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Willis Boss



Birth15 June 1827Davis County, North Carolina, United States
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    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for Willis Boss, ID: K2W3-1N1.

    Devery Scott Anderson, The Nauvoo Endowment Companies, 1845-1846: A Documentary History (Salt Lake City, Utah: Signature Books, 2005), p. 237.

    Camp of Israel schedules and reports, 1845-1849 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Church History Library), entry for Willis Boss, folder "John Brown's company of 10, report, 1848 June" (#80), image 2, line 9.

Death12 February 1887Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
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    Salt Lake County, Utah, Salt Lake County Death Records, 1849-1949 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Management and Archives), database with images, FamilySearch.org, entry for William Boss (12 February 1887); citing Salt Lake County, Utah Territory, p. 341, entry 13621; FHL microfilm 4139695.

    Utah State Archives, Utah, Salt Lake City Cemetery Records, 1847-1976 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Utah State Archives), database with images, FamilySearch.org, entry for William Boss (12 February 1887); citing Management and Archives, Salt Lake City, Utah State Archives, Salt Lake City, image 333; FHL microfilm 004139695 database with images, FamilySearch.org, entry for William Boss (12 February 1887); citing Salt Lake County, Utah Territory, image 333, FHL microfilm 4139695.

Burial13 February 1887Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
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    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for Willis Boss, ID: K2W3-1N1.

FatherPhillip Boss
MotherObedience Brown

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   • Dorothy Merrill Hall
Married6 July 1850Great Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
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    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for Willis Boss and Dorothy Merrill Hall, ID: K2W3-1N1 and ID: KWVP-XMV.

          Children:
               Levi W. Boss
               Lucisus Albert Boss
               Helen Obedience Boss
               Mary Louisa Boss
               Nancy Eveline Boss
               Charles Elisha Boss
               Polly Ann Boss
               Benjamin Franklin Boss
               Delilah Boss


   • Marinda Emmett
Married6 July 1861Great Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
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    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for Willis Boss and Marinda Emmett, ID: K2W3-1N1 and ID: KWVZ-96F.

          Children:
               John Ryley Boss
                Boss
               Joseph Abinidi Boss
                Boss
               Heber S. Boss
               Mary M. Boss
               Franklin F. Boss
               Willis O. Boss
               George Edward Boss


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• 1846Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
• 1850Weber County, Utah Territory, United States
• 1860Box Elder County, Utah Territory, United States
• 1870Ogden, Weber, Utah Territory, United States
• 1880Bingham, Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States

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• 1850 Population CensusWeber County, Utah TerritoryExtractImage
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• 1860 Population CensusBox Elder County, Utah TerritoryExtractImage
• 1870 Population CensusOgden, Weber, Utah TerritoryExtractImage
• 1880 Population CensusBingham Precinct, Salt Lake, Utah TerritoryExtractImage

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Crossing the Plains

Willard Richards 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)

       Departure3 Jul 1848
       Arrival10 Oct 1848


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