Born in Dansville, Steuben (now Livingston), New York
Son of Silas Coray and Mary Stephens
Married Melissa Burton, 2 Jun 1846, Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois
Children: William Coray Jr., Melissa Coray
A Sergeant in the Mormon Battalion, Company B. William's 18 year old bride, Melissa, accompanied him. Melissa Burton Coray was the youngest of the four women who made the entire march with the Mormon Battalion.
William & Melissa migrated to Monterey, California after William's discharge where she gave birth to a son, William Jr, on 2 Oct 1847. William Jr. died within a few months after his birth and was buried in Monterey.
The couple then went to San Francisco and eventually on to the Salt Lake Valley, traveling more than 4,000 miles in all. When they arrived in Salt Lake City on October 6, 1848, Melissa was expecting their second child.
William was ill with tuberculosis he had contracted in California but hoped to live long enough to see their child born. Happily, he did.
Baby Melissa was born on February 6, 1849, about one month before William's death.
Mormon Battalion, Company B
Son of Silas Coray and Mary Stephens
Married Melissa Burton, 2 Jun 1846, Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois
Children: William Coray Jr., Melissa Coray
A Sergeant in the Mormon Battalion, Company B. William's 18 year old bride, Melissa, accompanied him. Melissa Burton Coray was the youngest of the four women who made the entire march with the Mormon Battalion.
William & Melissa migrated to Monterey, California after William's discharge where she gave birth to a son, William Jr, on 2 Oct 1847. William Jr. died within a few months after his birth and was buried in Monterey.
The couple then went to San Francisco and eventually on to the Salt Lake Valley, traveling more than 4,000 miles in all. When they arrived in Salt Lake City on October 6, 1848, Melissa was expecting their second child.
William was ill with tuberculosis he had contracted in California but hoped to live long enough to see their child born. Happily, he did.
Baby Melissa was born on February 6, 1849, about one month before William's death.
Mormon Battalion, Company B
Born in Dansville, Steuben (now Livingston), New York
Son of Silas Coray and Mary Stephens
Married Melissa Burton, 2 Jun 1846, Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois
Children: William Coray Jr., Melissa Coray
A Sergeant in the Mormon Battalion, Company B. William's 18 year old bride, Melissa, accompanied him. Melissa Burton Coray was the youngest of the four women who made the entire march with the Mormon Battalion.
William & Melissa migrated to Monterey, California after William's discharge where she gave birth to a son, William Jr, on 2 Oct 1847. William Jr. died within a few months after his birth and was buried in Monterey.
The couple then went to San Francisco and eventually on to the Salt Lake Valley, traveling more than 4,000 miles in all. When they arrived in Salt Lake City on October 6, 1848, Melissa was expecting their second child.
William was ill with tuberculosis he had contracted in California but hoped to live long enough to see their child born. Happily, he did.
Baby Melissa was born on February 6, 1849, about one month before William's death.
Mormon Battalion, Company B
Son of Silas Coray and Mary Stephens
Married Melissa Burton, 2 Jun 1846, Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois
Children: William Coray Jr., Melissa Coray
A Sergeant in the Mormon Battalion, Company B. William's 18 year old bride, Melissa, accompanied him. Melissa Burton Coray was the youngest of the four women who made the entire march with the Mormon Battalion.
William & Melissa migrated to Monterey, California after William's discharge where she gave birth to a son, William Jr, on 2 Oct 1847. William Jr. died within a few months after his birth and was buried in Monterey.
The couple then went to San Francisco and eventually on to the Salt Lake Valley, traveling more than 4,000 miles in all. When they arrived in Salt Lake City on October 6, 1848, Melissa was expecting their second child.
William was ill with tuberculosis he had contracted in California but hoped to live long enough to see their child born. Happily, he did.
Baby Melissa was born on February 6, 1849, about one month before William's death.
Mormon Battalion, Company B
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