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Ira Jones Willes



Birth21 January 1812Berne, Albany, New York, United States
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    Find A Grave, database and images, memorial page for Pvt Ira Jones Willes (1812-1863), memorial #19418058.

    Salt Lake County, Utah, Salt Lake County Death Records, 1849-1949 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Management and Archives), database with images, FamilySearch, entry for Ira Jones Willis (5 December 1863); citing Salt Lake County Management and Archives, “Death records, numbers: 0001-7960, 1847-1884,” image 96-97, FHL microfilm 4139616.

    Bureau of Vital Statistics, Utah, U.S., Death Registers, 1847-1966 (Salt Lake City, UT: Utah Department of Health), database with images, Ancestry.com, entry for Ira Jones Willis (5 December 1863); citing Salt Lake City, Utah, Bureau of Vital Statistics, “Utah, Death Registers, 1847-1966,” image 12.

    Endowment House (LDS Church), Sealings of couples, living and by proxy, 1851-1889 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1958, 1978), p. 75, FHL microfilm 183380 p. 75; citing “Book of Sealings (Living)—Wives to Husbands” Sealings and Adoptions of the Living, 1845-1857 6/19/2019.

    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. 779, FHL microfilm 183373.

    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), images, FamilySearch, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah Territory, “Death records of Salt Lake City, Utah, 1848 - Sept. 1950,” image 76; citing Salt Lake City Death Records, Book A, 1848-1866, p. 68, FHL microfilm 7578789.

    Deseret News (Salt Lake City, Utah, United States: Digitized by: University of Utah, 1877), "Died," 16 December 1863, p. 172, column 2.

    Mormon Battalion Company B return list (Salt Lake City, Utah), Entry for Ira Willis, Page 3, Line 25.

Death5 December 1863Lehi, Utah, Utah Territory, United States
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    Find A Grave, database and images, memorial page for Pvt Ira Jones Willes (1812-1863), memorial #19418058.

    Salt Lake County, Utah, Salt Lake County Death Records, 1849-1949 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Management and Archives), database with images, FamilySearch, entry for Ira Jones Willis (5 December 1863); citing Salt Lake County Management and Archives, “Death records, numbers: 0001-7960, 1847-1884,” image 96-97, FHL microfilm 4139616.

    Bureau of Vital Statistics, Utah, U.S., Death Registers, 1847-1966 (Salt Lake City, UT: Utah Department of Health), database with images, Ancestry.com, entry for Ira Jones Willis (5 December 1863); citing Salt Lake City, Utah, Bureau of Vital Statistics, “Utah, Death Registers, 1847-1966,” image 12.

    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), images, FamilySearch, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah Territory, “Death records of Salt Lake City, Utah, 1848 - Sept. 1950,” image 76; citing Salt Lake City Death Records, Book A, 1848-1866, p. 68, FHL microfilm 7578789.

    Deseret News (Salt Lake City, Utah, United States: Digitized by: University of Utah, 1877), "Died," 16 December 1863, p. 172, column 2.

Burial8 December 1863Salt Lake City Cemetery, Great Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
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    Find A Grave, database and images, memorial page for Pvt Ira Jones Willes (1812-1863), memorial #19418058.

    Deseret News (Salt Lake City, Utah, United States: Digitized by: University of Utah, 1877), "Died," 16 December 1863, p. 172, column 2.

FatherEleazer Willes
MotherAchsah Jones

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   • Melissa Lott
Married13 May 1849Great Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
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    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for Ira Jones Willes and Melissa Lott, ID: KWJJ-1TL and ID: KWJJ-1T2.

    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. 779-780; FHL microfilm 183374.

    Deseret News (Salt Lake City, Utah, United States: Digitized by: University of Utah, 1877), "Died," 16 December 1863, p. 172, column 2.

          Children:
               Ira Pratt Willes
               Achsah Permelia Willes
               Cornelius John Willes
               Polly Melissa Willes
               Lyman Benjamin Willes
               Stephen Eleazer Willes
               Sarah Amanda Willes


   • Naomi Sariah Parks
Married1 February 1857
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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. 75; FHL microfilm 183374.


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Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
Great Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake, 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)

       Departure2 Jul 1848
       Arrival6 Sept 1848

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