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Joshua Davis


Birth23 December 1820Alton, Madison, Illinois, United States
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     Find A Grave, database and images, memorial page for Joshua Davis (1820 - 1902), memorial #13601319.

    Devery Scott Anderson, The Nauvoo Endowment Companies, 1845-1846: A Documentary History (Salt Lake City, Utah: Signature Books, 2005), p. 226, entry 9; citing Nauvoo Temple Endowment Register: 10 December 1845 to 8 February 1846.

    Salt Lake Herald, Salt Lake Herald (Salt Lake City, Utah: W.C. Dunbar & E.L. Sloan, 1870-1920), "Death of Joshua Davis," 22 November 1902, p. 5, column 3.

    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), p. 153, entry 1869; FHL microfilm 183393.
Death21 November 1902Provo, Utah, Utah, United States
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     Find A Grave, database and images, memorial page for Joshua Davis (1820 - 1902), memorial #13601319.

    Salt Lake Herald, Salt Lake Herald (Salt Lake City, Utah: W.C. Dunbar & E.L. Sloan, 1870-1920), "Death of Joshua Davis," 22 November 1902, p. 5, column 3.

    Utah County, Utah, Utah County Records, 1850-1962 (Spanish Fork, Utah: Utah County Records Center), images, FamilySearch, entry for Joshua Davis (21 November 1902); citing Utah County Recorder, “Death register, 1898-1905,” image 96 of 141, FHL microfilm 100939958.
Burial24 November 1902Provo City Cemetery, Provo, Utah, Utah, United States
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     Find A Grave, database and images, memorial page for Joshua Davis(1820-1902), memorial #7677.

    Salt Lake Herald, Salt Lake Herald (Salt Lake City, Utah: W.C. Dunbar & E.L. Sloan, 1870-1920), "Provo News Notes," 24 November 1902, p. 5, column 5.
FatherDennis Davis
MotherJoanna Thomas
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   • Susan Ann Cole
Married22 November 1840Adams County, Illinois, United States
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    County offices, Illinois, Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940, database with images, FamilySearch, entry for Joshua Davis and Susan Ann Cole (22 November 1840); citing Adams County, Illinois, County Offices, “Adams County, Illinois Marriage Record Vol. 1, 1825-1890,” image 214, FHL microfilm 1870158.
          Children:
               William Dennis Davis
               Henry Lewis Davis
               Joshua Martin Davis
               Heber Carlos Davis
               Emily Anner Davis
               Susan Ann Davis
               Orson Hyde Davis
               Albert Marion Davis
               Burdell Thomas Davis
               Rachel Emer Davis
               George Alvero Davis


   • Elizabeth Jane Brandon
Married4 September 1851Provo, Utah, Utah Territory, United States
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    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for Joshua Davis, ID: KWJ6-L8T, and Elizabeth Jane Brandon, ID: L5XC-25R.
          Children:
               Rosetta Maribee Davis


   • Johanna Anderson
Married9 November 1856Great Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
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    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for Joshua Davis, ID: KWJ6-L8T, and Johanna Anderson, ID: KWJJ-RFQ.

    Salt Lake Herald, Salt Lake Herald (Salt Lake City, Utah: W.C. Dunbar & E.L. Sloan, 1870-1920), "Death of Joshua Davis," 22 November 1902, p. 5, column 3.
          Children:
               Homer Andrew Davis
               Dennis Joshua Davis
               Norman Taylor Davis
               Anna Louisa Davis
               Johanna Awilda Davis
               Mary Caroline Davis

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• 1846Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
• 1850Utah County, Utah Territory, United States
• 1860Provo, Utah, Utah Territory, United States
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• 1850 Population CensusUtah County, Utah TerritoryExtractImage
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• 1860 Population CensusProvo, Utah, Utah TerritoryExtractImage
• 1870 Population CensusProvo City 3d Ward, Utah, Utah TerritoryExtractImage
• 1880 Population CensusProvo City and Precinct, Utah, Utah TerritoryExtractImage
• 1900 Population CensusProvo Precinct, Utah, UtahExtractImage
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Crossing the Plains

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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)
       Departureabout 8 Jun 1850
       Arrival12 Sept 1850

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