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Roberts, B. H. (Brigham Henry), 1857-1933

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1857 - 1933

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Willis E. Robison journals

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197232481546]
Identifier: MSS 1591
Abstract

Handwritten missionary journals and typescripts. The items describe Robison's experiences while serving in the Southern States Mission of the Mormon Church. In particular the journal relates information about the slaying of John H. Gibbs and William S. Berry, two Mormon missionaries in the mission; the subsequent investigation of the slayings by Robison and his mission president B.H. Roberts; as well as other stories of persecution towards Mormons.

Dates: 1882-1884
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Willis E. Robison journals

The Tennessee massacre

 Item — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230335801]
Identifier: MSS 1256
Scope and Contents

Carbon copy of a typewritten essay. Livingston recounts the murders of two Mormon misisonaries and their protectors at Condor's Farm, Cane Creek, Tennessee, on 10 Aug. 1884. She also relates how the bodies were retrieved by her father, B. H. Roberts, while he was disguised as a common tramp.

Dates: 1930
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / The Tennessee massacre

Filtered By

  • Subject: Missions and Missionaries X

Additional filters:

Subject
Cane Creek (Tenn.) -- History -- Sources 1
Diaries 1
Electronic books 1
Histories (Literary works) 1
Latter Day Saint churches -- Missions -- Southern States -- History 1
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Latter Day Saint churches -- Missions -- Tennessee -- History 1
Latter Day Saint missionaries -- Southern States -- Diaries 1
Latter Day Saints -- Persecutions -- Southern States -- History 1
Mormons -- Southern States -- History 1
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