William Wesley Willis
Birth Date
On 1811 August 16 (Born)
Death Date
On 1872 April 8 (Died)
Gender
Male
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Battalion Activity
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Mission Activity
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Pioneer
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Born in Shawneetown, Gallatin, Illlinois Territory, United States
1811 August 16
Mother
Margaret Susan Cherry (1788 - 1870)
Father
Merrill Erastus Willis
Date Details
Occurred On 1811 August 16
Married
Margaret Jane Willis
1833 March 28 (Age 21)
Baptized by
William Holmes
1835 June 15 (Age 23)
Joined
Mormon Battalion Company A
1846 July 16 – 1847 July 16 (Age 34)
Members in Company
Rank
Second Lieutenant
Traveling Group
Lot Elisha Huntington
Additional Information
Detached to Pueblo
Date Details
Started On 1846 July 16
Joined Company
Ended On 1847 July 16
Company Disbanded
Traveled in
Mormon Battalion Detachments (1847)
1847 May 24 – July 29 (Age 35)
Pioneers in Company
Date Details
Started On 1847 May 24
Joined Company
Ended On 1847 July 29
Company Arrived
Married
Frances Long
1851 April (Age 39)
Served in
British Mission
1855 March 1 – April 22 (Age 43)
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Mission Type
Proselytizing
Marital Status
Married
Priesthood Office
Seventy
Residence When Called
Cedar City, Iron County, Utah Territory, United States
Location Served
England
Date Details
Started On 1855 March 1
Arrived in Field
Ended On 1855 April 22
Departed from Field
Married
Mary Pengelly
1857 March 19 (Age 45)
Died in Beaver, Beaver, Utah Territory, United States
1872 April 8 (Age 60)
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William Wesley Willis (1811 - 1872) Profile
Sources
Person
Nauvoo Seventies list / compiled by Nauvoo Restoration
Nauvoo Seventies list / compiled by Nauvoo Restoration, Vol. 3.
Nauvoo Temple Endowment Register
Nauvoo Temple Endowment Register, Page 275.
Record of members collection, 1836-1970
"Salt Lake Stake", Record of members collection, 1836-1970.
Mission
BRITISH Mission manuscript history and historical reports, 1841-1971
BRITISH Mission manuscript history and historical reports, 1841-1971, 19 August 1854, Page 11.
Millennial Star
Millennial Star. 1855. Page 280.
Pioneer
Franklin Allen diary
Franklin Allen diary, July.
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Hayward Thomas reminiscences and journal, 1848-1851, 14-16
Hayward Thomas reminiscences and journal, 1848-1851, 14-16.
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Historian's Office correspondence files, 1856-1926
Historian's Office correspondence files, 1856-1926.
Treasures of Pioneer History
Treasures of Pioneer History, Vol. 4.
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Mormon Battalion
Brigham Young history documents, 1844-1866
"John Steele letter", Brigham Young history documents, 1844-1866, (28 December 1846), Page 44783.
Historian's Office correspondence files, 1856-1926
"John E. Forsgren letter", Historian's Office correspondence files, 1856-1926, (1870).
"William W. Willis letter to the Church Historian", Historian's Office correspondence files, 1856-1926, (6 August 1860).
Mormon Battalion Company A muster roll, 1846 October – December
"Mormon Battalion Company A Muster Roll", Mormon Battalion Company A muster roll, 1846 October – December, (October), Page 2.
Mormon Battalion lists, 1927
Mormon Battalion lists, 1927, Page 47.
Mormon Battalion returns lists, 1846 July
"Mormon Battalion return lists", Mormon Battalion returns lists, 1846 July, (July), Page 3.
Names of Pueblo soldiers and Mississippi brethren, 1847
Names of Pueblo soldiers and Mississippi brethren, 1847, Page 1.
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 244-245.
Selected pension application files relating to the Mormon Battalion, Mexican War, 1846-1848
"Mormon Battalion, Volunteers", Selected pension application files relating to the Mormon Battalion, Mexican War, 1846-1848.
