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Isaac Morley Sr


Birth11 March 1786Montague, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States
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     Find A Grave, database and images, memorial page for Isaac Morley (1786-1865), memorial #9269824.

    FamilySearch, Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah), database with images, FamilySearch, entry for Isaac Mawley (11 March 1786); citing Monue, Massachusetts, Town Clerk, “Town records, 1719-1859,” image 274, p. 508; FHL microfilm 886883.

    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. 3.

    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. 74, FHL microfilm 183394 and p. 95-96, FHL microfilm 1149514.

    Camp of Israel schedules and reports, 1845-1849 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Church History Library), entry for Father Morley, folder "Third 100, report, 1848 February" (#58), image 1, line 5.

    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. 395-396, p. 397-398, p. 407-408, and p. 417-418, FHL microfilm 183373.

    Deseret News (Salt Lake City, Utah, United States: Digitized by: University of Utah, 1877), "Obituary," 5 July 1865, p. 1, columns 1-2.
Death24 June 1865Fairview, Sanpete, Utah Territory, United States
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     Find A Grave, database and images, memorial page for Isaac Morley (1786-1865), memorial #9269824.

    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for Isaac Morley, ID: KWVM-MGR.

    Deseret News (Salt Lake City, Utah, United States: Digitized by: University of Utah, 1877), "Obituary," 5 July 1865, p. 1, columns 1-2.
Burial28 June 1865Manti Cemetery, Manti, Sanpete, Utah Territory, United States
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    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for Isaac Morley, ID: KWVM-MGR.
FatherThomas E Morley Sr
MotherEditha Marsh
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   • Lucy Gunn
Married20 June 1812Montague, Franklin, Massachusetts, United States
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    FamilySearch, Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah), database with images, FamilySearch, entry for Isaac Morley and Lucy Gunn (20 June 1812); citing The Essex Institute, Salem, Massachusetts, “Vital records of Monue, Massachusetts to the end of the year 1849,” p. 96, image 284; FHL microfilm 873740 item 1.

    Town Clerk Offices, Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001 (Massachusetts: Town Clerk Offices), database with images, FamilySearch, entry for Isaac Morley and Lucy Gunn (20 June 1812); citing Monue, Massachusetts, Town Clerk, “Births, deaths, marriages, and intentions of marriage, ca. 1715-1866,” image 207, page 133.
          Children:
               Philena Morley
               Lucy Diantha Morley
               Editha Ann Morley
               Calista Morley
                Morley
                Morley
               Cordelia Calista Morley
               Theresa Arathusa Morley
               Isaac Morley Jr

   • Lenora Abigail Snow
Married19 December 1843Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
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    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for Isaac Morley and Lenora Abigail Snow, ID: KWVM-MGR and ID: KWVM-MGB.

    George D. Smith, Nauvoo Polygamy (Salt Lake City: Signature Books, 2011), p. 609, 647, footnote 252.

   • Hannah Blakesley Finch
Married14 January 1844Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
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    Lisle G. Brown, Nauvoo Sealings, Adoptions, and Anointings (Salt Lake City, Utah: The Smith-Pettit Foundation, 2006), p. 212-213.
          Children:
               Joseph Lamoni Morley
               Simeon Thomas Morley
               Mary Leonora Morley


   • Hannah Knight Libby
Married22 January 1846Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
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    Lisle G. Brown, Nauvoo Sealings, Adoptions, and Anointings (Salt Lake City, Utah: The Smith-Pettit Foundation, 2006), p. 212-213.

    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. 397-398; FHL microfilm 183374.

   • Harriet Lucinda Cox
Married22 January 1846Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
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    Lisle G. Brown, Nauvoo Sealings, Adoptions, and Anointings (Salt Lake City, Utah: The Smith-Pettit Foundation, 2006), p. 212-213.

    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. 397-398; FHL microfilm 183374.

   • Eleanor Mills
Married22 January 1846Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
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    Lisle G. Brown, Nauvoo Sealings, Adoptions, and Anointings (Salt Lake City, Utah: The Smith-Pettit Foundation, 2006), p. 212-213.

    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. 397-398; FHL microfilm 183374.

   • Nancy Ann Bache
Married22 January 1846Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
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    Devery Scott Anderson, The Nauvoo Endowment Companies, 1845-1846: A Documentary History (Salt Lake City, Utah: Signature Books, 2005), p. 463; citing “Book of Sealings (Living)—Wives to Husbands” .

    Lisle G. Brown, Nauvoo Sealings, Adoptions, and Anointings (Salt Lake City, Utah: The Smith-Pettit Foundation, 2006), p. 212-213.

    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. 397-398; FHL microfilm 183374.

   • Betsey Bradford
Married27 January 1846Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
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    Lisle G. Brown, Nauvoo Sealings, Adoptions, and Anointings (Salt Lake City, Utah: The Smith-Pettit Foundation, 2006), p. 212-213.

    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. 407-408; FHL microfilm 183374.

   • Ann Dayer
Married11 March 1856Great Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
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    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), "Vol. B1 1855-1856", p. 74; FHL microfilm 183394.

   • Sarah Scott
Married23 August 1862Great Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
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    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for Isaac Morley and Sarah Scott, ID: KWVM-MGR and ID: LD34-N9S .

    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. 95-96; FHL microfilm 1149514.
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• 1840Hancock County, Illinois, United States
• 1845Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
• 1850Manti, Sanpete, Utah Territory, United States
• 1860Santaquin, Utah, Utah Territory, United States
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• 1840 Population CensusHancock County, IllinoisExtractImage
• 1850 Population CensusManti, Sanpete, Utah TerritoryExtractImage
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• 1860 Population CensusSantaquin, Utah, Utah TerritoryExtractImage
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Crossing the Plains

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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)
       Departure5 Jun 1848
       Arrival20-24 Sept 1848

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