Whipple, Nelson Wheeler, 1818-1887
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1818 - 1887
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Nelson Wheeler Whipple diaries
File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230233444]
Identifier: MSS SC 38
Scope and Contents
Two different typescripts of the same diary kept by Whipple: one prepared by Phyllis Clayton Pettit, the other by Anor Whipple. The diary gives genealogical data about Nelson Whipple's ancestors and tells of his early experiences in the Latter-day Saint Church, his move to Nauvoo, Illinois, his journey across the Plains to Utah and his life there.
Dates:
1863-1867
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections