In remembrance of those who have enriched our ancestral legacy



Tuesday, April 27, 2010



Zachariah Davis Wilson
1811 - 1894
Mormon Preacher and Member of the High Council in Far West, Missouri and Nauvoo, Illinois 1842
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Son of James Wilson and Ellender Shelfer, Zachariah Davis Wilson was born 12 Jun 1811 at Farmington, Bedford County, Tennessee. Brother to Nancy, Elijah, Levin, Elizabeth (Betsy), Ella Melissa, Thomas Green and Sarah. He married Lucinda Grant Beazley, daughter of Bozwell Beazley and Jane Spencer, 26 Apr 1836 in Lawrence County, Illinois.
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Note: Read a first person account of the missionary influence of Elder Wilson from an 1833 convert in Illinois. Biographical Sketch of James Holt 1804-1894
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