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Eleanor Jane Davis



Birth21 November 1824Warren, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, United States
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    Find A Grave, database and images, memorial page for Eleanor Jane Davis (1824-1896), memorial #32785430.

    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for Eleanor Jane Davis, ID: KWJ4-BF8.

    The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Nauvoo Temple Endowment Register: 10 December 1845 to 8 February 1846 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah), p. 178.

    Devery Scott Anderson, The Nauvoo Endowment Companies, 1845-1846: A Documentary History (Salt Lake City, Utah: Signature Books, 2005), p. 456, citing "Seventies Record, Book B".

    Camp of Israel schedules and reports, 1845-1849 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Church History Library), entry for Elner Davis, folder "Third 100, schedules, circa 1847 November" (#63), image 3, line 10.

Death18 December 1896Mona, Juab, Utah, United States
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    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for Eleanor Jane Davis, ID: KWJ4-BF8.

Burial20 December 1896Mona Cemetery, Mona, Juab, Utah, United States
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    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for Eleanor Jane Davis, ID: KWJ4-BF8.

FatherWilliam Black Davis
MotherSarah McKee

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   • William Somerville
Married4 February 1844Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
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    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for Eleanor Jane Davis and William Somerville, ID: KWJ4-BF8 and ID: KWJ6-KYV.

    Lyndon W. Cook, Civil Marriages in Nauvoo and Some Outlying Areas (1839-1845) (Provo, Utah: Liberty Publishing Company, 1980), p. 22.

          Children:
               Andrew Somerville
               Janet Elizabeth Somerville
               Eleanor Jane Somerville
               Hyrum Smith Somerville
               Joseph Smith Somerville
               Sarah Ellen Somerville
               Annie Somerville


   • Isaac Monroe Shepard
Married1 February 1848Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States
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    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for Eleanor Jane Davis and Isaac Monroe Shepard, ID: KWJ4-BF8 and ID: L5XP-NNL.

          Children:
               Ephraim Isaac Shepard
               Josephine Shepard
               Joseph Shepard


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• 1840Hancock County, Illinois, United States
• 1842Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
• 1850Davis County, Utah Territory, United States
• 1860Spanish Fork, Utah, Utah Territory, United States
• 1870Mona, Juab, Utah Territory, United States

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• 1840 Population CensusHancock County, IllinoisExtractImage
• 1842 Population CensusNauvoo, Hancock, IllinoisExtractImage
• 1850 Population CensusDavis County, Utah TerritoryExtractImage
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• 1860 Population CensusSpanish Fork City, Utah, Utah TerritoryExtractImage
• 1870 Population CensusMona, Juab, Utah TerritoryExtractImage
• 1880 Population CensusMona Village Mona Precinct, Juab, Utah TerritoryExtractImage

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Crossing the Plains

Company Unknown (1848)View Source
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    Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "Pioneer Overland Travel" (Salt Lake City, UT: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)

       Departure1848
       Arrival1848


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