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Edwin Whiting


Birth7 September 1809Lee, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States
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     Find A Grave, database and images, memorial page for Edwin Whiting (1809-1890), memorial #61753.

    FamilySearch, Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah), database, FamilySearch, Edwin Whiting (7 September 1809); citing Lee, Berkshire, Massachusetts, FHL microfilm 962278.

    Town of Lee, Massachusetts, Vital Records of Lee, Massachusetts, to the year 1850 (Boston, MA: New England Historical Society, 1903), p. 101, citing "Vital Records of Lee, Massachusetts, to the year 1850".

    Deseret News, Deseret Weekly (Salt Lake City, Utah: Deseret News Co., 1888-1898), "Death of Edwin Whiting," 3 January 1891, p. 24, column 3.
Death8 December 1890Springville, Utah, Utah Territory, United States
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    Deseret News, Deseret Weekly (Salt Lake City, Utah: Deseret News Co., 1888-1898), "Death of Edwin Whiting," 3 January 1891, p. 24, column 3.
Burial11 December 1890Historic Springville Cemetery, Springville, Utah, Utah Territory, United States
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    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for Edwin Whiting, ID: KWJW-7B9.
FatherElisha Whiting Jr
MotherSally Hulet
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   • Elizabeth Partridge Tillotson
Married22 September 1833Medina County, Ohio, United States
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    Ohio County Clerks, Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016 (Ohio: County courthouses), database with images, FamilySearch, entry for Edwin Whiting and Elizabeth P. Tillotson (22 September 1833); citing Medina County, Ohio, county courthouses, "Marriage records 1833-1838 vol A1," image 3, FHL 4016735.

    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. 549, citing "Sealings and Adoptions".
          Children:
               Olivia Whiting
               William Whiting
               Helen Amelia Whiting
               Sarah Elizabeth Whiting
               Louisa Whiting
               Lavina Whiting
               Emily Jane Whiting
               Edwin Lucius Whiting
               Oscar Newell Whiting
               Louisa Meletiah Whiting
               Caroline Fidelia Whiting


   • Almira Mehitable Mecham
Married3 January 1845Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
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    George D. Smith, Nauvoo Polygamy (Salt Lake City: Signature Books, 2011), p. 630.
          Children:
               Edward Lucian Whiting
               Ellen Emerett Whiting
               Catherine Emeline Whiting
               Cornelia Dolly Whiting
               Elisha Franklin Whiting
               Edwin Lafayette Whiting
               Hyrum Whiting
               Sylvia Almira Whiting


   • Mary Elizabeth Cox
Married27 January 1846Nauvoo, 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. 504-05.
          Children:
               Albert Milton Whiting
               Harriet Lucinda Whiting
               Charles Whiting
               Philetus Edgar Whiting
               Edwin Marion Whiting
               Arthur Cox Whiting
               May Whiting
               John Clarence Whiting
               Frederick Walter Whiting


   • Hannah Haines Brown
Married8 October 1856Great Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
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    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for Edwin Whiting and Hannah Haines Brown, ID: KWJW-7B9 and ID: KWJ8-7QL.
          Children:
               Abby Ann Whiting
               Lorenzo Snow Whiting
               Alvin Whiting
               Melvin Whiting
               Francis Elmer Whiting


   • Mary Ann Washburn
Married14 April 1857Great Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
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    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for Edwin Whiting and Mary Ann Washburn, ID: KWJW-7B9 and ID: LZXC-V32.
          Children:
               Daniel Abraham Whiting
               Monroe Frink Whiting

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• 1845Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
• 1850Manti, Sanpete, Utah Territory, United States
• 1870Springville, Utah, Utah Territory, United States
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• 1850 Population CensusManti, Sanpete, Utah TerritoryExtractImage
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• 1860 Population CensusManti City, Sanpete, Utah TerritoryExtractImage
• 1870 Population CensusSpringville, Utah, Utah TerritoryExtractImage
• 1880 Population CensusSpringville City and Precinct, Utah, Utah TerritoryExtractImage
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Crossing the Plains

• Ezra T. Benson 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)
       Departure15 Jul 1849
       Arrival25-29 Oct 1849
• Philemon C. Merrill 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)
       Departure5 Jun 1856
       Arrival13 Aug 1856

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