Morley, Isaac Sr.^{[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10]}

1786 - 1864  (78 years)

• Name	Morley, Isaac
  Suffix	Sr.
  Born	11 Mar 1786	Montague, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1813	Kirtland, Lake, Ohio, USA   [11]
  Residence	Dec 1846	Winter Quarters Ward 5   [12]
  	Address: http://winterquartersbyu.earlylds.com/maps/winter-quarters/winter-quarters-wards/ward4
  Residence	1846-1847	Summer Quarters, Indian Territory, USA
  	Address: http://winterquartersbyu.earlylds.com/settlements/nebraska.html#SummerQuarters
  Died	21 Jul 1864	Fairview, Sanpete, Utah, USA
  FamilySearch Link	31 Aug 2021
  	Address: https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/KWVM-MGR
  Buried	Manti, Sanpete, Utah, USA
  Person ID	I420	Early Latter-day Saints
  Last Modified	4 Sep 2021

  
  

  Father	Morley, Thomas E.,   b. 26 Mar 1758, Glastonbury, Hartford, Connecticut ,   d. 1 Sep 1844, Kirtland, Lake ,Ohio  (Age 86 years)
  Mother	Marsh, Editha,   b. 2 Oct 1762, Montaguem, Hampshire, Massachusetts
  Married	14 Feb 1783	Monuague, Hampshire, Massachusetts
  Notes	Family Group Record by nauvoo Land and Records OTHER SOURCES: Internet research: Rootsweb.com: World Connect, family group Familysearch.org: Ancestral File
  Family ID	F34727	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Gunn, Lucy,   b. 24 Jan 1786, Montague, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA ,   d. 3 Jan 1848, Winter Quarters, Nebraska Territory, USA  (Age 61 years)
  Married	20 Jun 1812	Montague, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA
  Children	+ 1. Morley, Lucy Diantha,   b. 4 Oct 1815, Kirtland, Lake, Ohio, USA ,   d. 19 Oct 1908, Orderville, Kane, Utah, USA  (Age 93 years)   2. Morley, Theresa Arathusa,   b. 18 Jul 1826, Kirtland, Lake, Ohio, USA ,   d. 1 Oct 1855, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA  (Age 29 years) + 3. Morley, Editha Ann,   b. 25 Jan 1818, Kirtland, Lake, Ohio, USA ,   d. 30 Mar 1893, Clitherall, Otter Tail, Minnesota, USA  (Age 75 years)   4. Morley, Isaac Jr.,   b. 2 May 1829, Kirtland, Lake, Ohio, USA ,   d. 21 May 1908, Moroni, Sanpete, Utah, USA  (Age 79 years)   5. Morley, Calista,   b. 11 May 1820, Kirkland, Geauga, Ohio, USA ,   d. 14 Jul 1822, Kirkland, Geauga, Ohio, USA  (Age 2 years)   6. Morley, Son,   b. 1821, Kirtland, Lake, Ohio, USA ,   d. 1821, Kirtland, Lake, Ohio, USA  (Age 0 years)   7. Morley, Cordelia Calista,   b. 28 Nov 1823, Kirtland, Lake, Ohio, USA ,   d. 10 Jun 1915, Manti, Sanpete, Utah, USA  (Age 91 years)   8. Morley, Philena,   b. 2 Oct 1813, Kirtland, Lake, Ohio, USA ,   d. 18 Mar 1894, Shenandoah, Page, Iowa, USA  (Age 80 years)   9. Morley, Daughter,   b. 1821, Kirtland, Lake, Ohio, USA ,   d. 1821, Kirtland, Lake, Ohio, USA  (Age 0 years)
  Family ID	F409	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Finch, Hannah Blakesley,   b. 19 Mar 1811, New Haven, Connecticut, USA ,   d. 16 Apr 1872, Manti, Sanpete, Utah, USA  (Age 61 years)
  Married	1844	Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois,USA
  Children	1. Morley, Joseph Lamoni,   b. 15 Jul 1845, Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, USA ,   d. 18 Oct 1846, Winter Quarters, Nebraska Territory  (Age 1 years)
  Family ID	F419	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 3	Libby, Hannah Knight,   b. 9 Oct 1786, Scarborough, Cumberland, Maine, USA ,   d. 17 Nov 1867, Provo, Utah, Utah, USA  (Age 81 years)
  Married	22 Jan 1846
  Family ID	F421	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 4	Snow, Abigail Leonora,   b. 23 Aug 1801, Becket, Berkshire, Massachusetts, USA ,   d. 11 Feb 1872  (Age 70 years)
  Married	1844	Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois,USA
  Last Modified	20 Mar 2015
  Family ID	F20569	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Residence - 1813 - Kirtland, Lake, Ohio, USA Married - 1844 - Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois,USA Married - 1844 - Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois,USA  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Notes

