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Elisha Averett



Birth12 December 1810Columbia, Maury, Tennessee, United States
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    Find A Grave, database and images, memorial page for Elisha Averett Sr. (1810-1890), memorial #21733568 .

    Utah Military Records Section of State Archives, Utah, Veterans with Federal Service Buried in Utah, Territorial to 1966 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Utah State Archives, 1966), database with images, FamilySearch, Elisha Averett Sr., 22 October 1890; citing “Grand County - Rich County,” image 608 of 1169; citing Utah Division of State Archives, Military Records Section, “Records of veterans with Federal service buried in Utah, territorial to 1966”; FHL microfilm 4236473.

    Devery Scott Anderson, The Nauvoo Endowment Companies, 1845-1846: A Documentary History (Salt Lake City, Utah: Signature Books, 2005), p. 24; citing the Nauvoo diary of William Clayton, kept for Heber C. Kimball.

    Camp of Israel schedules and reports, 1845-1849 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Church History Library), entry for Elisha Averett, folder "Companies of 10 reports, 1846 April" (#7), image 3, line 1.

Death22 October 1890Glendale, Kane, Utah Territory, United States
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    Find A Grave, database and images, memorial page for Elisha Averett Sr. (1810-1890), memorial #21733568.

    Utah Military Records Section of State Archives, Utah, Veterans with Federal Service Buried in Utah, Territorial to 1966 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Utah State Archives, 1966), database with images, FamilySearch, Elisha Averett Sr., 22 October 1890; citing “Grand County - Rich County,” image 608 of 1169; citing Utah Division of State Archives, Military Records Section, “Records of veterans with Federal service buried in Utah, territorial to 1966”; FHL microfilm 4236473.

    Deseret News (Salt Lake City, Utah, United States: Digitized by: University of Utah, 1877), "Veteran Laid to Rest," 15 November 1890; pg. 687 (pg. 23 in database), column 2.

Burial1890Glendale City Cemetery, Glendale, Kane, Utah Territory, United States
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    Find A Grave, database and images, memorial page for Elisha Averett Sr. (1810-1890), memorial #21733568 .

    Utah Military Records Section of State Archives, Utah, Veterans with Federal Service Buried in Utah, Territorial to 1966 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Utah State Archives, 1966), database with images, FamilySearch, Elisha Averett Sr., 22 October 1890; citing “Grand County - Rich County,” image 608 of 1169; citing Utah Division of State Archives, Military Records Section, “Records of veterans with Federal service buried in Utah, territorial to 1966”; FHL microfilm 4236473.

FatherJohn Averett
MotherJanette Hamilton Gill

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   • Dorcas Willis
Married15 January 1838Steer Creek, Caldwell, Missouri, United States
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    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for Elisha Averett and Dorcas Porter Willis, ID: KWJJ-RFH and ID: L5VZ-Y8Z.

          Children:
               William Averett
               Dorcas Averett
                Averett


   • Sarah Jane Witt
Married19 January 1846Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
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    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for Elisha Averett and Sarah Jane Witt, ID: KWJJ-RFH and ID: KWJJ-RFC.

    Devery Scott Anderson, The Nauvoo Endowment Companies, 1845-1846: A Documentary History (Salt Lake City, Utah: Signature Books, 2005), p. 426; citing “Book of Sealings (Living)—Wives to Husbands”.

          Children:
               Sarah Jane Averett
               Kizzie Ann Averett
               John Harvey Averett
               Elijah Averett
               Eliza Averett
               Emily Losana Averett
               George Averett
               William Averett
               James Lafayette Averett
               Lucy Lavinia Averett
               Jeanette Eliza Averett
               Byron Averett
               David Averett
               Jane Averett
               Dorcus Averett
               Elisha Averett
               Robert Wesley Averett


   • Margaret Stewart
Marriedabout 20 December 1878St. George, Washington, Utah Territory, United States
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    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for Elisha Averett and Margaret Stewart, ID: KWJJ-RFH and ID: 9M4G-8X4.


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• 1842Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
• 1850Great Salt Lake County, Utah Territory, United States
• 1860Great Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
• 1870Provo, Utah, Utah Territory, United States
• 1880Panguitch, Iron, Utah Territory, United States

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• 1842 Population CensusNauvoo, Hancock, IllinoisExtractImage
• 1850 Population CensusGreat Salt Lake County, Utah TerritoryExtractImage
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• 1860 Population Census12th Ward Gt Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake, Utah TerritoryExtractImage
• 1870 Population CensusProvo City 3rd Ward, Utah, Utah TerritoryExtractImage
• 1880 Population CensusPanguitch, Panguitch Precinct, Iron, Utah TerritoryExtractImage

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Crossing the Plains

Levi W. Hancock/Jefferson Hunt/James Pace/Andrew Lytle 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)

       Departure25-26 Aug 1847
       Arrival11, 16 Oct 1847
George A. Smith/Dan Jones 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)

       Departure14 Jul 1849
       Arrival26-30 Oct 1849

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