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Box 41

 Container

Contains 19 Results:

Mormon Battalion Association biographies of original members, 1837-2012

 Sub-Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 8000 Series 2 Sub-Series 1
Scope and Contents

Contains biographies of the original members of the Mormon Battalion containing family group records, biographies, and other material. Dated 1990s.

Dates: 1837-2012

William Coons, 1988-1998

 File — Box: 41, Folder: 9
Identifier: MSS 8000 Series 2 Sub-Series 1 File 87
Scope and Contents

Contains a biographical sketch on Emerette Elizabeth Goodwin, and family group records for William Coons and two wives (Emerette and Martha Twitchell). Materials dated 1988 to 1998.

Dates: 1988-1998

Melissa Coray, 1983-2008

 File — Box: 41, Folder: 10
Identifier: MSS 8000 Series 2 Sub-Series 1 File 88
Scope and Contents Contains a glossy repoduced photograph of Melissa Burton Coray, copy of the book "Melissa's Journey with the Mormon Battalion" (published by the Daughters of the Utah Pioneers in 1994, with miniature color photocopy of the cover), multiple biographies of and articles about Melissa (including newspaper clippings and programs about the naming ceremony of Melissa Coray Peak and commemoration of the Mormon-Carson Pass Emigrant Trail), and articles about her and her first husband William (with...
Dates: 1983-2008

William Coray, 1988-2011

 File — Box: 41, Folder: 11
Identifier: MSS 8000 Series 2 Sub-Series 1 File 89
Scope and Contents

Contains biographical sketches for William Coray and Melissa Burton Coray Kimball and their life together (including a photograph of their joint burial site), and a family group record for the two of them, as well as correspondence and information about their infant son William and his grave site. Materials dated 1988 to 2011.

Dates: 1988-2011

Amos Cox, 1962-2007

 File — Box: 41, Folder: 12
Identifier: MSS 8000 Series 2 Sub-Series 1 File 90
Scope and Contents

Contains family group record for Amos Cox (one featuring just Amos and detailing all marriages, and one for just Amos and Philena Morley), photocopies of book chapters highlighting Amos within the life of Isaac Morley, biography of wife Philena Morley Cox, and biography of Henderson Cox (unknown relation, but another member of the Battalion, who was killed at Tragedy Spring in 1848). Materials dated 1962 to 2007.

Dates: 1962-2007

John Cox, 1949-1998

 File — Box: 41, Folder: 13
Identifier: MSS 8000 Series 2 Sub-Series 1 File 91
Scope and Contents

Contains glossy reproduced photograph of John Cox, Battalion data and biographical sketches, family group records for John and wife Eliza Roberts, family correspondence and research on the descendant lines, and biography of Eliza Roberts Cox. Materials dated 1949 to 1998.

Dates: 1949-1998

George W. Cummings, after 1964-1998

 File — Box: 41, Folder: 14
Identifier: MSS 8000 Series 2 Sub-Series 1 File 92
Scope and Contents

Contains a glossy reproduced photograph of George Washington Cummings, biographies for George, his son Charles, and his wife Phoebe (or Phebe/Pheby) Jane Ferguson, photocopies from Battalion histories featuring Cummings, and family group record for George and Phoebe. Materials dated from some time after 1964 to 1998.

Dates: after 1964-1998

Dorr P. Curtis, after 1964-1998

 File — Box: 41, Folder: 15
Identifier: MSS 8000 Series 2 Sub-Series 1 File 93
Scope and Contents Contains a glossy reproduced photograph and biographies of Dorr Purdy Curtis (including photocopies of biographical sources); family group records for Dorr and first wife Sarah Louisa Van Orden; biography of second wife Catherine Adelia Haight and family group record with Dorr; glossy photo, biographies, and family group records for Foster Curtis (unknown relation); and photocopy from the Journal of Mormon History featuring a Josiah Curtis (unknown relation). Materials dated from some time...
Dates: after 1964-1998

Dalton, 1962 - after 1975

 File — Box: 41, Folder: 16
Identifier: MSS 8000 Series 2 Sub-Series 1 File 94
Scope and Contents Contains family group records for John Dalton and Elizabeth Cooker, John Dalton Jr. and Rebecca Turner Cranmer, Henry (Harry) Dalton and Isabell Ferguson, Edward Dalton and Elizabeth Meeks, and Henry Simon Dalton and Elizabeth Jane Kettleman (or Kittleman); as well as family correspondence and research on Edward and Henry (Harry) Dalton as members of the Mormon Battalion, and a biography of Elizabeth Jane Kittleman (wife of Henry Simon Dolten (Dalton), also a member of the...
Dates: 1962 - after 1975

Daniel Coon Davis, 2000-2008

 File — Box: 41, Folder: 17
Identifier: MSS 8000 Series 2 Sub-Series 1 File 95
Scope and Contents

Contains biographies of Captain Daniel C. Davis (including photocopies); correspondence, family research, and family group records for Daniel and his first wife, Sophronia Fuller; biographies of his second wife, Susan (or Susanna) Moses, with individual and family group records and family research and correspondence on Susanna; and family group records and biographical information on Daniel and his third wife, Maria/Mary Julia Benson. Materials dated 2000 to 2008.

Dates: 2000-2008