American Fork (Utah) -- History
Found in 258 Collections and/or Records:
Biographical sketch Josiah Nicholes : pioneer of 1851
Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a typewritten biography. Nicholes was born in England in 1815 and joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1848. He migrated to Utah in 1851 and settled in American Fork. He was a farmer, butcher, and father of 17 children. He died in 1893.
Biographical sketch of Alice T. Steele
Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a typewritten biography. Alice Chadwick was born in England in 1844, and she joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1854. She migrated to Utah in 1869 by railroad and settled in American Fork. She married George Taylor in 1870 and was "set apart" as a midwife in 1883. After the death of George, Alice married Thomas G. Steele. She died in 1917.
Biographical sketch of Arza Adams
Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a typewritten biography. Anderson writes about her father, Arza Adams. Adams was born in 1804, he joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and migrated to New York state. He suffered persecutions with the Mormons in Missouri, igrated to Salt Lake Valley in 1848, and participated in the settling of American Fork, Utah. He died in 1889.
Biographical sketch of Charlotte Wood Greenwood
Photocopy of a microfilm copy of typewritten biography. Charlotte Wood Greenwood was born in England in 1851, and she joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1859. She came to American in 1861 and settled in American Fork, Utah. She married William Houghton Greenwood in 1870 and had ten children.
Biographical sketch of Eliza Williams Hindley
Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a typewritten biography. Eliza Williams was born in England in 1830 and later joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. She later came to Utah, married John Hindley, and lived in American Fork.
Biographical sketch of Hannah Meredith White
Photocopy of a microfilmed copy of a typewritten biography. Hannah Meredith was born in 1855 in Wales. Her family had been converted to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and they migrated to Utah in 1863. The family first lived in Salt Lake City and later in Vernon in Tooele County. She married Joseph White in 1875, and she and her husband moved to American Fork in 1906. She died in 1939.
Biographical sketch of Harriet Wood Robinson
Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a typewritten biography. Harriet Wood was born in England in 1839. Her family joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and migrated to Nauvoo, Illinois. They came to Utah in 1851 and settled in American Fork. She married William Walker Robinson and died in 1876.
Biographical Sketch of John Hindley
Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a typewritten biography. The author of the item is unknown. John Hindley was born in England in 1820 and was baptized a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1848. He came to the United States in 1849 and settled in American Fork, Utah. He was a businessman who had three wives. He died in 1886.
Biographical sketch of Joseph Brigham White
Photocopy of a microfilmed copy of a typewritten biography. Joseph Brigham White was born in 1855 in England. He came to the United states when he was six weeks old, and he came to Salt Lake City, Utah, with other members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints when he was 15 years old. He settled in American Fork, Utah, and died in 1938.
Biographical sketch of Joshua Adams : pioneer of Utah 1848, pioneer of American Fork 1850
Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a typewritten biography. Joshua Adams was born in 1833 in Canada, and his family joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1836. He migrated to Utah in 1848 and later settled in American Fork. He was a farmer and a rancher, had a large family, and died in 1906.