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Orderville (Utah) -- History

 Subject
Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Nancy Jane McCleve Meeks, wife of Dr. Preddy Meeks

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230325992]
Identifier: MSS SC 2733
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a typewritten biography of Nancy Meeks. She was born in 1840, joined the Mormon Church in 1856, married Phines Cook and later David Riley Russell, migrated to Utah with the second handcart company in 1856, and married Priddy Meeks on 12 Nov. 1856. She lived in Orderville, Utah. The date of the composition of the item is uncertain.

Dates: approximately 1950
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Nancy Jane McCleve Meeks, wife of Dr. Preddy Meeks

My mother's history

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230313097]
Identifier: MSS SC 1562
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a typewritten biography of Nancy Meeks Asay who was a Mormon pioneer to early Utah. Also mentioned is a family story of one of Priddy Meeks' romances.

Dates: 1920
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / My mother's history

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