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Elvira Annie Cowles


Birth23 November 1813Unadilla, Otsego, New York, United States
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     Find A Grave, database and images, memorial page for Elvira Annie Cowles Smith (1813-1871), memorial #137602.

    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for Elvira Annie Cowles, ID: KWJT-TH5.

    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. 53.

    Camp of Israel schedules and reports, 1845-1849 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Church History Library), entry for Elvira A Holmes, folder "Third 100, first 50, returns, 1847 June" (#42), image 7, line 33; entry for Elvira Homes, folder "Third 100, first 50, schedule, 1847 June" (#43), image 2, line 8.

    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), entry for Jonathan H. Holmes and Elvira Anna Cowles (3 February 1846), p. 327-328; FHL microfilm number 183374.

    Deseret News (Salt Lake City, Utah, United States: Digitized by: University of Utah, 1877), "Died," 5 April 1871, p. 2, column 3.
Death10 March 1871Farmington, Davis, Utah Territory, United States
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     Find A Grave, database and images, memorial page for Elvira Annie Cowles Smith (1813-1871), memorial #137602.

    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for Elvira Annie Cowles, ID: KWJT-TH5.

    Deseret News (Salt Lake City, Utah, United States: Digitized by: University of Utah, 1877), "Died," 5 April 1871, p. 2, column 3.
Burial12 March 1871Farmington City Cemetery, Farmington, Davis, Utah Territory, United States
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     Find A Grave, database and images, memorial page for Elvira Annie Cowles Smith (1813-1871), memorial #137602.

    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for Elvira Annie Cowles, ID: KWJT-TH5.

    Deseret News (Salt Lake City, Utah, United States: Digitized by: University of Utah, 1877), "Died," 5 April 1871, p. 2, column 3.
FatherAustin Cowles
MotherPhoebe Wilbur
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   • Jonathan Harriman Holmes
Married1 December 1842Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
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    Nauvoo 1st and 2nd Wards (Illinois), Record of members, 1841-1845; church records, 1836-1846 (Salt Lake City, Utah: The Office of the Church Historian, 1966-1967), "Marriage record, 1842-1845," p. 6, FHL microfilm 889392, item 8.

    Deseret News (Salt Lake City, Utah, United States: Digitized by: University of Utah, 1877), "Died," 5 April 1871, p. 2, column 3.
          Children:
               Lucy Elvira Holmes
               Marietta Holmes
               Phoebe Louisa Holmes
               Josephine Octavia Ann Holmes
               Emma Lucinda Holmes


   • Joseph Smith Jr.
Married1 June 1843Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
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    Devery Scott Anderson, The Nauvoo Endowment Companies, 1845-1846: A Documentary History (Salt Lake City, Utah: Signature Books, 2005), p. 581, 3 February 1846, Joseph Smith (Jonathan H. Holmes, proxy) to Elvira A. Cowles, Brigham Young officiating..

    Joseph F. Smith, Affidavits about Celestial Marriage, 1869-1915, Salt Lake County, Utah Territory, 28 August 1869, 1:78, 4:80.
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• 1842Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
• 1850Davis County, Utah Territory, United States
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• 1842 Population CensusNauvoo, Hancock, IllinoisExtractImage
• 1850 Population CensusDavis County, Utah TerritoryExtractImage
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• 1860 Population CensusDavis County, Utah TerritoryExtractImage
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Crossing the Plains

• Jedediah M. Grant/Joseph B. Noble 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)
       Departure19 Jun 1847
       Arrival2 Oct 1847

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