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John Doyle Lee Sr


Birth6 September 1812Kaskaskia, Randolph, Illinois Territory, United States
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     Find A Grave, database and images, memorial page for John Doyle Lee (1812-1877), memorial #20490902.

    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. 4.

    Camp of Israel schedules and reports, 1845-1849 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Church History Library), entry for John D. Lee, folder "First 100, schedules, 1847 December-1848" (#60), image 13, line 8.

    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. 379-380; FHL microfilm 183374.

    Catholic Church. Immaculate Conception , Illinois, Randolph County, Kaskaskia Island, Immaculate Conception Parish, church records, 1695-2006 (Salt Lake City, UT: Genealogical Society of Utah, 2006), database with images, FamilySearch, entry for Jean Lie (September 1812); citing Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, Kaskaskia Island, Randolph, Illinois, "Baptisms, marriages, burials & other records, 1759-1815," image 216, p. 280; FHL DGS number 4122964.
Death23 March 1877Mountain Meadows, Washington, Utah Territory, United States
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    Utah Territory, Second District Court, Series 24291, Criminal Case Files (https://archives.utah.gov/, October 04,2022), Case 31, Utah Territory v. John D. Lee, Box 4, Folder 61, “Transcript and order fixing day of execution and return on order of execution on April 24, 1877,” p. 4; Utah State Archives, Salt Lake City.
Burial25 March 1877Panguitch City Cemetery, Panguitch, Garfield, Utah Territory, United States
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    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for John Doyle Lee, ID: KWN4-6TW.
FatherRalph Lee
MotherElizabeth Doyle
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   • Agatha Ann Woolsey
Married23 July 1833Kaskaskia, Randolph, Illinois, United States
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    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for John Doyle Lee and Agatha Ann Woolsey, ID: KWN4-6TW and ID: KWJY-6TP.

    County offices, Illinois, Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940, database with images, FamilySearch, entry for John D Lee and Agatha Ann Wolsey (23 July 1833); citing County Clerk, Randolph County, Illinois, "Randolph County, Illinois marriage records, 1807-1925," image 366, p. 33; FHL microfilm 975008.
          Children:
               William Oliver Lee
               Elizabeth Adeline Lee
               Sarah Jane Lee
               John Alma Lee
               Mary Adeline Lee
               Joseph Hyrum Lee
               John Heber Lee
               John Willard Lee
               Louisa Evaline Lee
               Samuel Gully Lee
               Margaret Adeline Lee
               Ezra Taft Lee


   • Nancy Bean
Married5 February 1844Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
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    John Doyle Lee, John D. Lee journals, 1844 May-1853 November, digital images, Church History Catalog; MS 1253, Journal, 1844 May-1846 November, image 67/211, p. 60; Church History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah.
          Children:
               Cornelia Lee Decker


   • Louisa Free
Married19 April 1845Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
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    John Doyle Lee, John D. Lee journals, 1844 May-1853 November, digital images, Church History Catalog; MS 1253, Journal, 1844 May-1846 November, image 67/211, p. 60; Church History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah.
          Children:
               John Brigham Wells


   • Sarah Caroline Williams
Married19 April 1845Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
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    John Doyle Lee, John D. Lee journals, 1844 May-1853 November, MS 1253 > Journal, 1844 May-1846 November, image 67/211, p. 60; Church History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah.
          Children:
               Harvey Parley Lee
               George Albert Lee
               Margaret Ann Lee
               Rachel Olive Lee
               Sarah Ann Lee
               Charles William Lee Sr
               Mary Elizabeth Lee
               Robert Edmond Lee Sr
               Josephine Helen Lee
               Walter Brigham Lee
               Ammon Doyle Lee


   • Abigail Schaffer
Married3 May 1845Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
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    John Doyle Lee, John D. Lee journals, 1844 May-1853 November, MS 1253 > Journal, 1844 May-1846 November, image 67/211, p. 60; Church History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah.

   • Rachel Andora Woolsey
Married3 May 1845Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
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    John Doyle Lee, John D. Lee journals, 1844 May-1853 November, MS 1253 > Journal, 1844 May-1846 November, image 67/211, p. 60; Church History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah.
          Children:
               Elizabeth Abigail Margaret Lee
               Nancy Emily Lee
               Helen Rachel Lee
               Rachel Amorah Lee
               Ralph Doyle Lee
               John Amasa Lee
               William Franklin Lee
               Joseph Willard Brigham Lee


   • Mary Ann Workman
MarriedFall 1845Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
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    Juanita Brooks, John Doyle Lee: Zealot, Pioneer Builder, Scapegoat (Logan, UT: Utah State University Press, 1992), p. 381.

   • Nancy Ann Vance
MarriedFall 1845Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
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    Juanita Brooks, John Doyle Lee: Zealot, Pioneer Builder, Scapegoat (Logan, UT: Utah State University Press, 1992), p. 382.
          Children:
               Hannah Lee


   • Talitha Morris
MarriedFall/Winter 1845Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
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    Juanita Brooks, John Doyle Lee: Zealot, Pioneer Builder, Scapegoat (Logan, UT: Utah State University Press, 1992), p. 381.

