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Conover, Peter Wilson

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1807 - 1892

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Peter Wilson Conover autobiography

 Item — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230244359]
Identifier: MSS SC 664
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a typescript of an autobiography. The date of composition of the item is uncertain. Conover writes about the persecutions of Mormons before their emigration to Utah, his service in the Utah Militia against the Utes and in the Utah War from 1857 to 1858, and his family.

Dates: approximately 1860
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

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