Biographies
Found in 3199 Collections and/or Records:
Biography of Mary Elizabeth Coursey Hoover : pioneer, came to Utah in 1849
Typewritten biography. The item was originally presented to the Daughters of the Utah Pioneers meeting in 1925. Mary's father joined the Mormon Church and moved his family to Nauvoo, Illinois and later to Utah. Mary married John Witmer Hoover in 1855, had twelve children, and spent most of her adult life in Provo, Utah.
Biography of Mary Elizabeth Sprately Webb
Photocopy of a microfilmed copy of a typewritten biography. Mary Elizabeth Spratley was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and was born in 1868 in American Fork, Utah. She married George Webb in 1890. Their only son was born in 1909. She died in 1950.
Biography of Max Steiner / Warner Bros. Studio, 1948
Biography of Nancy Lance Stuart Dayton Cooper
Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a typed biography. Nancy Lance Stuart Dayton Cooper was born in 1807 in Canada. She joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and moved to Nauvoo, Illinois. She migrated to Utah in 1851 with Captain Day's company and settled in American Fork.
Biography of Nathan Staker
Two typewritten biographies of Nathan Staker with photocopies of the same items. Sanderson wrote the biography of Staker with William Marchant Staker and Sarah Ellis Halley Pearson. The authors are grandchildren of Nathan Staker. Also included is a "History of Nathan Staker." Staker was from Canada. He joined the Mormon Church, migrated to Utah in 1852, married two women, and was a farmer in Mt. Pleasant, Utah.
Biography of Niels Peter and Ellen Anderson Miller
Photocopy of a typed biography of Niels Peter Miller and his wife, Ellen Anderson Miller, Danish converts to the Mormon Church who lived in Mount Pleasant, Utah and later settled Castle Valley, Utah.
Biography of Persis Moore Sweat McKee
Photocopy of a microfilmed copy of a typewritten biography. Persis Moore Sweat was born in 1820 in Maine. She joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, married Thomas McKee in 1841, and migrated to Utah in 1853. She lived in Spanish Fork, Utah. When she died, she had 245 descendants, including 8 children.
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.