Joseph Moroni Wight
Birth Date
On 1844 June 18 (Born)
Death Date
On 1914 October 22 (Died)
Gender
Male
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Born in Hume, Allegany, New York, United States
1844 June 18
Mother
Nancy Urania Elliott (1809 - 1894)
Father
Lewis William Wight (1807 - 1882)
Date Details
Occurred On 1844 June 18
Traveled in
Edward Hunter Company (1850)
1850 June 29 – October 13 (Age 6)
Pioneers in Company
Traveling Group
Heber Wight (Age 5)
Lewis William Wight (Age 42)
Nancy Urania Elliott (Age 41)
Nancy Wight (Age 3)
William Lewis Wight (Age 0)
Date Details
Started On 1850 June 29
Joined Company
Ended On 1850 October 13
Company Arrived
Baptized
1852 October 3 (Age 8)
Married
Mary Reeder Hurren
1864 October 5 (Age 20)
Served in
Eastern States Mission
1869 October 9 – 1870 (Age 25)
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Mission Type
Proselytizing
Marital Status
Married
Priesthood Quorum When Called
58th
Priesthood Office
Seventy
Residence When Called
Brigham City, Box Elder, Utah Territory, United States
Set Apart By
Erastus Snow
Location Served
United States
Date Details
Started On 1869 October 9
Set Apart
Ended Circa 1870
Released
Died in Cardston, Claresholm Census Division, Alberta, Canada
1914 October 22 (Age 70)
Media
Joseph Moroni Wight (1844 - 1914) Profile
Sources
Person
1850 Utah Census
1850 Utah Census.
Mission
MISSIONARY Department missionary registers, 1860-1959
MISSIONARY Department missionary registers, 1860-1959, 9 October 1869, Vol. B, Page 14, Line 540.
MISSIONARY Department missionary registers, 1860-1959, 9 October 1869, Vol. A, Page 13, Line 540.
Pioneer
Daughters of Utah Pioneers collection, 1828-1963
"Lewis Wight, reminiscences", Daughters of Utah Pioneers collection, 1828-1963, Page 2-3.
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