Biography -- 19th century
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Belinda Marden Pratt papers
File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230328459]
Identifier: MSS SC 2868
Scope and Contents
Letter to Belinda from her husband, Parley P. Pratt, written from San Francisco in January 1855, focusing on family concerns; and a fifteen-page autobiographical sketch written by her, dated 1884 on page one and 1889 on page eleven. Also includes an undated biographical sketch of Belinda written by Parker Pratt Robison, based on her autobiographical account. Her account discusses her conversion to Mormonism, church service, and marriage to Parley P. Pratt.
Dates:
1855-1889
Testimony of Lizzie McKenzie, Dundee
File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197231009702]
Identifier: MSS SC 1110
Scope and Contents
Typewritten biography of Margaret Campbell Wilson (1860-1924) by McKenzie which also tells about the Mormon Church in Scotland. Margaret was able to stay true to her Mormon faith despite many obstacles including the disapproval of her husband, William Wilson.
Dates:
1978
Theodore Turley biography and autobiography
File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230244623]
Identifier: MSS SC 560
Scope and Contents
Typescript (duplicated). The collection includes many quotes from Turley's journal covering his early life in England, Latter-day Saint Church conversion in Canada, Mormon difficulties in Missouri, 1838-1839, details of his mission to England accompanying the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, 1839-1840, the expulsion of the Mormons from Nauvoo, Illinois and his colonizing mission to San Bernadino, California, 1850-1857. Also includes one page of corrections and additions by Olive K. Turley...
Dates:
Undated