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Biographies

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms

Found in 3199 Collections and/or Records:

Biography of Sophia Lewis Jewkes

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230326495]
Identifier: MSS SC 2849
Scope and Contents

Typescript of the "History of Sophia Lewis Jewkes." The author of the item is unknown and the date of composition is uncertain. Sophia was a convert to the Mormon Church, a pioneer to Utah, and a nurse and a midwife in that state.

Dates: circa 1950
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Biography of William Rufus Rogers Stowell

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230348556]
Identifier: MSS 506
Abstract

Includes typewritten and handwritten biographies of William Rufus Rogers Stowell. Also included are typed excerpts from the biography and photocopies of an account of Stowell's death handwritten by his grandson, Earl Stowell. William Stowell was a convert to the Mormon Church. He lived in Nauvoo, Illinois, migrated to Utah in 1852, served in the Utah Militia during the Utah Expedition, served on missions for the Mormon Church, and went to Mexico to avoid prosecution for polygamy.

Dates: approximately 1893-1950
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Biography of Sylvia Porter sessions

 File — Carton 3: [Barcode: 31197231194314]
Identifier: MSS 1839
Dates: 1828-1977
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Ernest D. Strack papers

Biography of the life of David R. Lyon, after 1909

 Item — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197232480829], Folder: 4
Identifier: MSS 2370 Item 8
Dates: after 1909
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / David Ross Lyon papers

Biography of Wandle Mace

 File — Carton 9: [Barcode: 31197231194355]
Identifier: MSS 1839
Dates: 1828-1977
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Ernest D. Strack papers

Biography of William Chadwick

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230332857]
Identifier: MSS SC 3293
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1930
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Biography of William Grant, pioneer : came to Utah 1866 in Captain White's company

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230340546]
Identifier: MSS 2489
Scope and Contents

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.

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

Biography of Zitkala-S̈a and Hoksina Waste, after 1932

 Item — Box 1: Series 1 [Barcode: 31197231188209], Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 1704 Series 1 Sub-Series 1 Item 2
Scope and Contents

Biography of Zitkala-Sa (Gertrude Bonnin) and Hoksina Waste (Raymond Telesphause Bonnin). Unknown author or date of compilation.

Dates: after 1932
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / National Council of American Indians records / Zitkala-S̈a personal papers and writings / Zitkala-S̈a biographical information

Biography : Oliver E. Thornton

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230341627]
Identifier: MSS 2570
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: approximately 1940
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Biography Robert Dansie Sr. and wives, Charlotte Rudland and Jane Wilcox

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230340579]
Identifier: MSS 2485
Scope and Contents

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

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

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