A brief history of the life of Frederick Weight by himself
Scope and Contents
Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a typescript . Weight wrote about his early life in England and his conversion to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. He migrated to the United States in 1849 and came to Utah in 1851. He settled first in Salt Lake City, Utah, where his wife died in child birth. Weight married Mary Milnes. He wrote about grasshopper troubles in 1854 and about his move to Springville, Utah, in 1856. He worked as a plasterer and a general laborer and faced constant trouble to support himself and his family. He married Elizabeth Babcock in 1865 and was found guilty of unlawful cohabitation in 1888.
Dates
- Approximately 1895
Creator
- Weight, Fredrick, 1828-1901 (author, Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Open for public research.
Conditions Governing Use
It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances. Permission to publish material from A brief history of the life of Frederick Weight by himself must be obtained from the Supervisor of Reference Services and/or the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Board of Curators.
Biographical history
Weight was a Mormon pioneer who settled in Springville, Utah.
Extent
39 p. (0.08 linear ft.)
Language of Materials
English
Custodial History
This autobiography was photocopied from the 920 microfilm collection reel number 8.
Appraisal
19th Century Mormon and Western Manuscripts.
- Title
- Register of A brief history of the life of Frederick Weight by himself
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Lucy Brimhall
- Date
- 2013 April 12
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English in Latin script.
Repository Details
Part of the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Repository
1130 HBLL
Brigham Young University
Provo Utah 84602 United States