Hooper (Utah) -- History
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Gilbert Belnap papers
Photocopies of handwritten materials relating to the Hooper Ward of the Mormon Church, personal papers of Belnap, and miscellaneous items. Also included is a biography of Vinson Knight (1804-1842), an early convert to Mormonism, which contains references to Knight in various sources.
Marian Adaline Belnap papers
Phtocopy of correspondence, financial and legal documents, genealogial materials, newspaper clippings, and drafts of research papers. The materials relate to a wide variety of topics but mostly deal with Belnap (Belknap) family matters. A patriarchal blessing is found with the collection.
Thomas Benson Hull autobiographies
This collection consists of photocopies of handwritten autobiographies. They were written in 1939-40, 1943, 1947 and 1949. The last two are only three pages each. Hull was born in Franklin, Idaho, and moved, when a boy, to Hooper, Utah. He later went to Alberta and Burley, Idaho. These autobiographies cover his early life, tell about his family and relate incidents occurring where he lived.