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Ira Jones Willes (1812 - 1863) Profile

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Ira Jones Willes

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Ira Jones Willes

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Occurred On 1812 January 21

Appointed as Private

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Mormon Battalion lists, 1927

Ricketts, Norma Baldwin, The Mormon Battalion: U.S. Army of the West, 1846-1848, Logan, Utah, Utah State University Press, 1996

Selected pension application files relating to the Mormon Battalion, Mexican War, 1846-1848

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Ended On 1847 July 16

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Joined Jonathan H. Holmes/Samuel Thompson Company

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Crossroads: Utah Crossroads quarterly newsletter

Ephraim Green journal

Salt Lake (County) Recorder's Office land records, circa 1847-1860

Utah State History Cemeteries and Burials Database

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Ended On 1848 September 6

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Married Melissa Lott

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Occurred On 1863 December 5