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Dorcas Keeling



Birth30 November 1811Argyle, Washington, Kentucky, United States
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    Find A Grave, database and images, memorial page for Dorcas Keeling Burgess (1811-1881), memorial #102589.

    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for Dorcas Keeling, ID: KWV7-7P7.

    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. 16.

    Camp of Israel schedules and reports, 1845-1849 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Church History Library), entry for Dorcas Keeling Folder "Companies of 10, schedules, 1848 February" (#66), Image (1), Line (26).

    Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Sealings and adoptions of the living, 1846-1857; index, 1846-1857 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1958), p. 243-244, FHL microfilm 183374.

Death17 December 1881Pine Valley, Washington, Utah Territory, United States
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    Find A Grave, database and images, memorial page for Dorcas Keeling Burgess (1811-1881), memorial #102589.

    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for Dorcas Keeling, ID: KWV7-7P7.

BurialPine Valley Cemetery, Pine Valley, Washington, Utah Territory, United States
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    Find A Grave, database and images, memorial page for Dorcas Keeling Burgess (1811-1881), memorial #102589.

    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for Dorcas Keeling, ID: KWV7-7P7.

FatherJohn Keeling
MotherRuth Fowler

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   • George Parker Dykes
Married1 November 1835Edwards County, Illinois, United States
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    County offices, Illinois, Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940, database with images, FamilySearch, entry for D. Keeling and G.P. Dykes, 1 November 1835; citing Edwards County, Illinois, County Court, "Marriage index Book A (Female) 1832-1910 Marriage record v. A-D 1815-1910," volume A, p. 44; FHL microfilm 1401779.

          Children:
               Nephi Dykes
               William Lehi Lee Dykes
               Eliza Jane Dykes
               Don Carlos Dykes
               Rhoda Ann Dykes


   • William Burgess Sr
Married17 December 1854Great Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
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    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for William Burgess and Dorcas Keeling, ID: KWV9-BYM and KWV7-7P7.


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• 1842Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
• 1850Pottawattamie County, Iowa, United States
• 1860Great Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
• 1870Pine Valley, Washington, Utah Territory, United States
• 1880Grass Valley, Washington, Utah Territory, United States

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• 1842 Population CensusNauvoo, Hancock, IllinoisExtractImage
• 1850 Population Censusthe District No 21, Pottawattamie, IowaExtractImage
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• 1860 Population Census16th Ward Great Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake, Utah TerritoryExtractImage
• 1870 Population CensusPine Valley, Washington, Utah TerritoryExtractImage
• 1880 Population CensusGrass Valley, Pine Valley Precinct, Washington, Utah TerritoryExtractImage

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Crossing the Plains

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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)

       Departure13 Jul 1852
       Arrival12 Oct 1852


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