Merrill, Melissa Jane^{[1, 2]}

1848 - 1880  (32 years)

• Name	Merrill, Melissa Jane
  Residence	31 Dec 1846	Winter Quarters Ward 3, Winter Quarters, Nebraska Territory, USA
  	Address: http://winterquartersbyu.earlylds.com/maps/winter-quarters/winter-quarters-wards/ward3
  Born	10 Sep 1848	Pottawattamie, Iowa, USA   [3]
  Gender	Female
  Trail Company	1849	Silas Richards Company
  Residence	1849	Mill Branch, Pottawattamie, Iowa, USA   [4]
  Died	14 Nov 1880	Cochise, Arizona, USA
  FamilySearch Link	21 Jul 2021
  	Address: https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/KWJX-H7Y
  Person ID	I17982	Early Latter-day Saints
  Last Modified	19 Jan 2025

  
  

  Father	Merrill, Philemon Christopher,   b. 12 Nov 1820, Byron, Genesee, New York, USA ,   d. 18 Sep 1904, Safford, Graham, Arizona, USA  (Age 83 years)
  Mother	Dustin, Cyrena,   b. 6 Jan 1814, Le Roy, Genesee, New York, USA ,   d. 3 Feb 1906, Safford, Graham, Arizona, USA  (Age 92 years)
  Married	20 Sep 1840	Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois,USA   [5, 6]
  Family ID	F25305	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Johnson, Nephi,   b. 12 Dec 1833, Kirtland, Geauga, Ohio, USA ,   d. 21 Jun 1919, Mesquite, Clark, Nevada, USA  (Age 85 years)
  Married	4 Jan 1856
  Family ID	F12150	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Name transcribed from the Iowa Branches Members Index 1839 - 1859, Volumes I & II by Ronald G. Watt. Historical Department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 1991. Copyright by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Note: Stated in record above, "10 years old"

  
  

• Sources

  [S12] Internet Link - BYU Winter Quarters Project - http://winterquarters.byu.edu. [S18150] . [S10] Periodical - The Nauvoo Journal, (Salt Lake City, Utah, 1989-1999), Silas Richards Company, 1849. [S3] LDS - Iowa Branches Members Index 1829 - 1859, Volumes I and II, Watt, Ronald G., (Historical Department Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 1991,). [S54074] Internet Link - Illinois Statewide Marriage Index, 1763-1900, (Illinois State Archives). [S544] LDS - Times and Seasons, 6 vols., Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, (Early LDS Periodical published in Nauvoo, Illinois, 1839-1846). As referenced in Nauvoo Marriages; Lyndon Cook p. 90