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Shirts'/Union Branch on Buoyo

congregation #481064
created 2012-10-02 by bplewe
official name: Union Branch on Buoyo   (started: 17 Aug 1851, source: Union Branch on Buoyo records, : after 2 May 1852)
A union of Buoyo and Rocky Ford branches.
assertion #3724926 by bplewe on 2018-03-06: confidence 100%.
official name: Buoyo Branch   (started: 2 Jun 1850, source: Shirts Branch records, : 16 Aug 1851)
Renamed when Peter Shirts and other original members emigrated to Utah and were replaced by other members (mostly from Tennessee, giving the settlement the name "Tennessee Hollow."
assertion #3721128 by bplewe on 2018-03-05: confidence 100%.
official name: Shirts' Branch   (started: 4 Jun 1848, : 1 Jun 1850)
assertion #3723414 by bplewe on 2012-10-02: confidence 100%.
is a(n): dual-branch   
Pres. T.W. Smith, Bishop Willis Boren
assertion #3723895 by bplewe on 2019-10-04: confidence 100%.
started: 4 Jun 1848   
assertion #3721752 by bplewe on 2012-10-02: confidence 100%.
ended: 1 Jul 1852   
assertion #3735752 by bplewe on 2012-10-02: confidence 100%.
description: Named after original settler Peter Shirts. May have included a few close settlements, such as Tennessee Hollow and Smith's Camp. As Shirts and others emigrated to Utah in 1851-1852, the depleted branch absorbed neighboring Rocky Ford Branch to form the Union Branch on Buoyo (named after the nearby river), then was itself absorbed into North Pigeon Branch.   
assertion #3716064 by bplewe on 2018-03-06: confidence 100%.
religion: LDS   
assertion #4003539 by bplewe on 2018-03-06: confidence 100%.
location: 41°31'5"N, 95°52'22"W   
assertion #3718918 by bplewe on 2012-10-02: confidence 70%.
located at: Harrison County, Iowa, United States   
assertion #3713064 by bplewe on 2012-10-02: confidence 100%.
part of: Pottawattamie (Stake)   
entity #480719, assertion #3751205 by bplewe on 2012-10-02: confidence 100%.
absorbed: Rocky Ford Branch   
entity #481073, assertion #4004778 by bplewe on 2018-03-05: confidence 100%.
succeeded by: North Pigeon Branch   (source: North Pigeon Branch Records)
May 1852
entity #481048, assertion #4004777 by bplewe on 2018-03-05: confidence 100%.
has member: Rocky Ford   (started: 17 Aug 1851, : 1 Jul 1852)
entity #481252, assertion #3751012 by bplewe on 2012-10-02: confidence 100%.
has member: Shirts' Camp   
entity #481337, assertion #3751213 by bplewe on 2012-10-02: confidence 100%.
in group: Winter Quarters Era   
assertion #3726719 by bplewe on 2018-03-06: confidence 100%.
see also: Pottawattamie HP Quorum Minutes 38   
William Niswanger of Buoyo Branch an HP, Jan 5 1851
entity #850426, assertion #4004845 by bplewe on 2018-03-06: confidence 100%.
see also: Pottawattamie HC Minutes 1:105   
Bishop Willis Boren, July 15 1848
entity #850383, assertion #3772566 by bplewe on 2018-03-05: confidence 100%.
see also: Pottawattamie HP Quorum Minutes 24   
William Batson a HP, Sep 2 1849
entity #850419, assertion #3772639 by bplewe on 2018-03-05: confidence 100%.
see also: Pottawattamie HP Quorum Minutes 35   
Henry H. Wilson of Buoyo Branch an HP, Sep 29 1850
entity #850424, assertion #4004844 by bplewe on 2018-03-06: confidence 100%.
see also: Shirts Branch records   
Covers June 4 1848 to May 1851
entity #850440, assertion #3772694 by bplewe on 2018-03-05: confidence 100%.
see also: Union Branch on Buoyo records   
Covers July 1851 to May 1852
entity #850686, assertion #4004846 by bplewe on 2018-03-06: confidence 100%.
notes: Appears to have also included a nearby settlement called Smith's Camp   
assertion #4004801 by bplewe on 2018-03-05: confidence 100%.

Members:

bishop: Willis Boren    FamilySearch: KWJB-4GJ , valid starting: 1848-07-12 , valid until: 1851-07-09
assertion #21 by bplewe on 2018-02-23: confidence 100%.
president: Thomas Washington Smith    FamilySearch: KWJN-Z3R , valid until: 1851-07-09 , valid starting: 1848-06-04
assertion #33 by bplewe on 2018-02-23: confidence 100%.
presidency counselor: Peter Shirts    FamilySearch: KWJZ-RN1 , valid starting: 1848-06-04 , valid until: 1849-04-29
assertion #45 by bplewe on 2018-02-23: confidence 100%.
bishop: Willis Boren    FamilySearch: KWJB-4GJ , valid starting: 1848-07-12 , valid until: 1851-07-09
assertion #21 by bplewe on 2018-02-23: confidence 100%.
president: Thomas Washington Smith    FamilySearch: KWJN-Z3R , valid until: 1851-07-09 , valid starting: 1848-06-04
assertion #33 by bplewe on 2018-02-23: confidence 100%.
presidency counselor: Peter Shirts    FamilySearch: KWJZ-RN1 , valid starting: 1848-06-04 , valid until: 1849-04-29
assertion #45 by bplewe on 2018-02-23: confidence 100%.