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James G. Willie Emigrating Company

 Organization

Found in 15 Collections and/or Records:

Life of Samuel Rowley

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230326339]
Identifier: MSS SC 2764
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a typewritten autobiography. Rowley writes about his conversion to the Mormon Church, his migration to Utah with the Willie handcart company in 1856, and his life in Parowan and San Juan County, Utah.

Dates: approximately 1901

Josiah Rogerson collection of handcart company sources

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197231044238]
Identifier: MSS 1320
Scope and Contents

Unpublished letters, autobiographies, reminiscences, and diaries collected by Josiah Rogerson to write a book on the ill-fated Willie and Martin handcart companies of 1856. The materials also include primary source materials on other aspects of Utah and Mormon history.

Dates: approximately 1856-1900

Richard Rowley autobiography

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230326321]
Identifier: MSS SC 2763
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a typewritten autobiography. Rowley writes about his conversion to the Mormon Church, his migration to Utah with the Willie handcart company, and his life in Tooele and Parowan, Utah.

Dates: 1897

Sketch of Catherine Cunningham Adams : taken from the other biographies and Church history

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230332428]
Identifier: MSS SC 3282
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a typewritten biogaphy of Catherine Cunningham Adams. Adams was born in Scotland in 1838, joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and migrated to Utah with the ill-fated Willie handcart company in 1856. She married, had 11 children, and died in 1912.

Dates: approximately 1930

Thomas Moulton history

 Item — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197235232532]
Identifier: MSS 8139
Scope and Contents

Typed biography of Thomas Moulton and family. Includes a description of their conversion to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in England, their passage with the Willie Handcart Company, and their settling in Provo and Heber City, Utah. The document is undated, but appears to have been compiled some time after 1940.

Dates: after 1940