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Melissa Lott



Birth9 January 1824Tunkhannock, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, United States
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    Find A Grave, database and images, memorial for Melissa Lott Smith Wiles (1824-1898), memorial #19417741.

    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 Malissa L Willes (13 July 1898); citing Salt Lake County Management and Archives, "Death records, numbers: 0001-9196, 1895-1908," images 156-157, p. 76, entry 2874; FHL microfilm 4139834.

    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. 196.

    Camp of Israel schedules and reports, 1845-1849 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Church History Library), entry for Melissa Lott, folder "First 100, schedules, 1848 July" (#74), image 5, line 26; entry for Melisaa Lott, folder "Edward Hunter's 100, schedules, circa 1847 February" (#17), image 13, line 3.

    Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Sealings and adoptions of the living, 1846-1857; index, 1846-1857 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1958), p. 181-182; FHL microfilm 183374.

    The Lehi Banner, "Two More Pioneers Gone," 19 July 1898, p. 1, column 3.

Death13 July 1898Lehi, Utah, Utah, United States
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    Find A Grave, database and images, memorial for Melissa Lott Smith Wiles (1824-1898), memorial #19417741.

    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 Malissa L Willes (13 July 1898); citing Salt Lake County Management and Archives, "Death records, numbers: 0001-9196, 1895-1908," images 156-157, p. 76, entry 2874; FHL microfilm 4139834.

    Deseret News (Salt Lake City, Utah, United States: Digitized by: University of Utah, 1877), "Melissa Lott Smith Willis," 14 July 1898, p. 2, column 2.

    The Lehi Banner, "Two More Pioneers Gone," 19 July 1898, p. 1, column 3.

Burial15 July 1898Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
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    Find A Grave, database and images, memorial for Melissa Lott Smith Wiles (1824-1898), memorial #19417741.

    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 Malissa L Willes (13 July 1898); citing Salt Lake County Management and Archives, "Death records, numbers: 0001-9196, 1895-1908," images 156-157, p. 76, entry 2874; FHL microfilm 4139834.

    Deseret News (Salt Lake City, Utah, United States: Digitized by: University of Utah, 1877), "Melissa Lott Smith Willis," 14 July 1898, p. 2, column 2.

    The Lehi Banner, "Two More Pioneers Gone," 19 July 1898, p. 1, column 3.

FatherCornelius Peter Lott
MotherPermelia Darrow

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   • Joseph Smith Jr.
Married20 September 1843Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
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    Joseph F. Smith, Affidavits about Celestial Marriage, 1869-1915, Book 1, p. 23.


   • John Milton Bernhisel
Married8 February 1846Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
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    Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Sealings and adoptions of the living, 1846-1857; index, 1846-1857 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1958), p. 181-182; FHL microfilm 183374.


   • Ira Jones Willes
Married13 May 1849Great Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
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    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for Ira Jones Willes and Melissa Lott, ID: KWJJ-1TL and ID: KWJJ-1T2.

    Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Sealings and adoptions of the living, 1846-1857; index, 1846-1857 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1958), p. 779-780; FHL microfilm 183374.

    Deseret News (Salt Lake City, Utah, United States: Digitized by: University of Utah, 1877), "Died," 16 December 1863, p. 172, column 2.

          Children:
               Ira Pratt Willes
               Achsah Permelia Willes
               Cornelius John Willes
               Polly Melissa Willes
               Lyman Benjamin Willes
               Stephen Eleazer Willes
               Sarah Amanda Willes


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• 1843Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
• 1850Great Salt Lake County, Utah Territory, United States
• 1860Great Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
• 1870Lehi, Utah, Utah Territory, United States

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• 1850 Population CensusGreat Salt Lake County, Utah TerritoryExtractImage
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• 1860 Population Census13th Ward Great Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake, Utah TerritoryExtractImage
• 1870 Population CensusLehi City, Utah, Utah TerritoryExtractImage
• 1880 Population CensusLehi City, Lehi Precinct, Utah, Utah TerritoryExtractImage

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Crossing the Plains

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    Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "Pioneer Data," database, part of "Church History Biographical Database" (Salt Lake City, UT: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)

       Departure7 Jun 1848
       Arrival24 Sept 1848


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