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Dorcas Willis


Birth1 February 1810Gallatin, Sumner, Tennessee, United States
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     "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for Dorcas Willis, ID: L5VZ-Y8Z.
Death6 February 1843Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
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     Find A Grave, database and images, memorial page for Dorcas Averett (1788-1843), memorial #14718173.

    William Dresser Huntington, William D. Huntington cemetery and financial records, 1839-1884, v. 1, p. 241.
Burial1843Old Nauvoo Burial Grounds, Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
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     Find A Grave, database and images, memorial page for Dorcas Averett (1788-1843), memorial #14718173 .

    William Dresser Huntington, William D. Huntington cemetery and financial records, 1839-1884, v. 1, p. 241.
FatherJohn Willis
MotherJane Kirkpatrick
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Robert L. Witt
Married28 February 1825McLeansboro, Hamilton, Illinois, United States
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    Jordan Dodd, Illinois Marriages to 1850 (Provo, UT: The Generations Network, 1997), index, Ancestry.com, Robert Witt married to Dorcas Willis (28 Feb 1825).

    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for Robert L. Witt and Dorcas Willis, ID: L2JG-R43 and ID: L5VZ-Y8Z.
          Children:
               William Witt
               Miles Wells Witt
               Kizzie Ann Witt
               John Wesley Witt
               Sarah Jane Witt


   • Elisha Averett
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

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• 1842Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
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