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William Leffingwell



Birth31 October 1805Montville, New London, Connecticut, United States
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    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for William Leffingwell, ID: KWJ4-1WQ.

    Devery Scott Anderson, The Nauvoo Endowment Companies, 1845-1846: A Documentary History (Salt Lake City, Utah: Signature Books, 2005), p. 161; citing Nauvoo Temple Endowment Register: 10 December 1845 to 8 February 1846.

    Camp of Israel schedules and reports, 1845-1849 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Church History Library), entry for Wm Leffingwell, folder "First 100, first 50, returns, 1847 June" (#35), image 7, line 1; entry for William L Leffingwell, folder "Organization lists, 1847 June" (#34), image 1, line 31; entry for William Leffingwell Captain 4th Ten, folder "Organization lists, 1847 June" (#34), image 7, line 30; entry for William Leffingwell, Capn. 4th Ten, folder "Organization lists, 1847 June" (#34), image 12, line 36.

Death25 October 1884Cambria, San Luis Obispo, California, United States
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    Find A Grave, database and images, memorial page for William Leffingwell (1805-1884), memorial #73107414.

    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for William Leffingwell, ID: KWJ4-1WQ.

BurialCambria Cemetery, Cambria, San Luis Obispo, California, United States
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    Find A Grave, database and images, memorial page for William Leffingwell (1805-1884), memorial #73107414.

    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for William Leffingwell, ID: KWJ4-1WQ.

FatherJoseph Leffingwell
MotherSarah Lord

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   • Eunice Bigelow
Married25 March 1830East Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States
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    Lorraine Cook White, Connecticut, Town Marriage Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection) (Baltmore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1994-2002), database with images, Ancestry, entry for William Leffingwell and Eunice Bigelow (25 March 1830); citing East Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut, “East Haddam Vital Records 1743-1857,” vol 3, p. 104.

          Children:
               Cynthia Bigelow Leffingwell
               Joseph Lyman Leffingwell
               Roxanna Matilda Leffingwell
               Caroline Miranda Leffingwell
               Mary Jane Leffingwell
               William J Leffingwell
               Adam Charles Leffingwell
               Harriet E Leffingwell


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• 1840Lee County, Iowa Territory, United States
• 1850Pilot Hill, El Dorado, California Territory, United States
• 1860San Luis Obispo County, California, United States
• 1870Santa Rosa Twp, San Luis Obispo, California, United States
• 1880San Simeon Twp, San Luis Obispo, California, United States

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• 1840 Population CensusTownship 66, Lee, Iowa TerritoryExtractImage
• 1850 Population CensusPilot Hill & Vincity, El Dorado, California TerritoryExtractImage
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• 1860 Population CensusSan Luis Obispo County, CaliforniaExtractImage
• 1870 Population CensusSanta Rosa Township, San Luis Obispo, CaliforniaExtractImage
• 1880 Population CensusSan Simeon Township, San Luis Obispo, CaliforniaExtractImage

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Crossing the Plains

Daniel Spencer/Perrigrine Sessions 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 June 1847
       Arrival24-25 September 1847


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