Flake, William Jordan, 1839-1932
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1839 - 1932
biographical statement
Citation:
Arizona highways, Nov. 2001: p. 23, etc. (William J. Flake)UPB files, Apr. 23, 2002 (hdg.: Flake, William Jordan, 1839-1932; usage: William Jordan Flake)
Ancestry.com, May 18, 2012 (William Jordan Flake; William J. Flake; Wm. Jordan Flake; b. July 3, 1839 in Smith Creek, Anson, N.C.; parents, James Madison Flake (1815-1850) and Agnes Haily Love (1819-1855); m. Dec. 30, 1858 in Cedar City, Utah to Lucy Hannah White; m. Oct. 10, 1868 in Salt Lake City, Utah to Prudence Jane Kartchner; jailed for polygamy in 1884; d. Aug. 10, 1932 in Snowflake, Ariz.; cattle man and rancher)
Wikipedia, May 18, 2012 (William J. Flake; William Jordan Flake; William Flake; b. July 3, 1839 in N.C., moved to Miss. in 1840s; joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints; settled in San Bernardino, Calif. in 1850s; m. Lucy Hannah White in 1858, started cattle ranch in Beaver, Utah the following year; m. Prudence Kartchner in 1868; called by Brigham Young to settle in Ariz. Territory in 1877; settled Snowflake, Ariz. in 1878; imprisoned in Ariz. in 1883 for polygamy; d. Aug. 10, 1932 in Snowflake, Ariz.)
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Lucy H. Flake journals
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 13
Scope and Contents
Holograph journals which contain Flake's autobiography, covering the years 1842 to 1894. Includes details of her life in Beaver, Utah, and a detailed account of her life colonizing Snowflake, Arizona. Also included are details of her funeral by her daughter, Roberta Clayton, and Flake family genealogical data.
Dates:
approximately 1894-1899
Oz Flake family papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1564
Scope and Contents
Holograph diaries of Osmer Flake including an autobiography of his life from 1868 to 1893. The diaries cover 1893-1898, 1899-1913, 1935-1954. Also included is a diary of Osmer's first wife, Elsie Owens Flake 1897-1900 and a diary of his second wife, Ethel Ray Flake 1925-1926. Also in the collection is Osmer's biography of his father William Jordon Flake and an autograph book compiled at the Beaver Stake Academy, 1887-1888. His first wife Elsie kept a diary when he was serving on the...
Dates:
1887-1958
William Jordan Flake diary
Item — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 1453
Scope and Contents
Handwritten diary kept while Flake was kept in the Yuma, Arizona, prison for polygamy. Also included is a map of the lay out of the facility. The diary includes descriptions of the treatment of the Mormons by the guards, including work by the prisoners to repair and unload railroad cars. Also includes poetry and information from letters he received from his family.
Dates:
1884-1885
William Jordan Flake diary
Digital Record
Identifier: MSS1453_F1
Dates:
1884-1885
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
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- Collection 3
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- Polygamy -- Religious aspects -- Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 3
- Home and Family 2
- Latter Day Saints -- Arizona -- Diaries 2
- Prisoners 2
- Prisoners -- Arizona -- Diaries 2
- Social Life and Customs 2
- Autobiographies 1
- Beaver (Utah) 1
- Electronic books 1
- Frontier and pioneer life 1
- Immigration and American Expansion 1
- Latter Day Saint pioneers -- Arizona -- Snowflake -- History 1
- Latter Day Saints -- Arizona -- Biography 1
- Material Types 1
- Mormon missionaries -- Southern States 1
- Pioneers 1
- Politicians -- Arizona -- Diaries 1
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