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American Fork (Utah) -- History

 Subject
Subject Source: Lcnaf

Found in 258 Collections and/or Records:

Biography : Frederick Wright

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230341791]
Identifier: MSS 2577
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a microfilmed copy of a typewritten biography. Frederick Wright was born in 1839 in England. He joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and migrated to Utah in 1853. He later settled in American Fork. He married Margaret Eccles Thornton in 1860, and he died in 1908.

Dates: approximately 1940

Biography : George Heber Robinson

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230341650]
Identifier: MSS 2567
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a microfilmed copy of a typewritten biography. George Heber Robinson was born in Iowa in 1847. His family were members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He came to Utah in 1849, settled in American Fork, and later fought in the Black Hawk Indian War. He married Almira Adella Smith in 1871 and also married Margaret Crystal in 1878. He died in 1923.

Dates: circa 1940

Biography : Hannah Allen Kirkman

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 2560
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a typewritten biography. Hannah Allen was born in 1853 in Provo, Utah. She married Robert Kirkman in 1870 and moved to American Fork, Utah. She had seven children and died in 1917.

Dates: approximately 1940

Biography : Henry Hart Boley

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230341767]
Identifier: MSS 2580
Scope and Contents Photocopy of a microfilmed copy of a typewritten biography. Henry Hart Boley was born in Pennsylvania, and his parents came from Berlin, Germany. The family joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and moved to Nauvoo, Illinois. He accidenally shot himself in 1843. Henry Boley came to Uah in 1849 and later settled in American Fork. He had twelve children and died in 1876 from the "lingering affects of the gun wound inflicted while standing guard at the Temple of...
Dates: 1944

Biography : James Robbins

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230339811]
Identifier: MSS 2550
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a microfilmed copy of a typewritten biography. James Robbins was born in England in 1831. He joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and migrated to Utah in 1860. He settled in American Fork, Utah, and died in 1886.

Dates: approximately 1940

Biography : Jemima Berry Henson Durrant / written by Ella E. Durrant

 Item — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230341072]
Identifier: MSS 2596
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a microfilmed typewritten biography of Jemima Berry Henson Durrant, written by her descendant, Ella E. Durrant, around 1944. Jemima was born in England in 1826 and joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. She immigrated to Utah and lived in American Fork. The biography includes a history written and read by Joseph B. Forbes at the funeral of Jemima in August 1904.

Dates: 1904 August; approximately 1944

Biography : John Bourne

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230339639]
Identifier: MSS 2529
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a microfilmed copy of a typewritten biography. John Bourne was born in 1831 in England. He joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and migrated to Nauvoo, Illinois. He came to Utah in 1849 and settled in American Fork. He died in 1865 of consumption.

Dates: 1940

Biography : John George Dickerson

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230341908]
Identifier: MSS 2588
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a microfilmed copy of a typewritten biography. John George Dickerson was born in 1859 in England and joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at the age of twelve. He migrated to Utah in 1871 and settled in American Fork. He married Ruth Deveraux in 1886 and died in 1929.

Dates: 1944

Biography : Joseph and Elizabeth Hobson Robinson

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230340611]
Identifier: MSS 2481
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a typewritten biography. Joseph Robinson was born in 1827 in England and joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1840. Joseph migrated to the United States and married Elizabeth Hobson in 1850 in St. Louis, Missouri. Elizabeth was born in 1830 in England. They came to Utah and lived for a time in Tooele, but they settled in American Fork. Elizabeth died in 1908 and Joseph died in 1917.

Dates: approximately 1935

Biography : Joseph Smith Clements Kirkwood

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230341676]
Identifier: MSS 2561
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of microfilm copy of a typewritten biography. Joseph Smith Clements Kirkwood was born in 1851 in Scotland. His family joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and migrated to Utah in the Willie handcart company. The biography is chiefly an account of Joseph's sufferings on the trek. He settled in American Fork, Utah, and died in 1933.

Dates: approximately 1940