Latter Day Saint pioneers
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 222 Collections and/or Records:
Commodore Perry Liston autobiography
Item — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230330703]
Identifier: MSS SC 3109
Scope and Contents
Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a typescript. The item is a ten-page autobiography of Commodore Perry Liston. Also included is an index to the item. Liston describes how he was born in Ohio in 1821 and joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons) in 1851. He came to Utah in 1852 and moved to Cedar City. He was present at Mountain Meadows in 1857 when the Fancher Train was destroyed. He thought "there were some good people among them, consequently I did oppose Killing...
Dates:
1877
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
James A. Little diaries and autobiography
File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230330893]
Identifier: MSS SC 3216
Scope and Contents
Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a typescript. Little writes about his youth and his participation in the war with Mexico. He tells about his conversion to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in 1849 and his subsequent migration to Utah in the same year. Little writes about his marriage to Mary Jane Lytle in December of 1849 and troubles with Indians in Utah Valley, Utah. Little kept a diary from 1 January 1856 to 12 August 1857 when he served as a missionary for the Mormon...
Dates:
1856-1892
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Biography of Charles Joseph and Laura Elizabeth Webb Logie
File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230340348]
Identifier: MSS 2457
Scope and Contents
Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a dual biography. Charles Joseph Logie was born in 1856 in Carson City, Nevada. His parents had earlier joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. His family soon came to Utah and settled in American Fork. Laura Elizabeth Webb was born in England in 1857 and soon migrated to Utah with her family. They also settled in American Fork. Charles and Laura were married in 1879. She died in 1923, and he died in 1930. The author also tells about...
Dates:
1935
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Albert R. Lyman histories
File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1371
Scope and Contents
Typewritten family histories. Lyman writes about the Edward Patridge and Lucretia Hancock Robinson families. These families were early converts to the Mormon Church. They suffered persecutions, lived in Nauvoo, Illinois, came to Utah, and settled in Fillmore, Utah.
Dates:
1952
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Hiram Mace journal
Item — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197232593415]
Identifier: MSS 8734
Content Description
Leather-bound journal kept by Hiram Mace. Journal was likely created in approximately 1860. Includes genealogical information of Mace's posterity, including birth and death dates. Also includes a brief autobiographical sketch of Mace's life from his birth until 1885, including his childhood in upstate New York, conversion to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, experiences in Nauvoo, Illinois, travels to Utah and eventual settlement and life in Fillmore, Utah. Also includes some...
Dates:
approximately 1860-1913
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Marshall family family history
File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230236983]
Identifier: MSS SC 262
Scope and Contents
Typescripts of personal histories of members of the Marshall family, which include information about their emigration from England to Utah in 1856 and their pioneer journey on the first hand cart company, and poems and songs.
Dates:
Date not identified
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
William Addington Martindale papers
File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230240365]
Identifier: MSS SC 392
Scope and Contents
Typescript copies of correspondence, blessings, a biographical sketch, genealogy, a letter of recommendation, letters to Martindale from James Martindale (1856) and from Orson Hyde (1848), genealogical record of the Martindale family, a photograph of Martindale, and Martindale's patriarchal blessing by Hyrum Smith (1843) (some photocopies). Also includes TLS's from the donors.
Dates:
1843-1975
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Mary Ann Robinson Dudley letters
Digital Record
Identifier: MSSSC1835
Dates:
1844-1897
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Notes from the life of John D. T. McAllister
File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230330752]
Identifier: MSS SC 3119
Scope and Contents
Photocopy of a microfilmed copy of a typescript. The item is a one-page biography of John D. T. McAllister by an unknown author at an unspecified time. McAllister was born in Delaware on 19 Feb. 1827 and died on 21 Jan. 1910. He joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1844. He migrated to Utah in 1851, took several wives, and had numerous children. He served on two missions for his church, lived for a time in St. George, Utah, and held numerous positions of...
Dates:
approximately 1933
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
William James Frazier McAllister autobiography
File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230330794]
Identifier: MSS SC 3122
Scope and Contents
Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a typescript. The item is an autobiography of William McAllister, who was born in Delaware in 1845. McAllister writes about his father who served in the Methodist and Episcopal Churches. McAllister's father and the rest of his family were converted to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1860. McAllister migrated to Utah in 1861 but returned to help other pioneers to come to Utah. He served as a cavalryman in Utah's Black Hawk War and...
Dates:
approximately 1885
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections