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William Adams autobiography
File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 569
Scope and Contents
Handwritten autobiography with a typescript of the item. Adams came from Ireland, migrated to Nauvoo, Illinois, and later to Salt Lake Valley, Utah. He also lived in Springville, Spanish Fork, Parowan, and Cedar City, Utah. Adams writes about Jacob Hamblin's efforts to convert Indians, the preparations to meet the United States Army coming to Utah in 1857 and 1858, going on a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and meeting Emma Hales Smith, the wife of the first...
Dates:
1894
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Andrew Jackson Allen autobiography and diary
File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 3213
Scope and Contents
Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a typescript of an autobiography and diary. Allen writes about his youth in Kentucky and move to Missouri after he joined the Mormon Church. He later moved to Nauvoo, Illinois, and joined the Mormon exodus to Utah in 1847. He tells about the hardships of early settlement in Salt Lake City, Utah. His diary starts in 1857. It has many gaps and entries were often months apart. He writes about the "Utah War;" his work on the railroad in 1868 and 1869; his...
Dates:
1857-1884
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
John E. Bennion letters
File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 2710
Scope and Contents
Photocopies of handwritten letters written from Nauvoo, Illinois. Bennion writes to family members concerning plans of his parents to migrate to the United States from England, the need for a strong family organization, and the economic and social conditions in Nauvoo.
Dates:
1843-1844
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Jacob G. Bigler autobiography
File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 2757
Scope and Contents
Photocopy of a typescript of an autobiography. Bigler writes about his relationship with the first president of the Mormon Church, Joseph Smith (1805-1844), his life in Nauvoo, Illinois, his migration to Utah, and his life in Nephi, Utah. Bigler served on a mission for the Mormon Church in Ireland and was active in Mormon Church activities in Nephi.
Dates:
1907
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Biographical sketch of Anthony Johnson Stratton
File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 510
Scope and Contents
Handwritten sketch which describes life of a Mormon pioneer and colonizer, work on the Nauvoo, Illinois Temple, exodus to Utah (1850), duties in militia in Cedar City, Utah, settlement of Snowflake, Arizona (1877), and his joining the United Order (1878).
Dates:
1922
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Biography : Edward Robinson, pioneer
File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 2554
Scope and Contents
Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a typewritten biography. Edward Robinson was born in England in 1807, married Mary Smith in 1828, and joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Edward and Mary migrated to Nauvoo, Illinois, where she died in 1844. He married again, came to Utah in 1849, and later settled in American Fork, Utah. He died in 1896.
Dates:
approximately 1940
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Biography : Henry Hart Boley
File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 2580
Scope and Contents
Photocopy of a microfilmed copy of a typewritten biography. Henry Hart Boley was born in Pennsylvania, and his parents came from Berlin, Germany. The family joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and moved to Nauvoo, Illinois. He accidenally shot himself in 1843. Henry Boley came to Uah in 1849 and later settled in American Fork. He had twelve children and died in 1876 from the "lingering affects of the gun wound inflicted while standing guard at the Temple of...
Dates:
1944
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Biography : John Bourne
File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 2529
Scope and Contents
Photocopy of a microfilmed copy of a typewritten biography. John Bourne was born in 1831 in England. He joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and migrated to Nauvoo, Illinois. He came to Utah in 1849 and settled in American Fork. He died in 1865 of consumption.
Dates:
1940
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Biography Joseph Alston
File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 2509
Scope and Contents
Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a typed biography. Joseph Alston was born in 1821 in England, and he joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1839. He migrated to Nauvoo, Illinois, where he knew Joseph Smith, the first president of the Mormon Church. He migrated to Utah probably in 1850 and died in 1891.
Dates:
1940
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Biography : Lois Russell Harrington
File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 2602
Scope and Contents
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.
Dates:
1944
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
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