Justus Wellington Seely
Alternate Names
Wellington Seely (Alternate Name)
Birth Date
On 1815 January 30 (Born)
Death Date
On 1894 April 28 (Died)
Gender
Male
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Born in Pickering, Home District, Durham, Ontario, Canada
1815 January 30
Mother
Mehitable Bennett (1779 - 1861)
Father
Justus Azel Seely (1779 - 1859)
Date Details
Occurred On 1815 January 30
Baptized by Alma Babbitt
1838 February 15 (Age 23)
Married
Clarissa Jane Wilcox
1842 March 10 (Age 27)
Traveled in
Edward Hunter/Jacob Foutz Company (1847)
1847 June 19 – October 1 (Age 32)
Pioneers in Company
Traveling Group
Orange Seely (Age 4)
Sarah Jane Seely (Age 3)
Clarissa Jane Wilcox (Age 25)
Don Carlos Seely (Age 1)
Date Details
Started On 1847 June 19
Joined Company
Ended On 1847 October 1
Company Arrived
Traveled in
Company Unknown (1858)
1858 (Age 42)
Pioneers in Company
Traveling Group
Hyrum Seely (Age 9)
Justus Wellington Seely II (Age 7)
William Hazard Seely (Age 5)
Clarissa Jane Wilcox (Age 36)
John Henry Seely (Age 2)
Orange Seely (Age 14)
Sarah Jane Seely (Age 13)
Don Carlos Seely (Age 11)
Mary Miranda Seely
Date Details
Occurred Circa 1858
Joined Company
Circa 1858
Company Arrived
Served in
Eastern States Mission
1869 October 9 (Age 54)
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Mission Type
Proselytizing
Marital Status
Plurally Married
Priesthood Office
High Priest
Residence When Called
Mount Pleasant, Sanpete, Utah Territory, United States
Set Apart By
Wilford Woodruff
Location Served
United States
Date Details
Started On 1869 October 9
Set Apart
End Date Not Found
Married
Sarah Jane McKinney
1873 November 17 (Age 58)
Died in Mount Pleasant, Sanpete, Utah Territory, United States
1894 April 28 (Age 79)
Media
Justus Wellington Seely (1815 - 1894) Profile
Sources
Person
1850 United States Census
1850 United States Census.
1860 Utah Census
1860 Utah Census.
Frank Esshom, Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah: Comprising Photographs, Genealogies, Biographies (1913)
Frank Esshom, Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah: Comprising Photographs, Genealogies, Biographies (1913), Page 1152.
Genealogy and family pioneer history
Genealogy and family pioneer history. 1869.
Nauvoo Community Project
Nauvoo Community Project.
Utah, Veterans with Federal Service Buried in Utah, Territorial to 1966
Utah, Veterans with Federal Service Buried in Utah, Territorial to 1966.
Mission
MISSIONARY Department missionary registers, 1860-1959
MISSIONARY Department missionary registers, 1860-1959, 9 October 1869, Vol. A, Page 14, Line 573.
MISSIONARY Department missionary registers, 1860-1959, 9 October 1869, Vol. B, Page 15, Line 573.
Pioneer
Biography of Edwin Pettit, 1834-1912
Biography of Edwin Pettit, 1834-1912. Salt Lake City: The Arrow Press, 1912. Page 9-10.
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Historical Department journal history of the Church, 1830-2008
Historical Department journal history of the Church, 1830-2008, 17 August 1847.
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Salt Lake Telegram
"Mrs. Oman, Mount Pleasant, Celebrates Anniversary", Salt Lake Telegram, (18 June 1931), Page 3.