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Joshua Thomas Willis


Birth21 December 1818McLanesbury, Hamilton County, Illinois, United States
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     Find A Grave, database and images, Memorial #19728754.

    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for Joshua Thomas Willis, ID: MMTN-SH4.

    Camp of Israel schedules and reports, 1845-1849 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Church History Library), entry for J J Willis, folder "Fourth 100, first 50, return, 1847 June" (#45), image 7, line 6; entry for J T Willis, folder "Organization lists, 1847 June" (#34), image 4, line 39; entry for J T Willis, folder "Organization lists, 1847 June" (#34), image 9, line 39.

    Deseret News (Salt Lake City, Utah, United States: Digitized by: University of Utah, 1877), "Deaths," 2 June 1886, p. 16.
Death1 May 1886Taylor, Apache, Arizona Territory, United States
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     Find A Grave, database and images, Memorial #19728754.

    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for Joshua Thomas Willis, ID: MMTN-SH4.

    Deseret News (Salt Lake City, Utah, United States: Digitized by: University of Utah, 1877), "Deaths," 2 June 1886, p. 16.
Burial1 May 1886Taylor Cemetery, Taylor, Navajo, Arizona Territory, United States
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    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for Joshua Thomas Willis, ID: MMTN-SH4.
FatherMerrill Willis
MotherMargaret Susan Cherry
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   • Dosha Cherry
Married18 October 1841Hamilton County, Illinois, United States
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    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for Joshua Thomas Willis, ID MMTN-SH4.
          Children:
               William Wesley Willis


   • Sarah Melissa Dodge
Married22 June 1848Great Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
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    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for Joshua Thomas Willis and Sarah Melissa Dodge, ID: MMTN-SH4 and ID: KWJB-98K.

    Deseret News (Salt Lake City, Utah, United States: Digitized by: University of Utah, 1877), "Deaths," 2 June 1886, p. 16,.
          Children:
               Joshua Thomas Willis
               Merrill Erastus Willis
               Sarah Melissa Willis
               Mary Dosha Willis
               Margaret Frances Willis
               Henry Tillman Willis
               Joseph Smith Willis
               Martha Elizabeth Willis
               John Morgan Willis
               Lovina Lucinda Willis
               Mariah Mocellia Willis
               Mary Agnes Willis
               Irena Rebecka Willis
               Rosellah Willis
               Rosezilpha Willis
               William Richard Willis
               George Albert Willis


   • Sophia Fryer
Married18 June 1867Great Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
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    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for Joshua Thomas Willis and Sophia Fryer, ID: MMTN-SH4 and ID: LLHM-Z2G.
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• 1818Gallatin County, Illinois, United States
• 1846Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
• 1850Utah County, Utah Territory, United States
• 1860Virgin City, Washington, Utah Territory, United States
• 1870Toquerville, Kane, Utah Territory, United States
• 1880Walker, Apache, Arizona Territory, United States
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• 1850 Population CensusUtah County, Utah TerritoryExtractImage
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• 1860 Population CensusVirgin City, Washington, Utah TerritoryExtractImage
• 1870 Population CensusTokerville, Kane, Utah TerritoryExtractImage
• 1880 Population CensusWalker, Apache, Arizona TerritoryExtractImage
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Crossing the Plains

• Abraham O. Smoot/George B. Wallace 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)
       Departure18 Jun 1847
       Arrival25, 26, 29 Sept 1847

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