Latter Day Saints -- Utah -- Smithfield -- History
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Jobe Hill autobiography
Handwritten autobiography. Hill writes about migrating to Utah, about his life in Smithfield and Clarkston, about problems with grasshoppers, and about other difficult situations. He also talks about the death of his mother and his low opinion of his father, who started drinking. He also tells about his mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to England and about his marriage.
Sylvester Low family
Photocopies of collected biographies, histories, genealogies, handwritten letters, and photographs of the Low family. Sylvester Low was a Scottish convert to the Mormon Church who married two women and settled in Canada after years in Smithfield, Utah.
Joseph Nelson autobiography
Photocopy of a handwritten autobiography and a typescript of the item. Nelson writes about his family joining the Mormon Church in Scotland, about migrating to Utah, and about his life in Smithfield, Utah.
William Pilkington letter
Handwritten and signed letter, dated 28 Feb. 1930, and addressed to Vern C. Poulter, an LDS missionary in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Pilkington relates meeting Martin Harris in Smithfield and recalls Harris' testimony of the authenticity of the Book of Mormon.