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Biographies of Farnes family

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 8251
Scope and Contents

Collection consists of biographies and remembrances of Farnes family members. There are pages missing from the stories. Materials date from between approximately 1945 and 1975.

Dates: approximately 1945-1975
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Biography of George Henry Webb

 Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 2819
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a microfilmed copy of a typewritten biography. George Henry Webb was born in 1865 in England. His family were members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and they migrated to Utah in 1867. He settled in American Fork, Utah. George served on missions for the Mormon Church, and he died in 1944.

Dates: approximately 1958
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Biography of Jane Handcock Wood

 File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 2749
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a microfilmed copy of a typewritten biography. Jane Handcock Wood was born in England in 1811, joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and migrated to Utah in 1861. She settled in American Fork, Utah, and died in 1891.

Dates: Publication: approximately 1944
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Biography of Sarah Amelia Britton Wootton

 File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 2576
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a microfilmed copy of a typewritten biography. Sarah Amelia Britton was born in 1844 in England, and her family joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. She migrated to Utah in 1850 and later settled in American Fork. She died in 1922.

Dates: approximately 1940
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Mary Lois Walker Morris autobiography

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MSS 1566
Scope and Contents Materials include photocopies of the typewritten manuscript of Mary Lois Walker Morris's autobiography. The autobiography details events in Mary's life and the life of her family. It provides insight into religion and family life. It also gives information about Quakers in England, conversion to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, emmigration, and polygamy in Utah. Includes an additional transcription made from the typewritten manuscript. Appears to have been written between...
Dates: approximately 1895-1908
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

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American Fork (Utah) -- History 3
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Latter Day Saint women -- Biography 2
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Timpson, Laura Logie, 1886-1973 1
Webb, George Henry, 1865-1944 1
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