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Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Orson F. Whitney letters from family members, 1882 March-April

 File — Box 4: Series 1; Series 2; Series 3 [Barcode: 31197231038420], Folder: 4
Identifier: MSS 15 Series 1 Sub-Series 3
Scope and Contents

Materials include letters to Orson F. Whitney from his mother, Helen Mar Kimball Whitney, his sister Genevieve (Gen), and his sister-in-law Emma (Emily Ann Smoot). The letters are dated between March 17, 1882 and April 16, 1882, and give Orson updates on daily life and other events that the women experienced during Orson's absence. Dated March 17-April 16, 1882.

Dates: 1882 March-April

Whitney family genealogies

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230306166]
Identifier: MSS SC 855
Scope and Contents

Handwritten genealogies of the Whitney, Wheeler, and Kelley families. These were Mormon families. Most of the information covers the eighteenth, nineteenth, and twentieth centuries. Also included is a four-page handwritten copy of an autobiography written by Alonzo Wells Whitney in 1844 when he was living in Nauvoo, Illinois, and a copy of the patriarchial blessing given to his wife, Henrietta Keys Whitney, by the Mormon Church Patriarch, Hyrum Smith.

Dates: 1960-1976

To the descendants of George Burton Whitney

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230336429]
Identifier: MSS 464
Scope and Contents

Typewritten and mimeographed genealogy of the Whitney family. The date of the composition of this item is uncertain. Some of the entries include biographical sketches. George Burton Whitney was born in the state of New York, lived for many years in Nevada, and died in St. George, Utah.

Dates: 1960

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