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William Wesley Willis Sr


Birth16 August 1811Shawneetown, Gallatin, Illinois Territory, United States
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     Find A Grave, database and images, memorial page for Lieut William Wesley Willis (1811-1872), memorial #102760.

    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. 275.

    Endowment House (LDS Church), Sealings of couples, living and by proxy, 1851-1889 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1958, 1978), p. 51.

    Mormon Battalion Company A return list, 16 July 1846, Entry for William W. Willis, box 4, folder 8, page 1, line 4.
Death8 April 1872Beaver City, Beaver, Utah Territory, United States
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    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for William Wesley Willis Sr, ID: KWJD-FV8.
BurialMountain View Cemetery, Beaver, Beaver, Utah Territory, United States
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FatherMerrill Willis
MotherMargaret Susan Cherry
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   • Margaret Jane Willis
Married28 March 1833Hamilton County, Illinois, United States
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    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for WIlliam Wesley Willis and Margaret Jane Willis, ID: KWJD-FV8 and ID: KWJD-FVZ.

    Illinois, Compiled Marriages, 1790-1860 (Provo, Utah, Utah, United States: Ancestry, 2004), 28 March 1833, citing Hamilton County, Illinois, County Court Records, McLeansboro, IL.
          Children:
               Ann Cherry Willis
               John Henry Willis Sr
               Mary Lucretia Willis
               Lemuel Merrill Willis
               Thomas Tillman Willis
               Josephine Willis
               William Wesley Willis Jr
               George Andrew Willis
               Margaret Jane Willis


   • Frances M. Long
Married31 July 1852Great Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
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    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for William Wesley Willis and Frances M. Long, ID: KWJD-FV8 and ID: KVPR-Z1Z.

   • Elizabeth Ann Chadney
Marriedabout 1855Utah Territory, United States
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    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for William Wesley Willis Sr and Elizabeth Ann Chadney, ID: KWJD-FV8 and ID: KWVC-NF8.

   • Mary Pengelly
Married19 March 1857Great Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
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    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), Entry for William Wesley Willis and Mary Pengelly, ID: KWJD-FV8 and ID: LHXJ-8M6.
          Children:
               Jared Arthur Willis
               Mary Ellen Willis
               Augusta Willis
               Hiram Albert Willis

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• 1840Lee County, Iowa Territory, United States
• 1850Great Salt Lake County, Utah Territory, United States
• 1860Beaver, Beaver, Utah Territory, United States
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• 1840 Population CensusTownship 66, Lee, Iowa TerritoryExtractImage
• 1850 Population CensusGreat Salt Lake County, Utah TerritoryExtractImage
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• 1860 Population CensusBeaver City, Beaver, Utah TerritoryExtractImage
• 1870 Population CensusBeaver City, Beaver, Utah TerritoryExtractImage
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Crossing the Plains

• Mormon Battalion Sick DetachmentsView 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)
       Departure24 May 1847
       Arrival29 Jul 1847
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• Compiled Military Service Record--ReturnsExtractImage
• Compiled Military Service Record--Co. Muster-Out RollExtractImage

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