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Latter Day Saint pioneers

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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Biographical sketch of Joshua Adams : pioneer of Utah 1848, pioneer of American Fork 1850

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230339035]
Identifier: MSS 2402
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a typewritten biography. Joshua Adams was born in 1833 in Canada, and his family joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1836. He migrated to Utah in 1848 and later settled in American Fork. He was a farmer and a rancher, had a large family, and died in 1906.

Dates: 1933
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Biographical sketch of Joshua Adams : pioneer of Utah 1848, pioneer of American Fork 1850

Short history of Mary Hoggard Adams : pioneer of American Fork, Utah, 1856

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230339019]
Identifier: MSS 2404
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a typewritten biography. Mary Huggard was born on 22 November 1843. Her family joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, migrated to Utah in 1856, and settled in American Fork. She married Joshua Adams in 1862 and had a large family.

Dates: 1934
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Short history of Mary Hoggard Adams : pioneer of American Fork, Utah, 1856

Short sketch of the life of Lydia Thornton Adams : pioneer of American Fork, Utah, 1852

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230339001]
Identifier: MSS 2405
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of microfilm copy of a typewritten biography. Lydia Thornton was born in 1830 in Canada. Her family joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. She migrated to Missouri; Nauvoo, Illinois; and to Utah in 1852. She settled in American Fork, Utah, married Joshua Adams, had 10 children, and died in 1901.

Dates: 1934
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Short sketch of the life of Lydia Thornton Adams : pioneer of American Fork, Utah, 1852

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