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Philip Bessom Lewis



Birth16 January 1804Marblehead, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
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    Town Clerk Offices, Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001 (Massachusetts: Town Clerk Offices), database with images, FamilySearch.org, entry for Philip Lewis (16 Jan 1804); citing; Marblehead, Essex, Massachusetts Town Office, p. 32; FHL film number 7009557.

    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for Philip Bessom Lewis Sr, ID: KWJ4-LR2.

    Camp of Israel schedules and reports, 1845-1849 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Church History Library), entry for P.B. Lewis, folder "Roll of company number 1, 1845 " (#1), image 5, line 21.

Death13 November 1877Kanab, Kane, Utah Territory, United States
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    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for Philip Bessom Lewis Sr, ID: KWJ4-LR2.

    Deseret News (Salt Lake City, Utah, United States: Digitized by: University of Utah, 1877), “Local and Other Matters,” 5 December 1877, p. 1, column 3.

Burial15 November 1877Kanab Pioneer Park Cemetery, Kanab, Kane, Utah Territory, United States
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    Find A Grave, database and images, memorial page for Philip Bessum Lewis (1804-1877), memorial #46443804.

    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for Philip Bessom Lewis Sr, ID: KWJ4-LR2.

    Deseret News (Salt Lake City, Utah, United States: Digitized by: University of Utah, 1877), “Local and Other Matters,” 5 December 1877, p. 1, column 3.

FatherEdmond Lewis
MotherAbigail Bigalow Prentise

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   • Maria Theresa Bonney
Married27 June 1837New Bedford, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States
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    FamilySearch, Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah), database with images, FamilySearch.org, entry for Philip B Lewis and Maria T Bonney (27 June 1837); citing New Bedford, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States; FHL film number 873759.


   • Jane Amanda Stevens
Married13 May 1848Winter Quarters, US Federal Territory (now Omaha, Douglas, Nebraska, United States)
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    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for Philip Bessom Lewis Sr, ID KWJ4-LR2, and Jane Amanda Stevens, ID LJ5D-ZGB.

          Children:
               Philip Edmund Lewis
               William Henry Lewis


   • Mary Brotherson
Married9 June 1868Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
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    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for Philip Bessom Lewis Sr and Mary Brotherson, ID: KWJ4-LR2 and ID: L52F-CGT.

          Children:
               Annie Lewis


   • Emily Lewis
MarriedAbout 1875Kanab, Kane, Utah Territory, United States
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    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entries for Philip Bessom Lewis Sr, ID KWJ4-LR2, and Emily Lewis, KWJ4-LPB.

          Children:
               Philip B Lewis


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• 1840New Bedford, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States
• 1844Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
• 1860Great Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
• 1870St. George, Washington, Utah Territory, United States

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• 1840 Population CensusNew Bedford, Bristol, MassachusettsExtractImage
• 1860 Population Census13th Ward Great Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake, Utah TerritoryExtractImage
• 1870 Population CensusSt. George, Washington, Utah TerritoryExtractImage

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Crossing the Plains

Brigham Young 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)

       Departure5 Jun 1848
       Arrival20-24 Sept 1848
Company Unknown (1856)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)

       Departure1856
       Arrival1856


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