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William Wesley Willis Jr



Birth6 May 1846Montrose, Lee, Iowa Territory, United States
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    Find A Grave, database and images, memorial page for William Wesley Willis (1846-1917), memorial #19435832.

    Arizona Department of Health Services, Arizona Deaths, 1870-1951 (Phoenix, Arizona: Department of Library and Archives), database with images, FamilySearch, William Wesley Willis, 19 March 1917; citing Snowflake, Navajo, Arizona, United States, certificate 282; Arizona Department of Health Services; FHL microfilm 4203153.

    Camp of Israel schedules and reports, 1845-1849 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Church History Library), entry for Wm W Willis, folder "Fourth 100, first 50, return, 1847 June" (#45), image 7, line 25.

Death19 March 1917Snowflake, Navajo, Arizona, United States
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    Find A Grave, database and images, memorial page for William Wesley Willis (1846-1917), memorial #19435832.

    Arizona Department of Health Services, Arizona Deaths, 1870-1951 (Phoenix, Arizona: Department of Library and Archives), database with images, FamilySearch, William Wesley Willis, 19 March 1917; citing Snowflake, Navajo, Arizona, United States, certificate 282; Arizona Department of Health Services; FHL microfilm 4203153.

    The St. Johns Herald (St. Johns, Apache, Arizona, United States: Waite Bros., 1917-1938), 29 March 1917, p. 1, column 4.

Burial21 March 1917R V Mike Ramsay Memorial Cemetery, Snowflake, Navajo, Arizona, United States
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    Find A Grave, database and images, memorial page for William Wesley Willis (1846-1917), memorial #19435832.

    Arizona Department of Health Services, Arizona Deaths, 1870-1951 (Phoenix, Arizona: Department of Library and Archives), database with images, FamilySearch, William Wesley Willis, 19 March 1917; citing Snowflake, Navajo, Arizona, United States, certificate 282; Arizona Department of Health Services; FHL microfilm 4203153.

    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for William Wesley Willis Jr., ID: KWZY-T2F.

FatherWilliam Wesley Willis Sr
MotherMargaret Jane Willis

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   • Gabrilla Stratton
Married22 March 1870Snowflake, Yavapai, Arizona Territory, United States
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    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for William Wesley Willis Jr. and Gabrilla Stratton, ID: KWZY-T2F and ID: KWZY-T2J.

          Children:
               Delilah Jane Willis
               Frances Ann Willis
               William Wesley Willis III
               Anthony Lorum Willis
               George Raymond Willis
               Sixtus Ellis Willis
               Mary Josephine Willis
               Martha Augusta Willis
               Ida Willis
               Joseph Stratton Willis
               Altha Gabrilla Willis
               John Irvin Willis
               Lucretia D Willis
               Leo Addison Willis


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• 1840Lee County, Iowa, United States
• 1850Great Salt Lake County, Utah Territory, United States
• 1860Beaver, Beaver, Utah Territory, United States
• 1870Kanarah, Kane, Utah Territory, United States
• 1880Snowflake, Apache, Arizona Territory, United States

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• 1850 Population CensusGreat Salt Lake County, Utah TerritoryExtractImage
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• 1860 Population CensusBeaver City, Beaver, Utah TerritoryExtractImage
• 1870 Population CensusKanarah, Kane, Utah TerritoryExtractImage
• 1880 Population CensusSnowflake, Apache, Arizona TerritoryExtractImage
• 1900 Population CensusSnowflake District, Navajo, Arizona TerritoryExtractImage
• 1910 Population CensusNavajo County, Arizona TerritoryExtractImage

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Crossing the Plains

Abraham O. Smoot/George B. Wallace CompanyView 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), Abraham O. Smoot/George B. Wallace Company, 1847.

       Departure18 Jun 1847
       Arrival25, 26, 29 Sept 1847


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