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William Alpheus Simmons



Birth28 June 1826Bastard Twp, Leeds, Johnstown District, Upper Canada, British North America
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    Find A Grave, database and images, memorial page for Pvt William Alpheas Simmons (1826-1857), memorial #31398530.

    Devery Scott Anderson, The Nauvoo Endowment Companies, 1845-1846: A Documentary History (Salt Lake City, Utah: Signature Books, 2005), p. 318; citing Nauvoo Temple Endowment Register: 10 December 1845 to 8 February 1846.

    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. 37, FHL microfilm 183374.

    Mormon Battalion Company B return list (Salt Lake City, Utah), Entry for Wm A. Simmons, Page 3, Line 19.

Death30 September 1857Echo Canyon, Summit, Utah Territory, United States
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    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for William Alpheus Simmons, ID: KWJR-RYL.

BurialOctober 1857Farmington City Cemetery, Farmington, Davis, Utah Territory, United States
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    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for William Alphaeus Simmons, ID: KWJR-RYL.

FatherWilliam Bert Simmons
MotherAmanda Chipman

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   • Mary Elizabeth Grover
Married25 April 1850Great Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
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    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for William Alpheus Simmons and Mary Elizabeth Grover, ID: KWJR-RYL and ID: KWJ8-NCC.

          Children:
               Georg Alpheus Simmons
               Mary Elizabeth Simmons
               Almeda Amanda Simmons
               Adeline Grover Simmons
               William Carlos Simmons
               Alice Ann Simmons


   • Eliza Ann Grover
Married11 May 1856Great Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
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    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for William Alpheus Simmons and Eliza Ann Grover, ID: KWJR-RYL and ID: KWJ8-J5M.

    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. 52, FHL microfilm 183374.

          Children:
               Eleena Simmons


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• 1840Hancock County, Illinois, United States
• 1850Davis County, Utah Territory, United States

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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)

       Departure1847-1868
       Arrival1847-1868

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