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William Wesley Willis (1811 - 1872) Profile

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Merrill Erastus Willis

William Wesley Willis

Brigham Young history documents, 1844-1866

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

Historian's Office correspondence files, 1856-1926

Mormon Battalion lists, 1927

Mormon Battalion returns lists, 1846 July

Names of Pueblo soldiers and Mississippi brethren, 1847

Mormon Battalion Company A muster roll, 1846 October – December

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

Franklin Allen diary

Hayward Thomas reminiscences and journal, 1848-1851, 14-16

Treasures of Pioneer History

Record of members collection, 1836-1970

Nauvoo Temple Endowment Register

Nauvoo Seventies list / compiled by Nauvoo Restoration

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Detached to Pueblo

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Joined When Organization was Formed

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William Wesley Willis

Born

Died

Birthplace

Death Place

Born in Shawneetown, Gallatin, Illlinois Territory, United States

Relationships

Father

Merrill Erastus Willis

Mother

Margaret Susan Cherry

MarriedMargaret Jane Willis

Baptism

Performed By

William Holmes

Appointed as Second Lieutenant

Start Date Details

End Date Details

Ended 1847 July 16

Additional Information

Enrollment

Enlisted and Marched

Detached to Pueblo

Traveling Group

Lot Elisha Huntington (12)

Joined Mormon Battalion Detachments

Start Date Details

End Date Details

Ended 1847 July 29

MarriedFrances Long

MarriedMary Pengelly

Died in Beaver, Beaver, Utah Territory, United States

Married
Margaret Jane Willis

Married
Frances Long

Married
Mary Pengelly