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Photocopy of a microfilmed copy of a typewritten biography. Lois Russell Harrington was born in 1823 in Sparta, New York. She married Leonard Elsworth Harrington in 1840, joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1841, moved to Nauvoo, Illinois, in 1842, migrated to Utah in 1847, and moved to American Fork in 1850. She died in 1902.

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Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a typewritten biography. Henry Boley and Barbara Hart were born in Berlin, Germany. Henry was born in 1795 and Barbara was born in 1793. They married and later came to Pennsylvania where they joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. They later moved to Nauvoo, Illinois, and migrated to Utah in 1850. They finally settled in American Fork. After the death of Barbara, Henry married Mary Anderson. Dated 1944.

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Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a typescript. The item is a biography of Ann Bowen Call written by an unspecified person at an unknown time. Ann Bowen was born in Bethany, New York, and later moved to Nauvoo, Illinois. She later migrated to Utah and settled in Davis County in 1851. In that year, she married Anson Call. She lived in a number of towns in Utah and finally settled in Bountiful. The biography talks about her experiences with Indians.

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Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a typewritten biography of Martha Chipman. Martha was born in 1836, lived in Nauvoo, Illinois, migrated to Utah, and married Henry Chipman.

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Photocopy of a microfilmed copy of a typewritten biography. Agnes Gillispie was born in 1810 in Scotland and married Thomas Crooks. She joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and came to Nauvoo, Illinois. She migrated to Utah in 1850 and settled in American Fork.

Scope and Contents These materials were photocopied from microfilm copies of handwritten items. Caroline Crosby wrote about her early life in Massachusetts and Canada. She married Jonathan Crosby in 1834. She was baptized into the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in 1835. She lived in Kirtland, Ohio, and later moved to Indiana. Caroline came to Nauvoo, Illinois, in 1843. She later migrated to Utah in 1848. Caroline and her husband were called to the Society Islands as missionaries in 1850 and...

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Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a typewritten biography. Mary Ann Reece was born in 1823 in England. She joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints when she was 17 years old and came to America to follow her religion. She married Richard Steele in 1845 in Nauvoo, Illinois. She migrated to Utah in 1851 and settled in American Fork. She died in 1888.

Scope and Contents Includes an eighty-two-page holograph, plus a photocopy and a typed copy. Nancy Tracy reflects on her early life in New York state; marriage to Moses Tracy, 1832; conversion to Mormonism, 1834; occasional interactions with Joseph Smith Jr.; and experiences with her husband in New York, 1844. Includes information on her activities in Kirtland, Ohio; Far West, Missouri; Nauvoo, Illinois; Council Bluffs, Iowa; Winter Quarters, Nebraska; and Ogden, Utah. She also comments on her emigration to...

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Photocopy of typescript of a microfilm copy. The collection is a biography of John S. White and Ann Eliza Adelaide Everett White. "John S. White Sen., member of Company C. Iowa Volunteers (Mormon Batallion) in Mexican War, 1846, Utah Pioneer." "Ann Eliza Adelaide Everett White, member of Grant's Company of Utah Pioneers." The couple lived in Farmington, Utah.