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Latter Day Saint women -- Biography

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 209 Collections and/or Records:

Huntington Chapter collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1271
Abstract

Collection is comprised of typewritten biographies of residents of Huntington, Utah. Also included are several documents pertaining to the history of Huntington, Utah.

Dates: 1900-1960
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Huntington Chapter collection

Biography : Ellen Wright Jackson

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230340835]
Identifier: MSS 2672
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of microfilmed copy of a typewritten biography. Ellen Wright Jackson was born in 1836 in England, joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1849, and migrated to Utah in 1853. She married William Wahlley Jackson in 1854, settled in American Fork, Utah, in 1856, and died in 1904.

Dates: 1944
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Biography : Ellen Wright Jackson

Jane H. Neibaur letter and biographical information, 1935-1972, 1920

 File — Folder 5: [Barcode: 31197232484557]
Identifier: MSS 438
Dates: Existence: 1935-1972; 1920
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 438, Neibaur family papers

Biography of Anna Marie Brookbush Miller Johnson

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230338029]
Identifier: MSS 2809
Scope and Contents

Photocopied from a microfilm copy of a typewritten biography. Anna Marie was born in Denmark in 1844, joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and migrated to Utah. She married Christian Johnson, lived in American Fork, Utah, and died in 1925.

Dates: 1956
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Biography of Anna Marie Brookbush Miller Johnson

Johnson family biographies

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 172
Scope and Contents

Typewritten biographies and family histories. The materials relate to the families of Benjamin Franklin Johnson, Utah poneer, Mormon polygamist, farmer, and secretary to the first president of the Mormon Church, Joseph Smith. Also included are a biography of Sarah Elizabeth Senior Johnson, daughter-in-law of Benjamin Johnson, and a book of poetry.

Dates: approximately 1950
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Johnson family biographies

Biography of John Joseph Johnson

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230338052]
Identifier: MSS 2803
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a microfilmed copy of a typewritten biography. John Joseph Johnson was born in Denmark in 1809. He joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and migrated to Utah by handcart. He later settled in American Fork, Utah. Timpson also writes about members of Johnson's family whom she can remember.

Dates: 1949
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Biography of John Joseph Johnson

Biography of Metta Johnson

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230338045]
Identifier: MSS 2804
Scope and Contents

Photocopied from a microfilm copy of a typewritten biography. Metta Johnson was born in Denmark in 1806 and married Joseph Johnson. She joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and migrated to Utah by handcart. She settled in American Fork, Utah, and died in 1896.

Dates: 1958
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Biography of Metta Johnson

Biography of Elizabeth Jane Parker Jones

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230340991]
Identifier: MSS 2676
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a microfilmed copy of a typewritten biography. Elizabeth Jane Parker Jones was born in 1855 in England, was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, migrated to Utah in 1869, and settled in Henefer. She married Robert Allen Jones in 1873, had eight children, and died in 1933.

Dates: 1944
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Biography of Elizabeth Jane Parker Jones

Johanna Christena Larson Jones autobiography

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197223105211]
Identifier: MSS SC 3151
Scope and Contents Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a typescript. The item is an autobiography by Jones in which she also tells about her parents. Jones was born in 1854 in Sweden and soon emigrated to the United States where she stayed for two years in St. Louis, Missouri. At that time her brother was kidnapped by those who did not like the members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Johanna's "mother never got over grieving for her lost boy. When a number of years had gone by they again...
Dates: 1915
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Johanna Christena Larson Jones autobiography

Biographies of William Edward Jones and Mary Jones Jones

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230332188]
Identifier: MSS SC 3203
Scope and Contents Gives a brief history of Edward and Mary Jones from the time they lived in Wales to Edward's death in Utah. It includes their conversion to the Mormon Church, their emmigration to the United States, their trek across the plains and settlement in Parowan, Utah. There Edward took on two more wives (Eliza Newman and Sarah Davis). This history relates several experiences of living in a polygamist household. After the United States outlawed polygamy Edward was arrested twice but released both...
Dates: approximately 1960
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Biographies of William Edward Jones and Mary Jones Jones

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