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Horace Kimball Whitney



Birth25 July 1823Kirtland, Geauga, Ohio, United States
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    Find A Grave, database and images, memorial page for Horace Kimball Whitney (1823-1884), memorial #12776972.

    Salt Lake Herald, Salt Lake Herald (Salt Lake City, Utah: W.C. Dunbar & E.L. Sloan, 1870-1920), “Death of a Pioneer,” 23 November 1884, p. 12, column 6.

    Camp of Israel schedules and reports, 1845-1849 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Church History Library), entry for Horace Whitney, folder "Roll of company number 1, 1845 " (#1), image 3, line 9.

    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. 555-556, 781-782, FHL microfilm 183374.

    Salt Lake City (Utah). Office of Vital Statistics, Death records of Salt Lake City, Utah, 1848 - Sept. 1950 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1950), database with images, FamilySearch, Horace K Whitney, 22 November 1884; citing Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States, p. 310, no. 12397; Office of Vital Statistics, Salt Lake City, Utah, “Another filming, 1977 Death registers, 1848-1894”; FHL microfilm 982294.

Death22 November 1884Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
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    Find A Grave, database and images, memorial page for Horace Kimball Whitney (1823-1884), memorial #12776972.

    Salt Lake Herald, Salt Lake Herald (Salt Lake City, Utah: W.C. Dunbar & E.L. Sloan, 1870-1920), “Death of a Pioneer,” 23 November 1884, p. 12, column 6.

    Salt Lake City (Utah). Office of Vital Statistics, Death records of Salt Lake City, Utah, 1848 - Sept. 1950 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1950), database with images, FamilySearch, Horace K Whitney, 22 November 1884; citing Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States, p. 310, no. 12397; Office of Vital Statistics, Salt Lake City, Utah, “Another filming, 1977 Death registers, 1848-1894”; FHL microfilm 982294.

Burial24 November 1884Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
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    Find A Grave, database and images, memorial page for Horace Kimball Whitney (1823-1884), memorial #12776972.

    Salt Lake Herald, Salt Lake Herald (Salt Lake City, Utah: W.C. Dunbar & E.L. Sloan, 1870-1920), “Death of a Pioneer,” 23 November 1884, p. 12, column 6.

    Utah State Archives, Utah, Salt Lake City Cemetery Records, 1847-1976 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Utah State Archives), database with images, FamilySearch, entry for Horace K. Whitney, (22 November 1884); citing Utah State Archives, Salt Lake City, Utah, Salt Lake City Cemetery Sexton, “Interment records, nos. 11876-19750,” p. A493; FHL microfilm 1299169.

FatherNewel Kimball Whitney
MotherElizabeth Ann Smith

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   • Helen Mar Kimball
Married4 February 1846Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
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    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. 555-556, FHL microfilm 183374.

          Children:
               Helen Rosabelle Whitney
               William Howard Whitney
               Horace Kimball Whitney
               Vilate Murray Whitney
               Orson Ferguson Whitney
               Elizabeth Ann Whitney
               Genevieve Whitney
               Helen Kimball Whitney
               Charles Spaulding Whitney
               Florence Marion Whitney
               Phoebe Isabel Whitney


   • Lucy Amelia Bloxham
Married5 October 1850Great Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
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    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. 781-782, FHL microfilm 183374.

          Children:
               Newel Kimball Whitney


   • Mary Cravath
Married1 December 1856Great Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
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    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for Horace Kimball Whitney and Mary Cravath, ID: KWJ5-QKT and ID: KWJ5-QKY.

          Children:
               Horace Gibson Whitney
               Ella Eliza Whitney
               Emmaretta Smith Whitney
               Joshua Rodolphus Whitney
               Laura Maria Whitney
               Lucy Helen Whitney
               Elizabeth Sikes Whitney
               Mary Linda Whitney
               Clark Lyman Whitney
               Samuel Austin Whitney
               George Washington Whitney
               Lafayette Talbot Whitney
               Harriet Whitney


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Hancock County, Illinois, United States
• 1842Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
• 1850Great Salt Lake County, Utah Territory, United States
• 1860Great Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States

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• 1840 Population CensusHancock County, IllinoisExtractImage
• 1842 Population CensusNauvoo, Hancock, IllinoisExtractImage
• 1850 Population CensusGreat Salt Lake County, Utah TerritoryExtractImage
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• 1860 Population Census18th Ward Grt Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake, Utah TerritoryExtractImage
• 1870 Population Census18th Ward Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah TerritoryExtractImage
• 1880 Population CensusSalt Lake City 18 Ward, Salt Lake, Utah TerritoryExtractImage

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Crossing the Plains

Brigham Young Vanguard 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)

       Departure16 Apr 1847
       Arrival21 Jul 1847
Heber C. Kimball 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)

       Departure7 Jun 1848
       Arrival24 Sept 1848


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