Boren, William Willis[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
1796 - 1895 (99 years)-
Name Boren, William Willis Born 11 Mar 1796 Springfield, Robertson, Tennessee, USA 
Gender Male Calling 12 Jul 1848 - 16 Jun 1850 Shirts' Branch, Harrison, Iowa, USA [7, 8] Bishop Calling 9 Jul 1851 Buoyo Branch, Harrison, Iowa, USA Presidency Counselor Residence 1846-1852 Bybee's Camp/North Pigeon, Pottawattamie, Iowa, USA [9, 10] Address:
https://winterquartersbyu.earlylds.com/settlements/pottawattamie-county/#BybeesCampResidence 1846-1852 Buoyo, Pottawattamie, Iowa, USA Address:
https://winterquartersbyu.earlylds.com/settlements/pottawattamie-county/#BuoyoResidence 1846-1852 Shirts' Camp, Pottawattamie, Iowa, USA Address:
https://winterquartersbyu.earlylds.com/settlements/pottawattamie-county/#ShirtsCampCalling 11 Jul 1852 North Pigeon Branch, Pottawattamie, Iowa, USA [10] Presidency Counselor Died 25 Nov 1895 Garfield, Salt Lake, Utah, USA FamilySearch Link 25 Dec 2024 Address:
https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/KWJB-4GJPerson ID I2808 Early Latter-day Saints Last Modified 19 Mar 2025
Father Boren, John Mother Alley, Sarah Family ID F2548 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 Dutton, Sophia, b. 26 Aug 1814, Hartford, Windsor, Vermont, USA , d. 17 Nov 1902, Emery, Emery, Utah, USA (Age 88 years) Married 10 Dec 1857 Provo, Utah, Utah, USA Family ID F2546 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 2 Boren, Mary, b. 9 Jun 1784, Springfield, Robertson, Tennessee, USA , d. 1848, Buoyo, Pottawattamie, Iowa, USA (Age 63 years) Married 25 Feb 1848 Winter Quarters (Florence), Douglas, Nebraska, USA Children + 1. Boren, Sarah Ann, b. 28 Oct 1825, Jackson, Madison, Tennessee, USA , d. 13 Oct 1908, Tropic, Garfield, Utah, USA (Age 82 years)Family ID F2547 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 3 Sampson, Mary A., b. 19 Aug 1795, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA , d. May 1877 (Age 81 years) Married 28 Feb 1848 Shirts' Camp, Pottawattamie, Iowa, USA Last Modified 25 Dec 2024 Family ID F3696 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Married - 25 Feb 1848 - Winter Quarters (Florence), Douglas, Nebraska, USA 
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Notes - NAUVOO RECORDS:
Nauvoo Temple Endowment Register, p 271
70's Record, p 78
Members, LDS, 1830-1848, by Susan Easton Black, Vol 6, pp 208-210
NAME VARIANT: Willis BORNE; BORREN
BIRTHPLACE VARIANT: Springfield, Robertson, Tennessee
DEATHDATE VARIANT: 27 Nov 1895
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, "Branch Clerk, Bishop"
Note: Stated in record above, age 56 years old, Second Counselor in Branch Presidency, 1850 a member of the Buoyo Branch, Second Counselor in the Union Branch 1851" - Family Group Record by Nauvoo Lands & Records
NAUVOO RECORDS:
Nauvoo Temple Endowment Register, page 270
LDS 70’s Record, before 1850, Archives, page 43
70's Record, page 78
Early 70’s and High Priest Index, LDS Archives, page 16
Nauvoo Seventy Membership, Annotated Index, page 39
Members, LDS, 1830-1848, by Susan Easton Black, Vol 6, pages 208-210
HISTORIES:
Pioneer Women of Faith & Fortitude, Vol 1, pp 315-316 This is the record of Sophia Dutton DeGraw Boren, Willis' 3rd wife)
Nauvoo Journal, Vol 4 Date Fall 1992 No 2 pages 43-44
OTHER:
Nauvoo Data Bank, 1 page
1850 Pottawattamie County Census, H. Black, 2 pages
Internet Research:
familysearch.org - family tree: 2 pages
lds.org: Church History, Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel, 2 pages
Roots Web World Connect, 7 pages
ancestry.com: 8 pages
findagrave.com, 2 pages
VARIANTS:
Name: William Willis Borren; Willis M; Willis William Boren
Birth place:Red River, Jackson, Tennessee; Virginia; Robinson Co., Tennessee
Marriage date: 12 June 1819
Marriage place: Union County, Illinois; Joesboron, Union, Illinois
Spouse’s name: Mary Ann Boren, Mary Boren Young Boren
Death date: 20 Nov 1895; 27 Nov 1895 Death place: Tropic, Garfield, Utah; Loseeville, Garfield, Utah
Burial date: 1895; 20 November 1895 Burial place: Emery, Utah; Tropic, Garfield, Utah
PARENTS: (If not in Nauvoo)
Father: John Boren
Mother: Sarah Alley; Sarah John Alley (Ally)
SPOUSE: #2 Mary Sampson; #3 Sophia Dutton
BURIAL: Tropic Cemetery, Tropic, Garfield, Utah - 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, "Branch Clerk, Bishop"
Note: Stated in record above, age 56 years old, Second Counselor in Branch Presidency, 1850 a member of the Buoyo Branch, Second Counselor in the Union Branch 1851"
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Sources - [S33] LDS - Seventies: Early Seventies, Black, Harvey Bischoff, Compiler and Editor, , p 78.
- [S6] LDS - Membership of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints:1830-1848, 50 vols., Black, Susan Easton, Compiler, (LDS Church, Salt Lake City, 1990), 1830-1848, by Susan Easton Black, Vol 6, pp 208-210.
- [S7] LDS - Nauvoo Temple Endowment Register, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, (1845-1846), , p 271.
- [S12] Internet Link - BYU Winter Quarters Project - http://winterquarters.byu.edu.
- [S13] Internet Link - Pioneer Research Group Project - http://www.pioneerresearchgroup.org.
- [S2921] .
- [S54096] Shirts/Buoyo Branch Records, 1923 pt6-7.
- [S54093] LDS - Pottawattamie High Council Minutes, 105.
- [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,).
- [S54097] North Pigeon Branch Records, LR 5172 21-22.
- [S33] LDS - Seventies: Early Seventies, Black, Harvey Bischoff, Compiler and Editor, , p 78.