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Biographies

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms

Found in 3199 Collections and/or Records:

Biography of Alonzo Edward Wall

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230313493]
Identifier: MSS SC 1617
Scope and Contents

Photocopies of a typewritetn biography. The biography contains information about the life of Alonzo Edward Wall who was active in the Mormon Church and lived in Mesa, Arizona.

Dates: 1947
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Biography of Alvin Moroni Montierth and wife Harriet West Crapo and some of their posterity

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230240589]
Identifier: MSS SC 373
Scope and Contents

Brief typewritten biography of a Mormon Church leader, carpenter and farmer and his wife, two photocopies of Latter-day Saint Church family group sheets, a magazine clipping and a photograph of Montierth and his wife.

Dates: 1975
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Biography of Anne K. Smoot

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230317395]
Identifier: MSS SC 1873
Scope and Contents

Handwritten biography of Anne Kristin Smoot and a photocopy of it. The item was written by an unnamed daughter of Anne Smoot. Anne came from Norway and married Abraham O. Smoot. The biography contains information concerning the temporal and spiritual experiences of Anne Smoot.

Dates: 1910
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Biography of Annie Marie Jensen Armstrong

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230337849]
Identifier: MSS 2751
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a microfilmed copy of a typewritten biography. Annie Marie Jensen Armstrong was born in 1860 in Denmark, joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and migrated to Utah in 1868. She settled in American Fork, Utah, married James Henry Armstrong in 1884, had seven children, and died in 1929. The item was co-authored by Fern Armstrong Gray, another daughter of Annie Marie Jensen Armstrong.

Dates: 1954
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Biography of Annie Wood Ruston

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230337963]
Identifier: MSS 2747
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a microfilmed copy of a typewritten biography. Annie Wood was born in England in 1853. She joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and migrated to Utah in 1861 where she settled in American Fork. She married John Willard Ruston in 1868 and had seven children.

Dates: approximately 1944
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Biography of Barbara Scott Parker

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230337005]
Identifier: MSS 2700
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a typewritten biography. Parker was born in England in 1820, came to Pennsylvania, joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and migrated to Utah where she settled in American Fork.

Dates: 1944
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

A biography of Benjamin Raphael Stahmann

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230242114]
Identifier: MSS SC 525
Scope and Contents

Typewritten sketch of the life of Benjamin Raphael Stahmann.

Dates: undated
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Biography of Benjamin Young Greenwood and Sarah Jane Julian Greenwood : pioneers came to Utah in 1850

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230339118]
Identifier: MSS 2443
Scope and Contents Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a typewritten biography of Benjamin Young Greenwood and Sarah Jane Julian Greenwood. Benjamin was born in Nauvoo, Illinois, in 1846 and was brought by his parents to Salt Lake City, Utah, in 1847. He was a farmer most of his life. Benjamin died in 1930. He married Sarah Jane Julian in 1883, had five children, and lived in American Fork, Utah. Sarah was born in 1849 in England, migrated to the United States in 1856, and came to Utah in 1862. She died in...
Dates: approximately 1940
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Biography of Caroline Hansen Adams : came to Utah in 1861

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230340801]
Identifier: MSS 2508
Scope and Contents Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a typewritten biography. Caroline Hansen was born in Denmark in 1849, and her family joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. They tried to migrate to Utah by handcart in 1857 but could not make the entire journey. They stayed near Council Bluffs, Iowa, for four years and came to Utah in 1861. She fixed meals for the second president of the Mormon Church, Brigham Young, and later settled in American Fork. She married Jos. Adams and died in...
Dates: 1940
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Biography of Catherine Cradock Armstrong : wife of William Armstrong

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230338995]
Identifier: MSS 2414
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a micorfilm copy of a typed biography of Catherine Cradock Armstrong. Catherine Cradock was born in 1819 in England and married William Armstrong. She later joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. She migrated to Utah in 1853, settled in American Fork in 1862, and died in 1903.

Dates: 1935
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

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