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Silas Somers Higbee


Birth18 August 1840Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
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    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for Silas Somers Higbee, ID: KWDS-77S.

    Camp of Israel schedules and reports, 1845-1849 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Church History Library), entry for Silas, folder “fourth 100, first 50, return, 1847 June” (#45), image 4, line 2.
Death15 December 1909St. Anthony, Fremont, Idaho, United States
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    FamilySearch, Idaho Deaths and Burials, 1907-1965 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah), database with images, FamilySearch, Silas Higby, 15 December 1909; citing St Anthony, Fremont, Idaho, United States, image 268; FHL microfilm 4533318.
BurialWilford Cemetery, Wilford, Fremont, Idaho, United States
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FatherJohn Somers Higbee
MotherSarah Ann Voorhees
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   • Melissa Ann Wheeler
Married4 August 1862
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    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), Entry for Melissa Ann Wheeler and Silas Somers Higbee, ID; KWDS-77Q and ID; KWDS-77S.
          Children:
               Silas Levi Higbee
               John Henry Higbee
               George Higbee
               Sarah Ann Higbee
               Elmira Jane Higbee
               Lorin Higbee
               Rhoda May Higbee
               Joseph Albert Higbee
               Frederick Hyrum Higbee
               Samuel Somers Higbee
               Amanda Melissa Higbee

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• 1840Hancock County, Illinois, United States
• 1842Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
• 1850Great Salt Lake County, Utah Territory, United States
• 1870Ogden, Weber, Utah Territory, United States
• 1880Cache County, Utah Territory, United States
• 1900Fremont County, Idaho, United States
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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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• 1870 Population CensusOgden Valley, Weber, Utah TerritoryExtractImage
• 1880 Population CensusLewiston Precinct, Cache, Utah TerritoryExtractImage
• 1900 Population CensusOra Precinct, Fremont, IdahoExtractImage
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Crossing the Plains

• Abraham O. Smoot/George B. Wallace CompanyView Source
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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)
       Departure18 Jun 1847
       Arrival25, 26, 29 Sept 1847

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