• Clarissa was born at Shropshire, Addison County, Vermont.  Wife of John D. Williams, she was re-baptized in Utah on 14 July 1852.  Additional research is needed to identify the pioneer company with which she traveled.

Company Unknown (1851)

• Age at Departure: 23

Sources

• 1850 Iowa Census, Pottawattamie County.
• 1856 Utah Census.
• 1860 Utah Census.
• "Death of Mrs. Pugsley," Deseret Evening News, 25 July 1910, 10.
• Find a Grave (Website)
• “Mrs. Clarissa Pugsley Called to Other Side,” Salt Lake Tribune, 25 July 1910, 12.
• Salt Lake Stake Record of Members, 1848-1917.
• Utah Death Certificates.