Stowell, William Rufus Rogers, 1822-1901
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1822 - 1901
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Biography of William Rufus Rogers Stowell
Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230348556]
Identifier: MSS 506
Abstract
Includes typewritten and handwritten biographies of William Rufus Rogers Stowell. Also included are typed excerpts from the biography and photocopies of an account of Stowell's death handwritten by his grandson, Earl Stowell. William Stowell was a convert to the Mormon Church. He lived in Nauvoo, Illinois, migrated to Utah in 1852, served in the Utah Militia during the Utah Expedition, served on missions for the Mormon Church, and went to Mexico to avoid prosecution for polygamy.
Dates:
approximately 1893-1950
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Collection on Utah Expedition
File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 2379
Scope and Contents
The collection contains the original and typescript of "The Echo Canon War," probably written by William Stowell, and a typed document regarding the Weber Military District and the Utah War, beginning with Chapter 3 [no author].
Dates:
1857-1858
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Additional filters:
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- Biographies 1
- Diaries 1
- Echo Canyon (Utah) 1
- Histories (Literary works) 1
- Latter Day Saints -- Illinois -- Nauvoo -- History 1
- Latter Day Saints -- Mexico -- History 1
- Latter Day Saints -- Utah -- History 1
- Letters 1
- Mormons -- Emigration and immigration -- History 1
- Nauvoo (Ill.) -- History 1
- Ogden (Utah) 1
- Polygamy -- Religious aspects -- Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints -- History 1
- Provo (Utah) 1
- Salt Lake City (Utah) 1 + ∧ less
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