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Levi Richards



Birth14 April 1799Hopkinton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
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    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for Levi Richards, ID: KWJB-M5X.

    Salt Lake County, Utah, Salt Lake County Death Records, 1849-1949 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Management and Archives), database and images, FamilySearch, Levi Richards (18 June 1876); citing Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, Management and Archives, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 4,139,616.

    Camp of Israel schedules and reports, 1845-1849 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Church History Library), entry for Levi Richards, folder "First 100, schedules, 1847 December-1848" (#60), image 2, line 1; and entry for Levi Richards, folder "Roll of company number 1, 1845 " (#1), image 2, line 23.

    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. 469-470.

Death18 June 1876Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
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    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for Levi Richards, ID: KWJB-M5X.

    Salt Lake County, Utah, Salt Lake County Death Records, 1849-1949 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Management and Archives), database and images, FamilySearch, Levi Richards (18 June 1876); citing Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, Management and Archives, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 4,139,616.

    Salt Lake Herald, Salt Lake Herald (Salt Lake City, Utah: W.C. Dunbar & E.L. Sloan, 1870-1920), 1876-06-20, p. 3, Death of an Old Citizen.

    County, District, and Probate Courts of Utah, Utah, Wills and Probate Records, 1800-1985 (Provo, UT: Ancestry.com), database and images, Ancestry, Levi Richards (6 July 1876); citing Probate Case Files, District Court (3rd District, Salt Lake County) [Utah], Probate Case Files, Box 9, No 493-502, case no. 498, images 476-550.

Burial21 June 1876Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
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    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for Levi Richards, ID: KWJB-M5X.

    Salt Lake County, Utah, Salt Lake County Death Records, 1849-1949 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Management and Archives), database and images, FamilySearch, Levi Richards (18 June 1876); citing Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, Management and Archives, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 4,139,616.

    Salt Lake Herald, Salt Lake Herald (Salt Lake City, Utah: W.C. Dunbar & E.L. Sloan, 1870-1920), 1876-06-22, p. 3, Obsequies.

    Gateway Mapping, Inc., Names in Stone- Cemetery Maps (: http://www.namesinstone.com/), Salt Lake City Cemetery, Levi Richards (1799-1876).

FatherJoseph Richards
MotherRhoda Howe

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   • Sarah Griffith
Married25 December 1843Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
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    Book of Abraham Project, Nauvoo Neighbor (Nauvoo, Illinois, 1843-1845), "Married," 27 December 1843, Vol. 1, No. 35, p. 3, column 5.

    Nauvoo 1st and 2nd Wards (Illinois), Record of members, 1841-1845; church records, 1836-1846 (Salt Lake City, Utah: The Office of the Church Historian, 1966-1967), citing "Marriage record, 1842-1845," p. 18-19, FHL microfilm 889392.

    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. 469-470.

          Children:
               Levi Willard Richards


   • Persis Goodall
Married27 January 1846Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
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    George D. Smith, Nauvoo Polygamy (Salt Lake City: Signature Books, 2011), p. 615.

    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. 469-470; FHL microfilm 183374.


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• 1841Eastnor, Herefordshire, England, United Kingdom
• 1843Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
• 1860Great Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States

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• 1860 Population Census14th Ward Great Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake, Utah TerritoryExtractImage
• 1870 Population Census14 Ward Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah TerritoryExtractImage

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Crossing the Plains

John Brown 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)

       Departure1 Jul 1853
       Arrival13-17 Oct 1853


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