Latter Day Saints -- Utah -- Biography
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Russell R. Casper biography of William Wallace Casper
File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197225537577]
Identifier: MSS 3714
Scope and Contents
Transcript of a biography of William Wallace Casper, with an emphasis on his service in the Mormon Battalion. Biography contains excerpts from a narrative account by William Casper. The edited biography is incomplete, documenting only brief elements of Casper's life.
Dates:
Date not identified
The life sketch of David Pinkney Rainey
File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230308501]
Identifier: MSS SC 1063
Scope and Contents
Biography of David Pinkney Rainey (1815-1888) by an unknown author. Rainey was baptised into the Mormon Church in 1843. He served on two missions for that church and was in the "Mormon Battalion" (1846-1847) during the war with Mexico. He came to Utah and lived in Provo and Richmond in that state.
Dates:
approximately 1925-1950