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Ashley Valley (Utah)

 Subject
Subject Source: Lcnaf

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Julia Ellen Davis Dillman diary

 Item — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 8977
Scope and Contents

Diary of Julia Ellen Davis Dillman, beginning with a brief autobiographical sketch and followed by infrequent entries about her life in St. Charles, Idaho (near Bear Lake) and later Ashley Valley (near Vernal, Utah). Also mentions her marriage to Peter Dillman in 1882, some poetry, and a closing entry about her funeral and farewell entries from the associations she belonged to. Dated 1878 to 1906.

Dates: 1878-1906
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Julia Ellen Davis Dillman diary

Julia Ellen Davis Dillman diary

 Digital Record
Identifier: MSS8977_F1
Dates: 1878-1906
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Edward J. Starkie autobiography

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197232489887]
Identifier: MSS 598
Scope and Contents

Handwritten autobiography. Starkie writes about his early life in England, his conversion to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, his migration to Utah in 1878, and his life in Tooele, Grantsville, and Ashley Valley, Utah. Starkie concentrates on the early years of his life in England. Also included is a two-page typewritten biography of Starkie by his daughter, Mrs. Isaac M. Jones.

Dates: approximately 1887
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Edward J. Starkie autobiography

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