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Photocopy of a microfilmed copy of a typewritten biography. This copy is very dark and difficult to read. Margaret Cunningham Binnall was born in 1845 in Scotland. She joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and migrated to Utah in 1856 with the ill-fated Willie handcart company. She settled in American Fork, Utah, and died in 1921.

Scope and Contents Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a typewritten biography of James and Elizabeth Nicholson Cunningham. James Cunningham was born in 1801 in Scotland and died in American Fork, Utah, in 1879. Elizabeth Nicholson was born in 1805 in Scotland and died in American Fork, Utah, in 1890. They joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and migrated to Utah in 1856 with the Willie handcart company. Included with the narrative is the detailed account of their ordeal in the Willie...

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Photocopy of microfilm copy of a typewritten biography. Joseph Smith Clements Kirkwood was born in 1851 in Scotland. His family joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and migrated to Utah in the Willie handcart company. The biography is chiefly an account of Joseph's sufferings on the trek. He settled in American Fork, Utah, and died in 1933.

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Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a typewritten biography. Agnes Hunter was born in Scotland in 1859 and was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. She migrated to Utah in 1863 and settled in American Fork. She married in 1877. She ran a boarding house at Sunshine, a mining camp just four miles from Mercur, Utah.

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Photocopy of a microfilmed copy of a typewritten biography. Margaret Crystal was born in Scotland in 1858. She was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and migrated to Utah in 1863. She married George Heber Robinson in 1878, had six children, lived in American Fork, Utah, and died in 1939.

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Photocopy of a microfilmed copy of a typewritten biography. Agnes Gillispie was born in 1810 in Scotland and married Thomas Crooks. She joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and came to Nauvoo, Illinois. She migrated to Utah in 1850 and settled in American Fork.

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Photocopy of a microfilmed copy of a typewritten biography. Thomas Crooks was born in Scotland, married Agnes Gillispie, and joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Thomas and his son, James, fought in the battle of Nauvoo, Illinois. Thomas and James came to Utah in 1850 and settled in American Fork. Thomas was a blacksmith as was James, his son.

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Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a typescript. Forman writes about his youth. He was baptized into the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in 1851 and migrated to Utah in 1854. He lived in Salt Lake City, Utah Valley, and Heber City, Utah. He was fined for polygamy in 1891. Also included are three biographies of family members written by John Forman in 1932.

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Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a typewritten biography. Margaret Campbell Kirkwood was born in 1810 in Scotland. She joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and migrated to Utah with the Willie handcart company. The biography is mainly an account of Margaret's ordeal on the trek to Utah. Margaret lost the use of one eye because it was frozen. She died in 1893.

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Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a typewritten autobiography. John McNeill was born in 1827 in Scotland. He joined the Mormon Church and migrated to the United States. His first wife died of cholera. He later came to Utah and settled in American Fork. He died in 1902.