Death of faithful veteran : sketch of the life of Elder Daniel Allen
Scope and Contents
Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a typewritten manuscript. The item is a biography of Daniel Allen. He was born on 9 December 1804 in Whitestown, New York, and moved to Chataugua County, New York, in 1807. Daniel Allen married Mary Anne Morris on 6 October 1828. They were baptized into the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in June 1832. In 1836, he moved to Kirtland, Ohio, and he later went to the Far West, Missouri, area. He faced the Missouri persecution of Mormons, and he later moved to Nauvoo, Illinois, where he helped work on numerous projects including the Nauvoo Temple. After the death of his first wife, Allen married Louisa Jane Berry on 22 June 1847 at Winter Quarters, Nebraska. He brought his family to Salt Lake City, Utah, in 1849. Allen worked as a tanner and married Sarah Whitely in 1854. He later lived in Manti, Pleasant Grove, Provo, Parowan, and Escalante each in Utah. He died in 1892.
Dates
- approximately 1920
Creator
- Wilcox, Edward (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 Death of faithful veteran : sketch of the life of Elder Daniel Allen must be obtained from the Supervisor of Reference Services and/or the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Board of Curators.
Extent
1 folder (0.01 linear ft.) : 2 p.
Language of Materials
English
Custodial History
This item was photocopied from reel 1 of the 920 microfilm collection.
Appraisal
19th Century Western and Mormon Manuscripts.
- Allen, Daniel, 1804-1892
- Biographies
- Escalante (Utah)
- Home and Family
- Latter Day Saints -- Illinois
- Latter Day Saints -- Missouri
- Latter Day Saints -- Ohio
- Manti (Utah)
- Mormons -- Utah
- Parowan (Utah)
- Photocopies
- Pleasant Grove (Utah)
- Polygamy -- Religious aspects -- Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
- Provo (Utah)
- Salt Lake City (Utah)
- Social Life and Customs
- Tanners -- Utah
- Title
- Register of Death of faithful veteran : sketch of the life of Elder Daniel Allen
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Amy Perez
- Date
- 2011 February 18
- 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