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Leigh and Berry family papers

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Identifier: MSS 3319
Scope and Contents Contains various papers related to the family of William David Leigh and Elizabeth Wood, and the family of William Shanks Berry and Rebecca Rocena Beck. Includes a journal and other documents related to William David Leigh's service as a missionary for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the British Mission from 1888-1891. Also includes some genealogical information and family histories related to the William David Leigh and William Shanks Berry families. Dated approximately...
Dates: approximately 1888-1967

William David Leigh missionary journal, 1888-1890

 Item — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 3319 Item 1
Scope and Contents

Journal of William David Leigh kept from November 10, 1888, to November 1, 1890 while serving in the British Mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Leigh served mostly in Wales.

Dates: 1888-1890

Brigham Young, Jr. and Reed Smoot memorandum to William David Leigh, 1891 January 31

 Item — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 3319 Item 2
Scope and Contents

Memorandum written on the Church's European Printing, Publishing, and Emigration Office letterhead in Liverpool, England. Young and Smoot write to Leigh informing him of the date of his departure from England, which is to be February 7, 1891.

Dates: 1891 January 31

Leigh family history notes, date of production not identified

 Item — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 3319 Item 3
Scope and Contents

Contains a folded sheet with notes related to Leigh family genealogy, including information about Reverend Edmund Leigh and Ann Pugh Leigh, who hailed from Wales.

Dates: date of production not identified

Garnered memories / by Ella B. Leigh, approximately 1966

 Item — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 3319 Item 4
Scope and Contents

Family history written by Martha Eleanor "Ella" (Berry) Leigh. Includes information about her childhood, raising a family with her husband, William Henry Leigh, son of William David Leigh, and their descendants. Dated approximately 1966.

Dates: approximately 1966

From: Ella Berry Leigh scrapbook, approximately 1967

 Item — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 3319 Item 5
Scope and Contents

Typed and printed selections of family history information related to the Leigh and Berry families. Includes some information on the death of Elder William Shanks Berry, Ella Berry Leigh's father, who was killed in Tennessee in 1884 while serving as a missionary for the Church in the Southern States Mission.

Dates: approximately 1967