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Philemon Christopher Merrill Sr



Birth12 November 1820Byron, Genesee, New York, United States
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    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for Philemon Christopher Merill, ID: KWJZ-VMZ.

    Camp of Israel schedules and reports, 1845-1849 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Church History Library), entry for P C Merril, folder "Silas Richards company, 1849 September" (#88), image 4, line 38; and entry for Philemane Merrel, folder "Pottawattamie branches, schedules, 1848 February" (#73), image 18, line 5.

    Mormon Battalion Company B return list (Salt Lake City, Utah), entry for Philamen C Merrill, page 4, line 8.

Death15 September 1904San Jose, Graham, Arizona Territory, United States
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    Find A Grave, database and images, memorial page for Lieut Philemon Christopher Merrill (1820-1904), memorial #28923146.

    General Board, Improvement Era (Salt Lake City: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints General Board, 1905), "Events of the North," September 1904, vol 8, pg. 73.

    Deseret News (Salt Lake City, Utah, United States: Digitized by: University of Utah, 1877), "Philemon C. Merrill Dead," 22 September 1904, p. 11, column 5.

Burial18 September 1904Safford City Cemetery, Safford, Graham, Arizona Territory, United States
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    Find A Grave, database and images, memorial page for Lieut Philemon Christopher Merrill (1820-1904), memorial #28923146.

    Deseret News (Salt Lake City, Utah, United States: Digitized by: University of Utah, 1877), "Philemon C. Merrill Dead," 22 September 1904, p. 11, column 5.

FatherSamuel Merrill
MotherPhoebe Odell

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   • Cyrena E. Dustin
Married20 September 1840Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
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    County offices, Illinois, Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940, database with images, FamilySearch, entry for Philemon Merrill and Cyrene Dustin (20 September 1840); citing Hancock County, Illinois, County Clerk, "Marriage register, vols. A1-A2, 1829-1857.," image 41, FHL microfilm 954177.

          Children:
               Sabrina Lodena Merrill
               Philemon Christopher Merrill Jr.
               Lucy Cyrena Merrill
               Melissa Jane Dustin Merrill
               Morgan Henry Merrill
               Albina Altamira Merrill
               Thomas Stephen Merrill
               Seth Adelbert Merrill Sr.


   • Mary Jane Smith
Married7 April 1851Great Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
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    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for Philemon Christopher Merrill and Mary Jane Smith, ID: KWJZ-VMZ and ID: KWV3-W3R.

          Children:
               John Smith Merrill
               Jedidiah Grant Merrill
               Hannah Ann Merrill
               Cyrena Imogean Merrill
               David Elmer Merrill
               Joseph Lott Smith Merrill
               Henry Morgan Smith Merrill
               Peter Herbert Merrill


   • Rhoda Sylvia Collett
Married9 October 1873Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
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    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for Philemon Christopher Merrill and Rhoda Sylvia Collett, ID: KWJZ-VMZ and ID: KWJ5-DJV.

          Children:
               Adrian Collett Merrill


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• 1842Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
• 1850Great Salt Lake County, Utah Territory, United States
• 1860Farmington, Davis, Utah Territory, United States
• 1870Liberty, Rich, Utah Territory, United States
• 1880Pima County, Arizona Territory, United States
• 1900San Jose, Graham, Arizona 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 CensusFarmington, Davis, Utah TerritoryExtractImage
• 1870 Population CensusLiberty, Rich, Utah TerritoryExtractImage
• 1880 Population CensusMormon Settlement on San Pedro River, Pima, Arizona TerritoryExtractImage
• 1900 Population CensusPrecinct 15 San Jose, Graham, Arizona TerritoryExtractImage

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Crossing the Plains

Silas Richards Company (1849)View Source
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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)

       Departure10 Jul 1849
       Arrival25-29 Oct 1849
Levi W. Hancock/Jefferson Hunt/James Pace/Andrew Lytle CompanyView Source
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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)

       Departure25-26 Aug 1847
       Arrival11, 16 Oct 1847
Thomas S. Williams Freight TrainView Source
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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)

       Departure3 Aug 1851
       Arrival25 Aug 1851
Philemon C. Merrill CompanyView Source
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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)

       Departure5 Jun 1856
       Arrival13 Aug 1856

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