Wagstaff, Samuel, 1820-1897
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1820 - 1897
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Biographical sketch of the life of Samuel Wagstaff
File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230339456]
Identifier: MSS SC 3343
Scope and Contents
Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a typewritten biography. Samuel Wagstaff was born in 1820 in England, married Lucy Webb in 1840, and joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1849. He migrated to Utah in 1862 and settled in American Fork. Samuel went to prison for polygamy in 1888 and died in 1897. The title page of the item states, "by Ada W. Barratt." At the end of the biography is written, "Sketch written by Bertha N. Sager."
Dates:
1930
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Samuel Wagstaff papers
Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197230352269]
Identifier: MSS 7435
Abstract
Collection includes a nineteenth-century ledger used for a journal and an incomplete letter written from prison. Also in the collection are photocopied photographs and a typescript of the journal.
Dates:
1865-1888
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections