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Lehi (Utah) -- History

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 25 Collections and/or Records:

J. Urban Allred papers

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197231034957]
Identifier: UA 145
Scope and Contents

Contains typewritten extractions from Allred's diary, as compiled by his children, concerning his ancestry, student activities, lectures given by faculty members and Latter-day Saint Church leaders, and the founding of Lehi, Utah, 1894-1898.

Dates: 1894-1898

Joseph Jeppa Anderson diaries

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1437
Scope and Contents

Photocopies of handwritten diaries. Anderson writes about his early life in Lehi, Utah; his activities at Brigham Young Academy; his teaching experiences at Mayfield, Brigham City, and Hanksville, Utah and in Arizona; and his bee keeping business in Idaho and California.

Dates: 1878-1950

Biographical sketch of Mrs. Emma Grace Austin

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230332402]
Identifier: MSS SC 3284
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a micrifilm copy of a typewritten biography. Gudmundsen writes about Emma Grace Austin. Emma Grace was born in 1827 in England. She married John Austin in 1848 and was the mother of 17 children. She joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Emma migrated to Utah in 1868 and settled in Lehi, Utah, and died in 1893.

Dates: approximately 1930

Biography of Rose Hannah Francis Grant : came to Utah in 1871

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230339159]
Identifier: MSS 2422
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a typewritten biography. Rose Hannah Francis Grant was born in England in 1859. Her family joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and migrated to Utah in 1871. She married William Grant in 1875 and lived for a time in Lehi, Utah.

Dates: approximately 1935

Brigham Young certificate of appointment for W. S. S. Willis

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233289633]
Identifier: Vault MSS 424
Scope and Contents

Printed form with handwritten notations. The item is dated 11 March 1851 and signed by Almon W. Babbitt and Brigham Young, second president of the Mormon Church. W. S. S. Willis is appointed as captain of Company B, Battalion of Infantry in Lehi, Utah.

Dates: 1851 March 11

Chronological history of Samuel Mulliner and his families

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230323963]
Identifier: MSS SC 2467
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a typewritten and handwritten family history. The handwritten sections are corrections to the text and photocopies of diary entries. Samuel Mulliner (1809-1891) was a convert to the Mormon Church. He was raised in Scotland, moved to Canada, and migrated to Utah in 1850. He had three wives and lived in Salt Lake City, Lehi, and Orderville, Utah.

Dates: 1984

Biography of Joseph Dorton

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230341049]
Identifier: MSS 2593
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a microfilmed copy of a typewritten biography. Joseph Dorton was born in 1821 in England. He joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and migrated to Utah in 1857 with the Evans' Handcart Company. He moved to Lehi and married Martha Clayton in 1858. He soon moved to Cedar Valley, Utah. He helped treat the Indian Chief, Black Hawk, when he was injured. Dorton died in 1898.

Dates: 1944

Biography of Martha Clayton Dorton

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230341056]
Identifier: MSS 2594
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a microfilmed copy of a typewritten biography. Martha Clayton was born in England in 1837, and her family soon joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. She migrated to Utah in 1855 and later lived in Lehi. She married Joseph Dorton in 1857 and lived with him in Cedar Valley, Utah. She died in 1923.

Dates: 1944

Catherine Karren Hatch biography

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230314715]
Identifier: MSS SC 1708
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a typescript of the biography of Catherine Karren Hatch, Mormon pioneer and plural wife of Lorenzo Hill Hatch.

Dates: 1948

Lorenzo Hill Hatch autobiography and diary

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230330463]
Identifier: MSS SC 3135
Scope and Contents Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a handwritten autobiography and diary. Hatch writes about his early life, joining the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1839, his life in Nauvoo, Illinois, his migration to Utah in 1850, and settling in Lehi, Utah, in 1851. He tells about his mission for the Mormon Church from 1856 to 1858, his work as a farmer and a carpenter, and Mormon Church meetings. He writes about serving in the legislature of Utah. He also tells about his service as a...
Dates: 1855-1885