FamilySearch ID: KWVW-RP8
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William Reed Orton

Birth	19 March 1802	Brown County, North Carolina, United States	Citation(s) Birth Citation(s) The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Nauvoo Temple Endowment Register: 10 December 1845 to 8 February 1846 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah), p. 229; citing Nauvoo Temple Endowment Register: 10 December 1845 to 8 February 1846.
Death	25 June 1889	Tabor, Fremont, Iowa, United States	Citation(s) Death Citation(s) Find A Grave, database and images, memorial page for William Reed Orton (1802-1889), memorial # 19448170. "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for William Reed Orton, ID: KWVW-RP8.
Burial	26 June 1889	Tabor Cemetery, Mills County, Iowa, United States	Citation(s) Burial Citation(s) Find A Grave, database and images, memorial page for William Reed Orton (1802-1889), memorial # 19448170. "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for William Reed Orton, ID: KWVW-RP8.

Father	James Orton
Mother	Elizabeth Rensher

Marriages Label

• Rebecca Huey

Married

30 January 1822

Rowan County, North Carolina, United States

Citation(s)

Marriage Citation(s)
"FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for William Reed Orton and Rebecca Huey, ID: KWVW-RP8 and ID: LLQZ-ZCZ.

          Children:
                Orton
               Elizabeth Orton
               Squire Orton
               Sarah Orton
               Phoebe Jane Orton
               Joseph Orton
               Jane Orton
               William Newton Orton
                Orton
               Emma Orton
               Samuel Orton
               James F Orton
               John Orton

Residences Label

• 1840	Lee County, Iowa Territory, United States
• 1846	Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
• 1850	Pottawattamie County, Iowa, United States
• 1860	Provo, Provo, Utah Territory, United States
• 1870	Lyons Twp., Mills, Iowa, United States

Death & Burial Records Label

• Grave Marker

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Census Records Label

• 1840 Population Census	Township 66, Lee, Iowa Territory	Extract	Image
• 1850 Population Census	the District No 21, Pottawattamie, Iowa	Extract	Image	1850 Population Census Citation(s) SOURCE GOES HERE
• 1860 Population Census	Provo, Utah, Utah Territory	Extract	Image
• 1870 Population Census	Lyons Township, Mills, Iowa	Extract	Image
• 1880 Population Census	Lyons Tp, Mills, Iowa	Extract	Image

Migration Records Label

Crossing the Plains

• Unknown Companies (1847-1868)		View Source	Citation(s) Crossing the Plains Citation(s) Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "Pioneer Overland Travel" (Salt Lake City, UT: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)
Departure	1847-1868
Arrival	1847-1868

Nauvoo Community Project

Nauvoo Community Project

William Reed Orton

Crossing the Plains