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William Wallace Casper


Birth12 March 1821Bellville, Richland, Ohio, United States
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     Find A Grave, database and images, Memorial #21210489.

    Utah Bureau of Vital Records and Statistics, Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1965 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Utah State Archives Research Center, 2009), "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1956," index and images, FamilySearch.org, William Wallace Casper, 17 Jul 1908; citing Salt Lake, Utah, United States, certificate 1041, series 81448; Utah State Archives Research Center, Salt Lake City, Utah; FHL microfilm 2,229,318..

    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. 175, William W. Caspar, 22 January 1846.

    Devery Scott Anderson, The Nauvoo Endowment Companies, 1845-1846: A Documentary History (Salt Lake City, Utah: Signature Books, 2005), p. 454; citing "General Record of the Seventies. Book B".

    Mormon Battalion Company A return list, 16 July 1846, Entry for Wm W. Casper, box 4, folder 8, page 1, line 30.
Death17 July 1908Millcreek, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
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     Find A Grave, database and images, Memorial #21210489.

    Utah Bureau of Vital Records and Statistics, Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1965 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Utah State Archives Research Center, 2009), "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1956," index and images, FamilySearch.org, William Wallace Casper, 17 Jul 1908; citing Salt Lake, Utah, United States, certificate 1041, series 81448; Utah State Archives Research Center, Salt Lake City, Utah; FHL microfilm 2,229,318..
Burial20 July 1908Elysian Burial Gardens, Millcreek, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
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     Find A Grave, database and images, Memorial #21210489.

    Utah Bureau of Vital Records and Statistics, Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1965 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Utah State Archives Research Center, 2009), "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1956," index and images, FamilySearch.org, William Wallace Casper, 17 Jul 1908; citing Salt Lake, Utah, United States, certificate 1041, series 81448; Utah State Archives Research Center, Salt Lake City, Utah; FHL microfilm 2,229,318..
FatherWilliam Casper
MotherAvarilla Durbin
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   • Sarah Ann Bean
Married29 August 1844Quincy, Adams, Illinois, United States
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    Adams County (Illinois) Clerk, Adams County, Illinois marriage records, 1834-1923 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1992), p. 53, FHL microfilm 1845384, item 1.
          Children:
               Sarah Jane Casper
               William Nephi Casper
               Elizabeth Ann Casper
               James Moroni Casper
               Harriet Priscilla Casper
               Jedediah Grant Casper
               Emily Margaret Casper
               George Ether Casper
               Shermira Ellen Casper
               John Ebenezer Casper
               Reuben Miller Casper


   • Margaret Mattice
Married12 February 1856Great Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
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    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), ID: LZKG-X6Q.

   • Elizabeth Ann Erickson
Married26 March 1864Great Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
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    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for William Wallace Casper and Elizabeth Ann Erickson, ID: KWJ8-MW7 and ID: K2WC-V36.
          Children:
               Rachel Ann Casper
               Mary Amelia Casper
               Luella Victoria Casper
               Oscar Durbin Casper
               Heber Wallace Casper
               David Henry Casper
               Joseph Albert Casper
               Avarilla Casper
               Clemency Casper

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• 1821Bellville, Richland, Ohio, United States
• 1840Hancock County, Illinois, United States
• 1850Great Salt Lake County, Utah Territory, United States
• 1870Mill Creek, Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
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BaptismBluffdale, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
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     "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), ID: KWJ8-MW7.
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• 1840 Population CensusHancock County, IllinoisExtractImage
• 1842 Population CensusNauvoo, Hancock, IllinoisExtractImage
• 1850 Population CensusGreat Salt Lake County, Utah TerritoryExtractImage
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• 1860 Population CensusGreat Salt Lake County, Utah TerritoryExtractImage
• 1870 Population CensusMill Creek Ward, Salt Lake, Utah TerritoryExtractImage
• 1880 Population CensusMill Creek Precinct, Salt Lake, Utah TerritoryExtractImage
• 1900 Population CensusMill Creek Precinct, Salt Lake, UtahExtractImage
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Crossing the Plains

• Levi W. Hancock/Jefferson Hunt/James Pace/Andrew Lytle CompanyView Source
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Crossing the Plains Citation(s)
    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
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