William Henry Branch
Birth Date
On 1820 August 9 (Born)
Death Date
On 1889 September 19 (Died)
Gender
Male
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Born in Griswold, New London, Connecticut, United States
1820 August 9
Mother
Mary Herrick
Father
Elisha Branch
Married
Emily Cornelia Atwood
1844 November 19 (Age 24)
Baptized
1850 January 16 (Age 29)
Traveled in
Wilford Woodruff Company (1850)
1850 June 16 – October 14 (Age 30)
Pioneers in Company
Date Details
On 1850 June 16
Joined Company
On 1850 October 14
Company Arrived
Served in
Eastern States Mission
1857 April 23 – November 9 (Age 36)
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Mission Type
Proselytizing
Marital Status
Married
Priesthood Office
Seventy
Residence When Called
Great Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
Date Details
On 1857 April 23
Departed from Home
On 1857 November 9
Arrived at Home
Married
Ella Elvira Coombs
1874 (Age 53)
Died in Price, Carbon, Utah Territory, United States
1889 September 19 (Age 69)
Media
William Henry Branch (1820 - 1889) Profile
Sources
Mission
Esshom, Frank. Pioneers and prominent men of Utah: comprising photographs, genealogies, biographies. Salt Lake City: Utah Pioneers Book Pub. Co, 1913
Esshom, Frank. Pioneers and prominent men of Utah: comprising photographs, genealogies, biographies. Salt Lake City: Utah Pioneers Book Pub. Co, 1913, Page 767.
Historical Department journal history of the Church, 1830-2008
Historical Department journal history of the Church, 1830-2008, 10 May 1857, Page 4.
Historical Department journal history of the Church, 1830-2008, 27 June 1857.
Historical Department journal history of the Church, 1830-2008, 13 June 1857, Page 2.
Historical Department journal history of the Church, 1830-2008, 23 April 1857, Page 2.
Historical Department journal history of the Church, 1830-2008, 9 April 1857, Page 1.
Pioneer
A history, diary and genealogy of William Henry Branch, Sr
A history, diary and genealogy of William Henry Branch, Sr. 1950. Page 8-19.
Wilford Woodruff journals and papers, 1828-1898
Wilford Woodruff journals and papers, 1828-1898, January.
Transcript for Woodruff, Wilford, Journal, 1847 Jan.-1853 Dec., box 2, fd. 3, in Journals and papers, 1828-1898