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Jones, Edith Boley, 1892-1973

 Person

Biography

Edith Boley Jones was a writer of family histories and historian of Adams Camp, Daughters of Utah Pioneers, Utah County, American Fork, Utah.

Citation:
UPB files, Dec. 15, 2016 (Edith Boley Jones was a writer of family histories and historian of Adams Camp, Daughters of Utah Pioneers, Utah County, American Fork, Utah)

Found in 17 Collections and/or Records:

Biography : Elizabeth Arsena Davis Boley

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230341759]
Identifier: MSS 2581
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of microfilmed copy of a typewritten biography. Elizabeth joned the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and migrated to Utah in 1849. She settled in American Fork. She was friendly with the Indians, had twelve children, and died in 1892.

Dates: 1944

Biography : Henry Hart Boley

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230341767]
Identifier: MSS 2580
Scope and Contents Photocopy of a microfilmed copy of a typewritten biography. Henry Hart Boley was born in Pennsylvania, and his parents came from Berlin, Germany. The family joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and moved to Nauvoo, Illinois. He accidenally shot himself in 1843. Henry Boley came to Uah in 1849 and later settled in American Fork. He had twelve children and died in 1876 from the "lingering affects of the gun wound inflicted while standing guard at the Temple of...
Dates: 1944

Biography of Barbara Scott Parker

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230337005]
Identifier: MSS 2700
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a typewritten biography. Parker was born in England in 1820, came to Pennsylvania, joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and migrated to Utah where she settled in American Fork.

Dates: 1944

Biography : Henry Boley and wives Barbara Hart and Mary Anderson came to Utah 1850

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230341775]
Identifier: MSS 2579
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a typewritten biography. Henry Boley and Barbara Hart were born in Berlin, Germany. Henry was born in 1795 and Barbara was born in 1793. They married and later came to Pennsylvania where they joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. They later moved to Nauvoo, Illinois, and migrated to Utah in 1850. They finally settled in American Fork. After the death of Barbara, Henry married Mary Anderson. Dated 1944.

Dates: 1944

Biography : Agnes Gillispie Crooks

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230341874]
Identifier: MSS 2584
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a microfilmed copy of a typewritten biography. Agnes Gillispie was born in 1810 in Scotland and married Thomas Crooks. She joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and came to Nauvoo, Illinois. She migrated to Utah in 1850 and settled in American Fork.

Dates: 1944

Biography : Thomas Crooks and son James

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230341866]
Identifier: MSS 2583
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a microfilmed copy of a typewritten biography. Thomas Crooks was born in Scotland, married Agnes Gillispie, and joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Thomas and his son, James, fought in the battle of Nauvoo, Illinois. Thomas and James came to Utah in 1850 and settled in American Fork. Thomas was a blacksmith as was James, his son.

Dates: 1944

Histories written & filed (No. 4) for Adams Camp of Daughters of Utah Pioneers

 Item — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230341783]
Identifier: MSS 2578
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a microfilmed copy of a typewritten history. The item includes lists of officers, meeting minutes, photographs of members, and poems praising Utah pioneers.

Dates: 1943-1945

Biography of Elizabeth Jane Parker Jones

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230340991]
Identifier: MSS 2676
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a microfilmed copy of a typewritten biography. Elizabeth Jane Parker Jones was born in 1855 in England, was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, migrated to Utah in 1869, and settled in Henefer. She married Robert Allen Jones in 1873, had eight children, and died in 1933.

Dates: 1944

Biography of Robert Allen Jones

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230341007]
Identifier: MSS 2675
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of microfilmed copy of a typewritten biography. Robert Allen Jones was born in 1854 in England, joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and migrated to Utah in 1866. He settled in Henefer, Utah, married Elizabeth Jane Parker, and died in 1939.

Dates: 1944

Biography of Robert Jones

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230341015]
Identifier: MSS 2674
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a typed biography. Robert Jones was born in 1829 in England. He married Harriett Tipper in 1852 and joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He migrated to Utah in 1866 and died in Henefer in 1906.

Dates: 1944

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Biographies 16
Immigration and American Expansion 16
Pioneers 16
American Fork (Utah) -- History 9
Immigrants 9