American Fork (Utah) -- History
Found in 258 Collections and/or Records:
Biography of pioneer Hyrum Dayton
Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a typewritten biography. Hyrum Dayton was born in Canada, had three wives, and seventeen children. He came to Utah in Captain Day's company in 1851. He lived in Cedar Fort and later in American Fork, Utah.
Biography of pioneer Isaac Cooper : came to Utah 1848 in David Spencer's company
Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a typewritten biography. Isaac Cooper was born in 1807 in Pennsylvania and married Mary Murray. He joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and migrated to Utah with the David Spencer company in 1848. He later settled in American Fork and died in 1882.
Biography of Prudence Bourne Dean, wife of Samuel Dean
Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a typewritten biography. Prudence Bourne was born in 1854, the first white child to be born in American Fork, Utah. She married Samuel Dean in 1871 and had 10 children. She died in 1932.
Biography of Samuel Dean : pioneer, came to Utah in 1863
Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a typed autobiography. "Taken from notes written by himself. Read by: June Shelley Wright Feb. 10, 1938." Dean was born in 1851 in England. After his family joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, he migrated to Utah in 1863 and settled in American Fork. He married Prudence Bourne in 1871, and they had 10 children. He died in 1934.
Biography of Sarah Amelia Britton Wootton
Photocopy of a microfilmed copy of a typewritten biography. Sarah Amelia Britton was born in 1844 in England, and her family joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. She migrated to Utah in 1850 and later settled in American Fork. She died in 1922.
Biography of Sarah Eckersley Robinson
Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a typewritten biography. Sarah Eckersley was born in 1844 in England and migrated with her family to Utah in 1853 where she settled in American Fork. She married William Walker Robinson and died in 1929.
Biography of William Chadwick
Photocopy of microfilm copy of a typewritten biography of William Chadwick. Chadwick was born in 1847 in England. He joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and migrated to Utah in 1869 where he settled in American Fork.
Biography of William Grant, pioneer : came to Utah 1866 in Captain White's company
Photocopy of a microfilmed copy of a typed biography. William Grant was born in England and joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at age 12. In 1859 at age 21, he married Harriet Foster. He migrated to Utah in 1866 and settled in American Fork. He died in 1916 at age 78.
Biography : Oliver E. Thornton
Photocopy of a microfilmed copy of a typewritten biography. Oliver Evans Thornton was born in Iowa in 1848 when his parents were migrating west with other members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He came to Utah in 1852 and later settled in American Fork. He married Emeretta Phillips in 1873.
Biography Robert Dansie Sr. and wives, Charlotte Rudland and Jane Wilcox
Photocopy of microfilm copy of typewritten biographies. Robert Dansie, Sr., was born in England in 1825. He joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, migrated to Utah, settled in American Fork, and died in 1896. Charlotte Rudland Dansie was born in 1829 in England and died in Wyoming on the way to Utah in 1862. Jane Wilcox Dansie was born in England and married Robert Dansie in 1862