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Clay County (Mo.) -- History -- Sources

 Subject
Subject Source: Lcnaf

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Historical sketch of James Hendricks and Drusilla Dorris Hendricks

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230323070]
Identifier: MSS SC 2409
Scope and Contents

Typewritten copy of an autobiography. Drusilla married James Hendricks (1808-1870) in 1827. They joined the Mormon Church in 1835 and lived with the Mormons in Clay County, Missouri and Nauvoo, Illinois. They migrated to Utah in 1847 where they lived in Salt Lake City, Springville, and Richmond.

Dates: 1877
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Historical sketch of James Hendricks and Drusilla Dorris Hendricks

Simeon Kemper letter

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230325018]
Identifier: MSS SC 2566
Scope and Contents

Handwritten letter dated 23 Jan. 1839 and addressed to Daniel Dunkler; surveyor general of Missouri, Illinois, and Arkansas; in St. Louis, Missouri. Kemper requests that some surveying be done in Clay County, Missouri.

Dates: 1839 January 23
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Simeon Kemper letter

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