the march of The Mormon Battalion. This unit of the US Army served in the Mexican-American War and was the only religiously based infantry unit ever created by Presidential order. It consisted of nearly 500 men recruited exclusively from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (commonly called the Mormons). They undertook the longest infantry march in U.S. military history (as of 1847) and in the process marked out and creating the first continuous wagon road to California which linked the future states of New Mexico, Arizona, and California to the United States. Most members served an initial 12 month term (Jul 1846- Jul 1847) with some members re-enlisting for an additional 12 months afterwards.
Thomas Bingham and his brother Erastus Bingham Jr. were in the Mormon Battalion - Company B. Also their brother in law Elijah Norman Freeman. Erastus Bingham Sr. cared for the families of the volunteers. Placed to work among the sick, Elijah Norman Freeman (1822-1846) soon became ill himself and passed away in New Mexico, 28 November 1846. He was buried four miles south of Secorro, New Mexico, on the Rio Grande. (South of Santa Fe, New Mexico.)
Children
Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
Thomas Bingham (1850-1945) | |||
Mary Bingham (1852-1936) | |||
Lucinda Catherine Bingham (1854-1918) | |||
David Holladay Bingham (1857-1952) | |||
Charles Colton Rich Bingham (1860-1942) | |||
Phoebe Caron Bingham (1861-1929) | |||
Elzada Bingham (1864-1867) | |||
Martha Alice Bingham (1866-1949) | |||
Clara Bingham (1868-1869) | |||
Tracy Tyler Bingham (1871-1872) |
Siblings
Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
Warner Bingham (1863-1918) |
Residences
See Also
- Thomas Bingham
- Bingham in Grafton County, New Hampshire
- Bingham in Uintah County, Utah
- Bingham in Salt Lake County, Utah