William Whitley Jr.
William Whitley Jr. (abt. 1796-1860) was born about 1796 in Maine. He married Hannah Dixon Coombs about 2 Dec. 1826 in Belfast, Waldo Co., Maine. He was visited by Wilford Woodruff on 2 Dec. 1837 in Camden, Waldo Co., Maine, and he traveled with the Wilford Woodruff Company from Maine to join the Saints in Missouri in Oct. 1838. He died 24 Mar. 1860 in Kirtland, Lake Co., Ohio.
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