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H. H. Cole letter

 File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 1830
Scope and Contents

Typescript and photocopy of a handwritten letter. The item is written to Cole's father. Cole tells about the Mormon expulsion from Nauvoo, Illinois and about personal family matters.

Dates: 1846

Community and civic affairs 1839-46

 File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 758
Scope and Contents

Typewritten history of "courts, law enforcing agencies, theaters, celebrations, parades, bands, Nauvoo Legion, masonic lodge, and other activities" of Nauvoo, Illinois, while the Mormons were there.

Dates: 1970

A copy of the sketch of the life of David Cazier as written by himself dated Nephi, Utah

 File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 666
Scope and Contents

Photocopies of a typewritten autobiography. Cazier was born in Ordham County, Kentucky. His family moved to Illinois in 1841 where he joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1845. He later moved to Nauvoo, Illinois, to Council Bluffs, Iowa, and to Salt Lake City, Utah, in 1850. He settled at Nephi, Utah, in 1851 and later married polygamously. Cazier also writes about his family life.

Dates: 1913

Coray family papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 1422
Scope and Contents

Contents includes correspondence, journals, autobiographical and biographical sketches, pertaining to the lives of Howard Coray his wife Martha Jane Knowlton Coray and members of the Coray family. Contents deal with the Coray family’s dealing with the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, their family history, and their finances.

Dates: 1843-1965

Biography : Agnes Gillispie Crooks

 File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 2584
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1944

Biography : Thomas Crooks and son James

 File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 2583
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a microfilmed copy of a typewritten biography. Thomas Crooks was born in Scotland, married Agnes Gillispie, and joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Thomas and his son, James, fought in the battle of Nauvoo, Illinois. Thomas and James came to Utah in 1850 and settled in American Fork. Thomas was a blacksmith as was James, his son.

Dates: 1944

Caroline Barnes Crosby autobiography and diary

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 2343
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...
Dates: 1848-1883

Jonathan Crosby autobiography and diary

 File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 2284
Scope and Contents

Photocopies of a handwritten autobiography and diary. Also included is a typescript of these items. Crosby joined the Mormon Church and followed that faith to Kirtland, Ohio and later to Nauvoo, Illinois. Crosby migrated to Utah in 1848. He served on missions for the Mormon Church in Canada, 1842-3, and in the South Pacific, 1850-2, where he spent most of his time in Tahiti. The diary covers the years 1850 to 1852.

Dates: 1850-1852

Benjamin Franklin Cummings diaries and an autobiography

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 164
Scope and Contents Handwritten diaries including an autobiography. Cummings' autobiography covers his early life when he lived in Ohio and Navuoo, Illinois, served on a mission to Maine, and left Illinois for Utah. Cummings' diaries tell about his mission to the Indians in Idaho in the "Salmon River Mission," his service during the "Utah Expedition" of 1857-1858, his various encounters with Indians, his mission to Iowa in 1878 and 1879, and his life in Ogden and Salt Lake City, Utah. Also included is a...
Dates: 1854-1879

Joseph Curtis diaries

 File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 3245
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a microfilm copy of handwritten diaries. Curtis also writes about his early life. He was born in Pennsylvania and joined the Mormon Church in 1833. He lived in Missouri and told about the persecution of Mormons there. He later lived in Nauvoo, Illinois, and served on two missions at that time. He came to Utah in 1848 and later settled in Utah Valley, Utah. Curtis was involved in numerous activities including defending Utah from the Utah Expedition in 1858.

