Latter Day Saint pioneers
Found in 222 Collections and/or Records:
Biographical sketch of William Armstrong
Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a typewritten biography of William Armstrong by Coddington. Armstrong was born in 1805 in Scotland, joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and migrated to Utah in 1853. He worked in Salt Lake City, Utah, but later moved to American Fork, Utah, where he died in 1895.
Biographies
Photocopies of typewritten biographies of Henry Bailey Jacobs and Zina Diantha Huntington Young, along with photocopies of typed and handwritten letters. The items, which relate to family matters and marriage relationships, include a letter from the LDS Historical Department regarding the marriages of Zina to Joseph Smith and Brigham Young, and a letter from the U.S. Customs Court in New York denying the existence of any records relating to a divorce between Henry and Zina.
Biographies
Typewritten biographies and an autobiography. The items relate incidents in the lives of various family members. The autobiography is by Tamma Durfee Miner who writes about her conversion to the Mormon Church; experiences as a Mormon in Ohio, Missouri, and Illinois; migration to Utah; and settling in Springville, Utah.
Biographies of ancestors
Biographies of ancestors
Typewritten biographies of ancestors of Rawlinson which relate life in numerous Utah communities in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Included is an excerpt from the 1857 diary of James Farmer.
Biographies of Isabel Siddoway and Francis Armstrong
One book containing 15 photographs, 2 biographies of Francis Armstrong, 2 life sketches of Isabel Siddoway Armstrong, 13 genealogy sheets, and miscellaneous items. The Armstrong biographies describe the lives of Mormon pioneers.
Biographies of John H. Clifton
Typewritten biographical sketch of John H. Clifton, Mormon pioneer, which tells of his emigration from England to Utah and settlement in Bear Lake Valley, Idaho. Also includes another biographical sketch giving details about his wife Hannah.
Biographies of Stephen Markham
Three typewritten biographies written by John H. Hayes and George A. Hicks.
Biography : Alice Thornton Mott
Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a typewritten biography. Alice Thornton was born in 1839 in Hancock County, Illinois, to a couple who were members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. She migrated to Utah in 1852 where she settled in American Fork. She married Stephen Mott in 1856. She had no children and died in 1914.
Biography : David A. Ingersoll
Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a typed biography. David A. Ingersoll was born in 1845 in Hancock County, Illinois. His family were members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and they migrated to Utah in 1863 where they settled in American Fork. In 1869, he married Mary Jane Alston, and he died in 1930.