Mormon pioneers -- Biography
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 18 Collections and/or Records:
Autobiography of Eliza Ann McKee Chambers
Item — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197231238244]
Identifier: MSS 7648
Scope and Contents
Photocopy of a handwritten transcript of the autobiography, transcribed by Eunice Stella Iverson Gardner. The autobiography describes Chamber's life as a Mormon pioneer and includes descriptions of her daily activities, town dances, and visits from President Brigham Young. Includes a description of her marriage Joseph Chambers and her travels with her husband and children to various western states. A note is included at the end of the notebook from M. Ray Hiatt in 2001, whose wife was a...
Dates:
1934
Biography of James Allred
File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230307016]
Identifier: MSS SC 937
Scope and Contents
Biography of James Allred, the author's father who was a High Priest in the Mormon Church, member of the Nauvoo Legion and one of the Prophet Joseph Smith's bodyguards. He helped to build the Nauvoo Temple and assisted in giving endowments. His wife, Elizabeth, made the first Temple garments under Joseph's direction. Includes a brief account of events surrounding the martyrdom of the Prophet Joseph and his brother Hyrum, the trek across the plains to the Salt Lake Valley, and significant family...
Dates:
1880
Brief history of William Cook Prows
File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230306877]
Identifier: MSS SC 921
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of a photocopy of a handwritten biography of William Cook Prows. Prows was a pioneer to both Salt Lake City, Utah and Colonia Juarez, Mexico; a member of the Mormon Battalion; a gold prospector; a cooper; a horticulturist; and a polygamist. He was married to both Lodesky Ann Roberds and to Louisa Melinda James both of whom he took to Arizona. Then he took Louisa to Colonia Juarez due to the persecution of polygamists.
Dates:
1930-1977
A brief sketch of Hardy history
File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 185
Scope and Contents
Typewritten history of the Hardy family including Zachariah Hardy. The family joined the Mormon Church and migrated to Utah.
Dates:
approximately 1950
James Dalley biography
Item — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230351048]
Identifier: MSS 5907
Abstract
A biography of James Dalley about his early life.
Dates:
1821-1905
John Burnside Farnes, after 1945
Item — Folder 3: [Barcode: 31197233647566]
Identifier: MSS 8251
Dates:
after 1945
Mary Minerva Dart Judd autobiography
File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230331909]
Identifier: MSS SC 3226
Scope and Contents
Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a typescript. Judd writes about her youth and migration to Utah in 1850. She moved with her family to Parowan, Utah, in 1851 where she married Zadok K. Judd in 1852. She tells about the births of her children and the purchase of Indian children as well. She writes about contact with Indians, daily activities, and moving to Santa Clara, Utah, in 1856. She lived in various communities and settled in Kanab, Utah, in 1871.
Dates:
approximately 1885
George Washington Langley
File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230308618]
Identifier: MSS SC 1074
Scope and Contents
Holograph biography of George Washington Langley (1818-1850). Mormon missionary and pioneer to Utah, bodyguard of prophet Brigham Young (1801-1877), and husband of Mary Turner and Martha McKinney Frost.
Dates:
1976; 1976
Tamma Durfee Miner autobiography
File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230306554]
Identifier: MSS SC 888
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of photocopies of a typewritten document. Miner was baptized into the Mormon Church in 1831. She lived in Kirtland, Ohio; Far West, Missouri; Nauvoo, Illinois; and Springville, Utah. She had three husbands and fourteen children. Her autobiography tells of her personal hardships in following her chosen faith.
Dates:
1881
Thomas Morris autobiography
Item — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197231238202]
Identifier: MSS 7661
Scope and Contents
Photocopy of an autobiography of Thomas Morris, written in 1871. Contains an account of his early life in South Wales, including his various occupations and religious affiliations, his emigration to New York in 1832, death of his first wife in 1837, his second marriage, conversion to Mormonism and relocation to Nauvoo in 1844, his impressions of Joseph Smith, and details of service in Mormon Battalion. Concludes with list of his various marriages and dates.
Dates:
1871