Willis, Dorcas^{[1, 2, 3, 4]}

1810 - 1843  (33 years)

• Name	Willis, Dorcas
  Born	1 Feb 1810	Gallatin, Sumner, Tennessee, USA
  Gender	Female
  Died	6 Feb 1843	Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois,USA
  Buried	Old Nauvoo Burial Grounds, Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, USA   [5, 6]
  Person ID	I775	Early Latter-day Saints
  Last Modified	1 Mar 2023

  
  

  Father	Willis, John,   b. 1782, New Bern, Craven, North Carolina ,   d. 26 Feb 1846, Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois,USA  (Age 64 years)
  Mother	Kirkpatrick, Jane,   b. 1785, , , Ireland ,   d. 1811, Shawnee, Gallatin, Illinois, USA  (Age 26 years)
  Married	26 Feb 1806	, Summer, Tennessee, USA
  Family ID	F33603	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Witt, Robert L.,   b. Abt 1808, , , Tennessee, USA ,   d. 1837, McLeansboro, Hamilton, Illinois, USA  (Age ~ 29 years)
  Married	27 Feb 1825	, Hamilton, Illinois, USA
  Children	1. Witt, Kizzie Ann,   b. 10 Feb 1827, Mcleansboro, Hamilton, Illinois, USA ,   d. 23 Aug 1901, Boscobel, Grant, Wisconsin  (Age 74 years)   2. Witt, Sarah Jane,   b. 1 Feb 1831, McLeansboro, Hamilton, Illinois, USA ,   d. 31 Dec 1875, Heber City, Wasatch, Utah, USA  (Age 44 years)   3. Witt, John Wesley,   b. 10 Feb 1829, Mcleansboro, Hamilton, Illinois, USA ,   d. 30 Jun 1907, Heber City, Wasatch, Utah, USA  (Age 78 years)
  Family ID	F821	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Averett, Elisha,   b. 12 Dec 1810, , Maury, Tennessee, USA ,   d. 22 Oct 1890, Glendale, Kane, Utah, USA  (Age 79 years)
  Married	1838	Far West, Caldwell, Missouri, USA
  Children	1. Averett, William,   b. 31 Jul 1839, Quincy, Adams, Illinois, USA ,   d. 29 Dec 1909, Heber City, Wasatch, Utah, USA  (Age 70 years)   2. Averett, Daughter,   b. 1841, Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois,USA   3. Averett, Child,   b. 6 Feb 1843, Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois,USA ,   d. 6 Feb 1843, Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois,USA  (Age 0 years)
  Family ID	F819	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  NAUVOO RECORDS: Members, LDS, 1830-1848, by Susan Easton Black, Vol 46, pp 659 - 660 Record of Baptisms for the Dead, by Black and Black, Vol 1, p 170 - 172 Nauvoo Death Record - Marker Exists BURIAL: Block 2 Lot 6 Grave 9 (Northeast of Chandler) TOMBSTONE: Dorcas Averett The Memory of DORCAS Consort of ELISHA AVERETT who died February 6, 1843 AGED 33 YEARS DEATH: VARIANT AGE: 53 Family Group Record by Nauvoo Land and Records NAUVOO RECORDS: Women of the Nauvoo Relief Society, p 97 Members LDS, 1830-1848, Susan Easton Black, Vol 46 pp 659-660 Record of Baptisms for the Dead, Nauvoo, Black and Black, Vol 1 p 170-172 Nauvoo Death Record - Marker Exists Old Nauvoo Burial Ground, Vol 1, 1 page Old Nauvoo Burial Ground Plot Map and Tombstone photos, 3 pages Early Mormon Records, Nauvoo, Lyman D Platt, Vol. 1, p 40 OTHER SOURCES: Internet research: rootsweb.com: World Connect, 1 page familysearch.org: Ancestral File, 2 pages

  
  

• Sources

  [S4] Book - Annotated Record of Baptisms for the Dead, Nauvoo, 7 vols., Black, Susan Easton, (Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah 84602), , by Black and Black, Vol 1, p 170 - 172. [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 46, pp 659 - 660. [S145] LDS - Nauvoo Death Records, - Marker Exists. [S858] . [S574] Internet Link - The Cemetery Record of William D, Huntiington, Nauvoo Sexton, Woods, Fred E., (Mormon Historical Studies, Vol 3, No. 1, Spring 2002), p. 137. Died age 32 years 10 months [S21] LDS - List of Known Dead Buried in Old Nauvoo Burial Ground. photo (1989) Ae 55 years