Dates: 1836-1858

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Smith, Joseph, Jr., 1805-1844 51
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 24
Utah Expedition (1857-1858) 15
Illinois. Circuit Court (Hancock Co.) 7
Illinois. Militia. Nauvoo Legion 6
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Law, Wilson 6
Smith, Hyrum, 1800-1844 6
Young, Brigham, 1801-1877 6
Icarian Community 5
Smith, Emma Hale 5
Wells, Daniel H. (Daniel Hanmer), 1814-1891 5
Foster, Robert D. 4
Jones, Edith Boley, 1892-1973 4
United States. Army. Mormon Battalion 4
Zion's Camp (Expedition) (1834) 4
Davis, Amos, Jr., 1811-1877 3
Illinois. Militia 3
Murdock, John, 1792-1871 3
Babbitt, Almon W. (Almon Whiting), 1813-1856 2
Backenstos, Jacob B. (Jacob Benjamin), 1811-1857 2
Bennett, John Cook, 1804-1867 2
Cabet, Etienne, 1788-1856 2
Carlin, Thomas, 1789-1852 2
Church of Jesus Christ (Strangites) 2
Clayton, William, 1814-1879 2
Crosby, Jonathan 2
Duke, Jonathan Oldham, 1807-1868 2
Greenwood, William, 1822-1891 2
Hancock County (Ill.) 2
Hunter, Thomas J. 2
Johnson, Benjamin F. (Benjamin Franklin), 1818-1905 2
Kimball, Hiram S., 1806-1863 2
Leany, William, 1815-1891 2
Mack, Temperance Bond, 1771-1850 2
Post, Warren, 1811-1875 2
Richards, Samuel W. (Samuel Whitney), 1824-1909 2
Richards, Willard, 1804-1854 2
Rigdon, Sidney, 1793-1876 2
Shelley, Sarah Ann Steele, 1863-1953 2
Sloan, James, 1792- 2
Smith, Joseph, III, 1832-1914 2
Smith, William, 1811-1893 2
Strang, James Jesse, 1813-1856 2
Utah. Militia 2
Adams, Arza, 1804-1889 1
Adams, James, 1783-1843 1
Adams, William, 1822-1901 1
Allen, Andrew Jackson, 1818-1884 1
Alley family 1
Alley, George, 1792-1859 1
Alley, Mary Symonds, 1796-1880 1
Alley, Stephen Webb 1
Allred family 1
Allred, James, 1784-1876 1
Allred, William Moore, 1819-1901 1
Alston, Joseph, 1821-1891 1
Alston, Louisa Grant 1
Babbitt, Loren, 1806-1883 1
Badger, Louisa Adeline Noble 1
Beamon, G. C. 1
Bedell, Edward A. 1
Bennett, Moana B. 1
Bennion, John E. 1
Bernhisel, John M. (John Milton), 1799-1881 1
Bidamon, Lewis C. (Lewis Crum), -1891 1
Bigler, Jacob G., 1813-1907 1
Bliss, Aaron Tyler, 1946- 1
Bliss, Orley Dwight, 1839-1930 1
Blum, Carl J. 1
Blum, Ida 1
Boggs, Lillburn W., 1792-1860 1
Boley, Barbara Hart, 1793- 1
Boley, Henry Hart 1
Boley, Henry, 1795- 1
Bonesteel, Lucy Wright 1
Bourne, John 1
Bowers, Daniel 1
Bradford family 1
Butler, John Lowe, 1808-1860 1
Cadwell, Edwin 1
Call, Anson Vasco, 1834-1867 1
Cannon, George, 1794-1844 1
Carter, E. V. (Elbert Victor), 1810- 1
Carter, Mary H. (Mary Hine) 1
Cazier, David 1
Cheney family 1
Cheney, Nathan, 1811-1856 1
Chipman, Martha Selinda Smith, 1836-1858 1
Chipman, Sadie 1
Chipman, Washburn 1
Colborn, Sarah Bowers 1
Colborn, Thomas 1
Cole, H. H., active 1846 1
Coray family 1
Coray, Howard, 1817-1908 1
Coray, Howard, 1842-1928 1
Coray, Martha, 1821 or 1822-1881 1
Council of the Twelve Apostles (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) 1
Crooks, Agnes Gillispie 1
Crooks, Thomas 1
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