. . . . . . . "Wilcken ca. 1890"@en . "Private , U.S. Army"@en . . . . "Bust photo of Charles Henry Wilcken"@en . . . . . . . "1831-10-05"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Sergeant, Prussian Army"@en . . . . . . . . . "Charles Henry Wilcken"@en . "1124729193"^^ . . . . . . "Eliza Christina Carolina Reiche + 3 others"@en . . . . . "18"^^ . . . . . ""@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "1831-10-05"^^ . "Carl Heinrich \"Charles Henry\" Wilcken (October 5, 1831 \u2013 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 later joined the Church of Jesus Christ of L"@en . . . "Carl Heinrich Wilcken"@en . . . "Carl Heinrich \"Charles Henry\" Wilcken (October 5, 1831 \u2013 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 later joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), and served as water commissioner directing irrigation, as a municipal policeman, and as superintendent of the Deseret Telegraph Company. Wilcken's granddaughter Anna Amelia Pratt was the mother of American politician George W. (George Wilcken) Romney."@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Colonel, Utah Territorial Militia"@en . . . "Prussian Iron Cross"@en . "Salt Lake City, Utah, United States"@en . . . . "Carl Heinrich Wilcken, in den USA Charles Henry Wilcken (* 5. Oktober 1831 in Eckhorst bei L\u00FCbeck; \u2020 9. April 1915 in Salt Lake City, Utah), war im Zivilberuf M\u00FCller und in der Schleswig-Holsteinischen Erhebung gegen D\u00E4nemark Unteroffizier der preu\u00DFischen Armee. Er wurde nach seiner Auswanderung in die USA Gefreiter in der U.S. Army im Utah-Krieg, in dem er zur Kirche Jesu Christi der Heiligen der Letzten Tage (Mormonen) \u00FCbertrat, wo er Leibw\u00E4chter und Vertrauter von John Taylor und Wilford Woodruff wurde, zweier ihrer Pr\u00E4sidenten."@de . . . . "Carl Heinrich Wilcken"@de . . . . . . . "8448"^^ . . "36266237"^^ . . "Carl Heinrich Wilcken, in den USA Charles Henry Wilcken (* 5. Oktober 1831 in Eckhorst bei L\u00FCbeck; \u2020 9. April 1915 in Salt Lake City, Utah), war im Zivilberuf M\u00FCller und in der Schleswig-Holsteinischen Erhebung gegen D\u00E4nemark Unteroffizier der preu\u00DFischen Armee. Er wurde nach seiner Auswanderung in die USA Gefreiter in der U.S. Army im Utah-Krieg, in dem er zur Kirche Jesu Christi der Heiligen der Letzten Tage (Mormonen) \u00FCbertrat, wo er Leibw\u00E4chter und Vertrauter von John Taylor und Wilford Woodruff wurde, zweier ihrer Pr\u00E4sidenten."@de . . . . . . . . . . "Eckhorst, Duchy of Holstein"@en . . . . . . . . . "*"@en . "1915-04-09"^^ . . . . . "LDS"@en . . . . . . .