  PROPERTY: Nauvoo : Block 146, Lot 1 N/2 T3 R8, Sec 30, N/2 of the NW/4, 13 Acres T3 R8, Sec 32, E/2 of the NE/4, 40 Acres T3 R8, Sec 32, S/2 of the NW/4, 80 Acres NAUVOO RECORDS: Nauvoo Temple Endowment Register, p 3 Members, LDS, 1830-1848, by Susan Easton Black, Vol 31, pp 621-9 Nauvoo Legion HISTORIES/HISTORIES: Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah, pp 122, 1044 Life Sketch (2 pages) Morley's Settlement (2 pages) Morley's Settlement Marker (1 page) Land Ownership in Kirtland by Keith W. Perkins COMMENT: Isaac was the first counselor to Bishop Partridge. "The Life and Contributions of Isaac Morley," a master's thesis 213 pages (Morli86b.th) Name transcribed from Winter Quarters Wards Membership Lists 1846 - 1848. Taken from a variety of historical sources. They are not complete, and because of the difficulty reading handwriting, may not be entirely accurate. Most of the lists seem to be from the winter of 1846 - 47, but some are from later. In addition, people often moved to better housing, thus changing wards. Sources for these lists are: bishop's reports, high council meeting minutes, tithing records, and 'census' reports of widow, soldier's wives and other unassigned members of wards. The original records are available at the Historical Department, Archives Division, of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Salt Lake City Utah. Note: Stated in record above; "4 in the family, high counselor, cooper" Name transcribed from A "Grave" Experience at the Mormon Pioneer Winter Quarters Cemetery. By Carlyle B. Jensen and Gail Geo. Holmes, Published by Authors October 1999. Quoted from with permission of Gail Geo. Holmes. The record is a Commencement to bury in the burying ground at Winter Quarters, North West Corner. Spellings, dates and etc. are as written in the original record - mistakes and all." Stated in record above for Lucy Morley wife of Isaac Morley, "Lucy Morley; age 61 yrs., 11 mos., 21 days; wife of Isaac Morley; deceased Jan. 3, 1848; disease Winter Fever; birthplace Montague, Hanshire Co., Mass.; birthdate Jan. 24, 1786; grave no. 285." 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, "Priesthood: Bishop,17 July 1846, V. 1 p. 4" Family Group Record by Nauvoo Land and Records PROPERTY: Nauvoo : Block 146, Lot 1 N/2 T3 R8, Sec 30, N/2 of the NW/4, 13 Acres T3 R8, Sec 32, E/2 of the NE/4, 40 Acres T3 R8, Sec 32, S/2 of the NW/4, 80 Acres Property Transactions, Hancock County, Black, Black and Plewe, pages 2769-2771 Property Records, Nauvoo Restoration, Inc: 1 page Hancock County Tax Records, page 83 The Residents of the City of Nauvoo as Defined by Tax Records, 1839-1846 by Elaine S. Layton, 1 page NAUVOO RECORDS: Nauvoo Temple Endowment Register, p 3 Early 70’s and High Priest Index, LDS Archives, page 100 High Priest of Nauvoo and SLC, LDS Archives, page 95 Members, LDS, 1843-1848, by Susan Easton Black, Vol 31, pages 621-629 Record of Baptisms for the Dead, Nauvoo, by Black & Black, Vol 4, p. 2557-2558 Nauvoo Legion, John Sweeney, 1 page Nauvoo Legion in Illinois, Bennett, Black, and Cannon, pages 112, 238, 334, 366 HISTORIES: Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah, Frank Esshom, pages 122, 1044 An Enduring Legacy, DUP 1985, Vol 3 page 97-100 Our Pioneer Heritage, DUP, Vol 5 page 86 Our Pioneer Heritage, DUP, Vol 7 page 216 Our Pioneer Heritage, DUP, Vol 8 page 513 Our Pioneer Heritage, DUP, Vol 9 page 6 Our Pioneer Heritage, DUP, Vol 10 page 402 Our Pioneer Heritage, DUP, Vol 14 page 336 Our Pioneer Heritage, DUP, Vol 15 page 425 Our Pioneer Heritage, DUP, Vol 17 pages 143, 400, 413 Treasures of Pioneer History, Kate Carter, Vol 3 pages 295, 355 Treasures of Pioneer History, Kate Carter, Vol 4 page 21 Chronicles of Courage, DUP 1991, Vol 2 pages 303, 305, Vol. 6 pages 130-131 Nauvoo Journal, Vol 3 Date 1991 No 2 page 40 History of the Church, Joseph Smith, Vol 1 page 453 History of the Church, Joseph Smith, Vol 7 pages 542-543 LDS Biographical Encyclopedia, Andrew Jensen, Vol 2 pages 235-236 Mormon Redress Petition, Clark Johnson, page 14-21 Mormon Redress, Scroll Petition, Clark Johnson, pages 104, 396, 499-501, 608 Heartthrobs of the West, DUP, Vol 2 pages 270, 289, 353 BIOGRAPHIES: Life Sketch (2 pages) OTHER SOURCES: Nauvoo Data Bank, 8 pages Morley's Settlement (2 pages) Morley's Settlement Marker (1 page) Land Ownership in Kirtland by Keith W. Perkins Battle of Nauvoo, History and Biographies, page H-58 Internet Research: new.familysearch.org: 16 pages VARIANTS: Name: Merely Death Date: 21 Jun 1864 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, "Priesthood: Bishop,17 July 1846, V. 1 p. 4" Name transcribed from A "Grave" Experience at the Mormon Pioneer Winter Quarters Cemetery. By Carlyle B. Jensen and Gail Geo. Holmes, Published by Authors October 1999. Quoted from with permission of Gail Geo. Holmes. The record is a Commencement to bury in the burying ground at Winter Quarters, North West Corner. Spellings, dates and etc. are as written in the original record - mistakes and all." Stated in record above for Lucy Morley wife of Isaac Morley, "Lucy Morley; age 61 yrs., 11 mos., 21 days; wife of Isaac Morley; deceased Jan. 3, 1848; disease Winter Fever; birthplace Montague, Hanshire Co., Mass.; birthdate Jan. 24, 1786; grave no. 285." Name transcribed from Winter Quarters Wards Membership Lists 1846 - 1848. Taken from a variety of historical sources. They are not complete, and because of the difficulty reading handwriting, may not be entirely accurate. Most of the lists seem to be from the winter of 1846 - 47, but some are from later. In addition, people often moved to better housing, thus changing wards. Sources for these lists are: bishop's reports, high council meeting minutes, tithing records, and 'census' reports of widow, soldier's wives and other unassigned members of wards. The original records are available at the Historical Department, Archives Division, of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Salt Lake City Utah. Note: Stated in record above; "4 in the family, high counselor, cooper"

