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Photocopy of a microfilmed copy of a typewritten biography. John Olney Adams was born in American Fork, Utah, in 1861 and Mattie Marie Peterson was born in 1864 in Denmark. She was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and migrated to Utah. They married in 1884. John died in 1932 in Bingham, Utah, and Mattie died in 1928.

Scope and Contents Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a handwritten autobiography. Patience tells about her early life in England and her conversion to the Mormon Church. She presents one of the best accounts from the Martin handcart company and goes into considerable detail on the ordeal. Patience tells about the rescue and the continuous efforts of the people in the ill-fated handcart company to survive. She also writes about her arrival in Salt Lake City, Utah, and about the efforts by Brigham Young,...

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Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a typewritten biography. Ernestine Dourin was born in 1828 and married Henry Jacob. After his death, she joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1852 and migrated to Utah in 1853 where she settled in American Fork. She died in 1912.

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Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a typewritten biography. Alice Chadwick was born in England in 1844, and she joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1854. She migrated to Utah in 1869 by railroad and settled in American Fork. She married George Taylor in 1870 and was "set apart" as a midwife in 1883. After the death of George, Alice married Thomas G. Steele. She died in 1917.

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Photocopy of a micrifilm copy of a typewritten biography. Gudmundsen writes about Emma Grace Austin. Emma Grace was born in 1827 in England. She married John Austin in 1848 and was the mother of 17 children. She joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Emma migrated to Utah in 1868 and settled in Lehi, Utah, and died in 1893.

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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 of Sarah Binns Chapman. She was born in St. Louis, Missouri, in 1842. She migrated to Utah with other members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1852. She settled in American Fork, Utah, where she raised a large family.

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Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a typewritten biography of Ellen Drew Gemmel Clarke by an unknown author. Ellen was born in Scotland in 1839, converted to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1849, migrated to Utah in 1861, settled in American Fork, married James Clarke in 1862, and had five children.

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Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a typewritten biography of Edward Conder and Helen Pierce Conder. Edward was born in 1826. He married Helen Pierce in 1846. She was also born in 1826. As members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints they migrated to Utah in 1850 and settled in American Fork. He died in 1885, and she died in 1894.

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Photocopy of a microfilmed copy of a typewritten biography. Sarah Ann Piling Mayne Cooper was born in England in 1821 and died in West Jordan, Utah, in 1880. She joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and migrated to Utah. She married George Mayne and Frank Cooper.