Rodney Badger

Rodney Badger

:"For Badger's son, who was a youth leader in the LDS Church, see Rodney C. Badger"Rodney Badger (4 February 1823 – 29 April 1853) was the first Utah law enforcement officer to lose his life during the performance of his sworn duties. He died on April 29 1853 trying to rescue a family whose wagon had overturned in the Weber River. He successfully rescued four children and their mother and died while trying to rescue two other children.

Badger was born in Waterford, Vermont and was a convert to Mormonism. Badger was a Mormon pioneer and arrived in the Salt Lake Valley with the first company on 24 July 1847. Badger was a special agent for the Perpetual Emigrating Fund Company and was a deputy sheriff of Salt Lake County.

References

*Andrew Jenson, "Latter-day Saint Biographical Encyclopedia", volume 4, "Original Pioneers of Utah"

External links

* [http://www.upoa.org/memorial/rodney_badger.htm The Utah Peace Officer Drowned Officer Memorial: A Hero that Time Forgot, Rodney Badger]


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