  
  

• Sources

  [S185] Book - Profile of Latter-day Saints of Kirtland, Ohio and Members of Zion's Camp, 1830-1839; vital stats and sources, Backman, Milton V., Jr., Compiler, (Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, 1982), by Keith W. Perkins. [S34] Book - History of the Nauvoo Legion in Illinois, Sweeney, John, Jr., (MA Thesis, Brigham Young University). [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 31, pp 621-9. [S327] LDS - Morley Settlement File, (Land and Records Office), pages). [S7] LDS - Nauvoo Temple Endowment Register, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, (1845-1846), , p 3. [S19] Book - Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah, 2 vols, Esshom, Frank, (Salt Lake City: 1913), , pp 122, 1044. [S492] Internet Link - "A Room of Round Logs with a Dirt Roof: Ute Perkins' Stewardship to Look after Mormon Battalion Families, Eugene H. Perkins and Waldo C. Perkins, (Mormon Historical Studies, Vol 1, No. 1, Spring 2000), Mormon Historical Studies, Spring 2000, p. 61-72. [S12] Internet Link - BYU Winter Quarters Project - http://winterquarters.byu.edu. [S13] Internet Link - Pioneer Research Group Project - http://www.pioneerresearchgroup.org. [S493] . [S491] Book - Sacred Places Ohio and Illinois, Berrett, LaMar C., Editor, (Deseret Book Company, Salt Lake City, Utah, 2002), p. 8. [S39] Book - Winter Quarters Wards Membership Lists 1846 - 1848, Historical Department Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.