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Ira Jones Willes (1812 - 1863) Profile

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Mormon Battalion lists, 1927

Mormon Battalion lists, 1927, Page 47.

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

Ricketts, Norma Baldwin, The Mormon Battalion: U.S. Army of the West, 1846-1848, Logan, Utah, Utah State University Press, 1996, Page 23.

Ricketts, Norma Baldwin, The Mormon Battalion: U.S. Army of the West, 1846-1848, Logan, Utah, Utah State University Press, 1996, Page 222-223.

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

Mormon Battalion, Volunteers

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

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

Crossroads: Utah Crossroads quarterly newsletter

To the Tops of the California Mountains: The 1848 Carson Pass Diary of Elijah Elmer

"To the Tops of the California Mountains: The 1848 Carson Pass Diary of Elijah Elmer", Crossroads: Utah Crossroads quarterly newsletter, Page 5-7.

Transcript for Elijah Elmer diary in "To the Tops of the California Mountains: The 1848 Carson Pass Diary of Elijah Elmer," edited by Will Bagley, Crossroads Newsletter 4, no. 3 (summer 1993): 5-7

Crossroads: Utah Crossroads quarterly newsletter.

Ephraim Green journal

Ephraim Green journal, June 1848.

Transcript for Ephraim Green journal, 1848 June-September and 1849 December

Ephraim Green journal.

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

Names of men who wish for land to cultivate who came from California with Jonathan H. Holmes

"Names of men who wish for land to cultivate who came from California with Jonathan H. Holmes", Salt Lake (County) Recorder's Office land records, circa 1847-1860.

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

Utah State History Cemeteries and Burials Database

Utah State History Cemeteries and Burials Database.

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Ira Jones Willes

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Occurred On 1812 January 21

Joined Mormon Battalion Company B

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Started On 1846 July 16

Ended On 1847 July 16

Traveled in Jonathan H. Holmes/Samuel Thompson Company (1848)

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Started On 1848 July 2

Ended On 1848 September 6

Married Melissa Lott

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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

Mormon Battalion

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