FamilySearch ID: LLQV-G28
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Laura Wilder Harris

Birth	21 December 1810	Chesterfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States	Citation(s) Birth Citation(s) Find A Grave, database and images, memorial page for Laura Wilder Harris Merrill (1810-1883), memorial #179920. Town Clerk Offices, Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001 (Massachusetts: Town Clerk Offices), database with images, FamilySearch, entry for Lorry Wilder Harris (21 December 1810); citing Chesterfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts, p. 38, image 22; town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 186143. Devery Scott Anderson, The Nauvoo Endowment Companies, 1845-1846: A Documentary History (Salt Lake City, Utah: Signature Books, 2005), p. 216, no. 12; citing Nauvoo Temple Endowment Register: 10 December 1845 to 8 February 1846.
Death	19 September 1883	Smithfield, Cache, Utah Territory, United States	Citation(s) Death Citation(s) Find A Grave, database and images, memorial page for Laura Wilder Harris Merrill (1810-1883), memorial #179920. "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for Laura Wilder Harris, ID: LLQV-G28.
Burial	September 1883	Smithfield City Cemetery, Smithfield, Cache, Utah Territory, United States	Citation(s) Burial Citation(s) Find A Grave, database and images, memorial page for Laura Wilder Harris Merrill (1810-1883), memorial #179920. "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for Laura Wilder Harris, ID: LLQV-G28.

Father	Joseph Harris
Mother	Martha Patty Wilder

Marriages Label

• Austin Shepherd Merrill

Married

26 March 1827

Alden, Erie, New York, United States

Citation(s)

Marriage Citation(s)
"FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for Austin Shepherd Merrill, ID KWJP-7L9, and Laura Wilder Harris, ID LLQV-G28.

          Children:
               Ledgard Darlinsky Merrill
               Laura Cordelia Merrill
               Ira Elies Merrill
               Horatio Harris Merrill
               Andrew Coburn Merrill
               Solyman Sylvanus Merrill
               Sarah Cornelia Merrill
               Austin Taylor Merrill
               Freeborn Merrill

Residences Label

• 1810	Chesterfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States
• 1840	Plainfield, Will, Illinois, United States
• 1846	Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
• 1850	Great Salt Lake County, Utah Territory, United States
• 1860	Cache County, Utah Territory, United States
• 1870	Smithfield, Cache, Utah Territory, United States

Death & Burial Records Label

• Grave Marker

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Census Records Label

• 1840 Population Census	Plainfield Precinct, Will, Illinois	Extract	Image
• 1850 Population Census	Great Salt Lake County, Utah Territory	Extract	Image	1850 Population Census Citation(s) SOURCE GOES HERE
• 1860 Population Census	Cache County, Utah Territory	Extract	Image
• 1870 Population Census	Smithfield, Cache, Utah Territory	Extract	Image
• 1880 Population Census	Smithfield Precinct, Cache, Utah Territory	Extract	Image

Migration Records Label

Crossing the Plains

• Brigham Young Company		View Source	Citation(s) Crossing the Plains Citation(s) Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "Pioneer Overland Travel" (Salt Lake City, UT: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)
Departure	5 Jun 1848
Arrival	20-24 Sept 1848

Nauvoo Community Project

Nauvoo Community Project

Laura Wilder Harris

Crossing the Plains