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Sarah Melissa Dodge



Birth7 June 1827Genesee County, New York, United States
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    Find A Grave, database and images, Memorial #19728763.

    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for Sarah Melissa Dodge, ID: KWJB-98K.

    Deseret News, Deseret Weekly (Salt Lake City, Utah: Deseret News Co., 1888-1898), Deaths: Willis, 20 June 1891, p. 22, Utah Digital Newspapers.

    Camp of Israel schedules and reports, 1845-1849 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Church History Library), entry for Sarah Dodge, folder “Second 100, second 50, 1847 June” (#39), image 2, page 3, line 17; and entry for Sarah Dodge, folder "Second 100, second 50, returns, 1847 June" (#40), image 3, line 17.

Death1 April 1891Taylor, Apache, Arizona Territory, United States
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    Find A Grave, database and images, Memorial #19728763.

    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for Sarah Melissa Dodge, ID: KWJB-98K.

    Deseret News, Deseret Weekly (Salt Lake City, Utah: Deseret News Co., 1888-1898), Deaths: Willis, 20 June 1891, p. 22, Utah Digital Newspapers.

BurialApril 1890Taylor, Apache, Arizona Territory, United States
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    Find A Grave, database and images, Memorial #19728763.

    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for Sarah Melissa Dodge, ID: KWJB-98K.

FatherErastus Dodge
MotherMelissa Morgan

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   • Joshua Thomas Willis
Married22 June 1848Great Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
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    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for Joshua Thomas Willis and Sarah Melissa Dodge, ID: MMTN-SH4 and ID: KWJB-98K.

    Deseret News (Salt Lake City, Utah, United States: Digitized by: University of Utah, 1877), "Deaths," 2 June 1886, p. 16,.

          Children:
               Joshua Thomas Willis
               Merrill Erastus Willis
               Sarah Melissa Willis
               Mary Dosha Willis
               Margaret Frances Willis
               Henry Tillman Willis
               Joseph Smith Willis
               Martha Elizabeth Willis
               John Morgan Willis
               Lovina Lucinda Willis
               Mariah Mocellia Willis
               Mary Agnes Willis
               Irena Rebecka Willis
               Rosellah Willis
               Rosezilpha Willis
               William Richard Willis
               George Albert Willis


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• 1827Genessee County, New York, United States
• 1834Kirkland, Geauga, Ohio, United States
• 1840Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
• 1848Toquerville, Kane, Utah Territory, United States
• 1850Utah County, Utah Territory, United States
• 1860Virgin, Washington, Utah Territory, United States
• 1870Toquerville, Kane, Utah Territory, United States
• 1880Walker, Apache, Arizona Territory, United States

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• 1840 Population CensusHancock County, IllinoisExtractImage
• 1850 Population CensusUtah County, Utah TerritoryExtractImage
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• 1860 Population CensusVirgin City, Washington, Utah TerritoryExtractImage
• 1870 Population CensusTokerville, Kane, Utah TerritoryExtractImage
• 1880 Population CensusWalker, Apache, Arizona TerritoryExtractImage

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Crossing the Plains

Edward Hunter/Jacob Foutz 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)

       Departure19 Jun 1847
       Arrival1 Oct 1847


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