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Elijah Wilson


Birth14 February 1801Trenton, Jones, North Carolina, United States
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     "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for Elijah Wilson, ID: 93RH-LX9.

    Camp of Israel schedules and reports, 1845-1849 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Church History Library), entry for Elijah Millson, folder "Amasa M. Lyman's company schedules, circa 1847 February-April" (#28), image 11, line 1 and Folder "Amasa M. Lyman's company schedules, circa 1847 February-April" (#28), Image 2, Line 65.
Death15 January 1860Grantsville, Tooele, Utah Territory, United States
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Burial17 January 1860Grantsville City Cemetery, Grantsville, Tooele, Utah, United States
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     Find A Grave, database and images, memorial page for Elijah Wilson (1801-1860), memorial #34131332 .

    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for Elijah Wilson, ID: 93RH-LX9.
FatherJames Wilson
MotherEleanor Shelpher
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   • Edna Sargent Pender
Married16 November 1821Montgomery County, Tennessee, United States
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    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for Elijah Wilson and Edna Sargent Pender, ID: 93RH-LX9 and ID: KWVH-Y6H.
          Children:
               Ervin Riley Wilson
               Alfred Gideon Wilson
               Mary Elizabeth Wilson
               Palace Ann Wilson


   • Martha Kelley
Married12 December 1830Edwards County, Illinois, United States
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    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for Elijah Wilson and Martha Kelley, ID: 93RH-LX9 and ID: L7FX-Z8W.

    Illinois, Compiled Marriages, 1790-1860 (Provo, Utah, Utah, United States: Ancestry, 2004), database, Ancestry, Elijah Wilson and Martha Linch, 12 December 1830; Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States, FHL microfilm 1401779 .
          Children:
               Mary Catherine Wilson
               Eleanor Wilson
               Sarah Ann Wilson
               Melvina S Wilson
               Sylvester Wilson
               Thomas Wilson
               Elijah Nicholas Wilson
               Francis Marion Wilson
               Martha Jane Wilson
               Mary Jane Wilson
               Jeannette Wilson
               Harriet Wilson
               Elias Wilson
               James Henry Wilson

Residences Label
• 1837Davis, Hancock, Missouri, United States
• 1840Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
• 1850Pottawattamie County, Iowa, United States
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• 1850 Population CensusThe District No 21, Pottawatamie, IowaExtractImage
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Crossing the Plains

• Thomas C.D. Howell CompanyView Source
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    Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "Pioneer Data," database, part of "Church History Biographical Database" (Salt Lake City, UT: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)
       Departure7 Jun 1852
       Arrival2 Sept 1852

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