Latter Day Saint pioneers
Found in 222 Collections and/or Records:
Biography of James Spratley, senior
Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a typed biography. James Spratley was born in Virginia (later West Virginia) in 1837, he joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1850, and migrated to Utah in 1851. He settled in American Fork where he served as a city marshall. He died in 1925.
Staker family biographies
Typewritten biographies of four persons with copies of each. The collection includes biographies of Elizabeth Young Staker (1837-1912), Aaron Staker (1843-1864), Cornelia Snooks Staker (1801-1884), and Alma Staker (1837-1932). The Cornelia Staker biography was originally published in the "Deseret News" in 1883. The dates of the composition of the other items are uncertain. Each of these persons were Mormon pioneers to Utah who lived in Mt. Pleasant, Utah.
James Parshall Terry autobiography
Photocopy of a handwritten and typed autobiography of James P. Terry which includes his experiences with Johnston's Army in 1857.
James Parshall Terry journal
Handwritten biographical sketch of Terry's life which describes Mormon difficulties in Missouri, campsites during the exodus west, pioneer life in southern Utah, and Terry's mission to Canada and northeastern U.S., 1887-1888. Also an account of Terry's activities in Echo Canyon during the Utah War, 1857. The journal was written in a watermaster's log which included previous entries.
Textile arts of the Mormon pioneers from 1847-1900
Photocopy of a typewritten thesis for a Master of Science degree at Oregon State University. Lamprecht writes about textiles among the Mormons in Utah.
History of William Theobald
Thomas Day correspondence, 1872-1894
The Thomas Day collection contains Day's journal (1843-1850), an account book (1843-1846), papers, and correspondence relating to his family, most all of which focuses on his LDS mission to England. He served in Lemington, Oxfordshire, Northamptonshire, and Leicestershire. Within his mission papers is found several of Day's certificates of ordination to priesthood offices as well as several handbills listing lectures given by Elder Day and his companions.
Thomas Day mission papers, circa 1842-1853
The Thomas Day collection contains Day's journal (1843-1850), an account book (1843-1846), papers, and correspondence relating to his family, most all of which focuses on his LDS mission to England. He served in Lemington, Oxfordshire, Northamptonshire, and Leicestershire. Within his mission papers is found several of Day's certificates of ordination to priesthood offices as well as several handbills listing lectures given by Elder Day and his companions.
Thomas Day papers, 1841-1893
The Thomas Day collection contains Day's journal (1843-1850), an account book (1843-1846), papers, and correspondence relating to his family, most all of which focuses on his LDS mission to England. He served in Lemington, Oxfordshire, Northamptonshire, and Leicestershire. Within his mission papers is found several of Day's certificates of ordination to priesthood offices as well as several handbills listing lectures given by Elder Day and his companions.
Lola Jesamine Ollerton Turley biography
Typescript of a biography of Seth and Jane Rogerson Ollerton, English converts to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints who emigrated to America. She died while crossing the plains to Utah. He finally settled in Arizona.