   • Martha Elizabeth Berry
MarriedSummer/Fall 1845Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
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    Juanita Brooks, John Doyle Lee: Zealot, Pioneer Builder, Scapegoat (Logan, UT: Utah State University Press, 1992), p. 381.
          Children:
               Harriet Josephine Lee
               William Orson Lee
               Armelia Lee
               Thirza Jane Lee
               Martha A Lee
               Henrietta Lee


   • Emaline Vaughn Woolsey
Married21 December 1846Winter Quarters, US Federal Territory (now Omaha, Douglas, Nebraska, United States)
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    Charles Kelly, Journals of John D. Lee 1846-47 and 1859 (Salt Lake City, UT: University of Utah Press, 1984), p. 43, entry for 21 December 1846.

   • Lovina Young
Married27 February 1847Winter Quarters, US Federal Territory (now Omaha, Douglas, Nebraska, United States)
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    Charles Kelly, Journals of John D. Lee 1846-47 and 1859 (Salt Lake City, UT: University of Utah Press, 1984), p. 103, entry for 27 February 1847.
          Children:
               John David Lee
               Ellen S Lee
               Melvina Sabrina Young Lee


   • Mary Vance Young
Married27 February 1847Winter Quarters, US Federal Territory (now Omaha, Douglas, Nebraska, United States)
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    Charles Kelly, Journals of John D. Lee 1846-47 and 1859 (Salt Lake City, UT: University of Utah Press, 1984), p. 103, entry for 27 February 1847.
          Children:
               Elizabeth Lee
               James Young Lee
               John Doyle Lee Jr

   • Nancy Gibbons
Married27 February 1847Winter Quarters, US Federal Territory (now Omaha, Douglas, Nebraska, United States)
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    Charles Kelly, Journals of John D. Lee 1846-47 and 1859 (Salt Lake City, UT: University of Utah Press, 1984), p. 103, entry for 27 February 1847.

   • Mary Leah Groves
Married2 December 1852Parowan, Iron, 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. A&A1 20 Feb 1851-24 Apr 1854,” p. 73; FHL microfilm 183393.
          Children:
               Erastus Franklin Lee
               Mariam Leah Lee
               Lucy Olive Lee
               John Hurd Lee
               Elisha Squire Lee
               Mary Sarepta Lee
               Jacob Lee


   • Mary Ann Williams
Married23 August 1856
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    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for John Doyle Lee and Mary Ann Williams; ID: KWN4-6TW and ID: KWVW-DTQ.

    John Doyle Lee, Mormonism unveiled; or, The life and confessions of the late Mormon bishop, John D. Lee (St. Louis, MO: Bryan, Brand & Co., 1877), p. 289.

   • Emma Louise Batchelor
Married7 January 1858Great Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
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    Juanita Brooks and Robert Glass Cleland, A Mormon Chronicle: The Diaries of John D. Lee - 1848-1876 Volume 1 (Salt Lake City, UT: University of Utah Press, 1983), p. 142-143, entry for 7 January 1858.
          Children:
               William James Lee
                Lee
               Victoria Elizabeth Lee
               John Henry Lee
               Isaac Lee
               Rachel Emma Lee
               James Lee
               Frances Della Lee
               Ann Eliza Lee


   • Terressa Morse
Married18 March 1859Fort Harmony, Washington, Utah Territory, United States
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    Juanita Brooks and Robert Glass Cleland, A Mormon Chronicle: The Diaries of John D. Lee - 1848-1876 Volume 1 (Salt Lake City, UT: University of Utah Press, 1983), p. 202, entry for 18 March 1859.
          Children:
               Eunice Lee


   • Ann Gordge
Married10 June 1865Great Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
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    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for John Doyle Lee and Ann Gordge, ID: KWN4-6TW and KWJ1-RDQ.
          Children:
               Samuel James Lee
               Merab Emma Lee
               Albert Doyle Lee

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• 1840Sangamon County, Illinois, United States
• 1840Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
• 1850Great Salt Lake County, Utah Territory, United States
• 1850Iron County, Utah Territory, United States
• 1860Fort Harmony, Washington, Utah Territory, United States
• 1870New Harmony, Kane, Utah Territory, United States
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Baptism17 June 1837
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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)
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• 1840 Population CensusSangamon County, IllinoisExtractImage
• 1842 Population CensusNauvoo, Hancock, IllinoisExtractImage
• 1850 Population CensusGreat Salt Lake County, Utah TerritoryExtractImage
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• 1850 Population CensusIron County, Utah TerritoryExtractImage
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• 1860 Population CensusHarmony, Washington, Utah TerritoryExtractImage
• 1870 Population CensusHarmony, Kane, Utah TerritoryExtractImage
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Crossing the Plains

• Brigham Young 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 1848
       Arrival20-24 Sept 1848

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