When Williamson Wesley Jolley was born on 16 July 1839, in Dresden, Weakley, Tennessee, United States, his father, Henry Bryant Manning Jolley, was 25 and his mother, Brittanna Elizabeth Mayo, was 25. He married Mary Ann Chambers on 14 February 1858, in Spanish Fork, Utah, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He lived in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States in 1839 and Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States in 1850. He died on 11 January 1911, in Heyburn, Minidoka, Idaho, United States, at the age of 71, and was buried in Pleasant View Cemetery, Burley, Cassia, Idaho, United States.
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In 1841, the Nauvoo Legion was organized. It was a group of men formed to protect the people of Nauvoo but also fought in different wars. Joseph Smith was the Lieutenant General of this group. Other leaders included Brigham Young, John C. Bennett, and others. They were part of the Illinois Mormon War (1844-1846), Mexican-American War (March of California, Capture of Tucson), Indian Wars (Battle Creek Massacre, Battle of Fort Utah, Walker War, Ute Black Hawk War, Mountain Meadows Massacre), American Civil War, and Morrisite War. The Legion was disbanded in 1887.
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
English: variant of Jolly .
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Possible Related NamesSource: "The Jolley Family Book" published by Brigham Young University Press 1966, written by Bryant Manning Jolley and his committee. Arrillia Jolley Bastian was born in Mt. Carmel, Utah. She was th …
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