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William Eaton Horner


Birth2 March 1807Gettysburg, Adams, Pennsylvania, United States
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     Find A Grave, database and images, memorial page for William Eaton Horner, Sr. (1807-1876), memorial #30848817.

    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for William Eaton Horner, ID: K2WK-8V4.

    Devery Scott Anderson, The Nauvoo Endowment Companies, 1845-1846: A Documentary History (Salt Lake City, Utah: Signature Books, 2005), p. 250; citing Nauvoo Temple Endowment Register: 10 December 1845 to 8 February 1846.
Death19 April 1876Heber City, Wasatch, Utah Territory, United States
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     Find A Grave, database and images, memorial page for William Eaton Horner, Sr. (1807-1876), memorial #30848817.

    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for William Eaton Horner, ID: K2WK-8V4.

    Deseret News (Salt Lake City, Utah, United States: Digitized by: University of Utah, 1877), "Died," 17 May 1876, p. 11, column 5.
BurialHeber City Cemetery, Heber City, Wasatch, Utah Territory, United States
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     Find A Grave, database and images, memorial page for William Eaton Horner (1807-1876), memorial #30848817.
FatherJames Horner
MotherMargaret McAllister
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   • Nancy Adair
Marriedabout 1825Adams County, Pennsylvania, United States
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    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for William Eaton Horner and Nancy Adair, ID: K2WK-8V4 and ID: LWLB-VJS.

   • Jane Freeman Pea
Married11 December 1851Great Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
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    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for William Eaton Horner and Jane Freeman Pea, ID: K2WK-8V4 and ID: LKVY-SZH.
          Children:
               Jane Elizabeth Horner
               William Eaton Horner
               Sarah Horner

Residences Label
• 1840Peters Twp, Franklin, Pennsylvania, United States
• 1842Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
• 1856Great Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
• 1860Provo, Utah, Utah Territory, United States
• 1870Midway, Wasatch, Utah Territory, United States
• 1876Heber City, Wasatch, Utah Territory, United States
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Baptism16 September 1836Washington County, Maryland, United States
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     William James Mortimer, How Beautiful Upon the Mountains: a centennial history of Wasatch County (Wasatch County, Utah: Wasatch County Chapter Daughters of Utah Pioneers, 1963), p. 393, column 2..

    Deseret News (Salt Lake City, Utah, United States: Digitized by: University of Utah, 1877), "Died", 17 May 1876, p. 11..
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• 1840 Population CensusPeters Township, Franklin, PennsylvaniaExtractImage
• 1842 Population CensusNauvoo, Hancock, IllinoisExtractImage
• 1860 Population CensusProvo Valley, Utah, Utah TerritoryExtractImage
• 1870 Population CensusMidway, Wasatch, Utah TerritoryExtractImage
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Crossing the Plains

• Unknown Companies (1847-1868)View 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)
       Departure1847-1868
       Arrival1847-1868

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