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Amelia E. Pearson


Birth16 April 1825Richmond, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States
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     FamilySearch, Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah), Database, FamilySearch, Amelia Elizabeth Peirson, 16 Apr 1825; citing RICHMOND,BERKSHIRE,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 250,323..

    Camp of Israel schedules and reports, 1845-1849 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Church History Library), entry for Amelia Richards, folder "First 100, schedules, 1847 December-1848" (#60), image 1, line 17.
Death23 February 1851Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
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     Find A Grave, database and images, Memorial #24819265.
BurialGreat Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
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     Find A Grave, database and images, Memorial #24819265.
FatherWilliam Peirson
MotherNancy Richards
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   • Willard Richards
Married22 December 1845Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
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    George D. Smith, Nauvoo Polygamy (Salt Lake City: Signature Books, 2011), p. 616, n. 315.

    Lyndon W Cook, Nauvoo Marriages, Proxy Sealings, 1843-1846 (Provo, UT: Grandin Book Coo., 2004), entry for Amelia Elizabeth Peirson; p. 113.
          Children:
               Baby Richards

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• 1825Richmond, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States
• 1845Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
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Crossing the Plains

• Willard Richards 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)
       Departure3 Jul 1848
       Arrival10 Oct 1848

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