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Patriarchal blessings (Mormon Church)

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 207 Collections and/or Records:

Samuel Hollister Rogers diary, volume 2, 1855-1886

 File — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197231043552], Folder: 2
Identifier: MSS 1134
Scope and Contents

Volume includes details on Rogers life in Parowan, Utah. Includes patriarchal blessings for Rogers and some family members. Includes information about early temple work in the Saint George Utah Temple. Also includes details about the United Order in Parowan. Includes Rogers' experiences in helping settle colonies in Snowflake, Arizona, and Chihuahua, Mexico. Dated October 1855-February 1886.

Dates: 1855-1886

Sandgren, Clyde D., 1961-1990

 File — Box 154: Series 1 [Barcode: 31197231008332], Folder: 29
Identifier: UA 909 Series 1

Josiah Saville family organization

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230323245]
Identifier: MSS SC 2426
Scope and Contents

Photocopies of typewritten family histories, genealogies, patriarchal blessings, letters, certificates, and a diary. All materials relate to the family and descendants of Josiah Saville (1816-1903). Josiah was a convert to the Mormon Church in England who migrated to Utah in 1862. He lived in Salt Lake City, Utah. The diary is by James Wright Saville (1850-1912) and was kept for the year 1904 and writes about his daily activities probably in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Dates: 1904-1978

Thomas Jackson Schofield papers

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197232491206]
Identifier: MSS 665
Abstract

Photocopy of a handwritten diary and patriarchal blessings, with a typescript of the items, detailing Thomas Jackson Schofield's life as a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Thomas Jackson Schofield writes about his conversion in England and about his farming life in Nephi, Utah from 1859 to 1860.

Dates: 1859-1860

Sidney B. Sperry patriarchal blessings and other material, 1940-1971

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA 618 Series 9
Scope and Contents

Contains patriarchal blessings, sermons, Utah Stake High Priest Quorum papers, inspirational articles, books, and anecdotes. Includes blessing typescripts, a funeral address, documents regarding efforts to improve enforcement of Provo's moral statutes, typed manuscripts of works by Leah B. Lyman, clippings from the Liahona, and assorted other articles and anecdotes.

Dates: 1940-1971

Alexander H. Smith patriarchal blessing

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230308451]
Identifier: MSS SC 1058
Scope and Contents

Patriarchal blessing by patriarch Alexander H. Smith of the Reorganized Mormon Church to James Potter of Wallsend, Australia, on 4 Jan. 1902.

Dates: 1902

Jesse Nathaniel Smith papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 503
Abstract

Autobiography, diary, correspondence, genealogies, patriarchal blessings, certificates, and miscellaneous items. Smith was the president of the Scandinavian Mission of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 1862 to 1864 and an early settler in Salt Lake City and in Parowan, Utah and in Snowflake, Arizona.

Dates: 1836-1970

Job Smith autobiography and letters received

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230320589]
Identifier: MSS SC 2202
Scope and Contents

Typewritten autobiography and photocopies of handwritten letters received by Smith. Also included are typescripts of Job Smith's "Recollections" of the first president of the Mormon Church, Joseph Smith (1805-1844), and photocopies of handwritten and typewritten certificates. The letters are from prminent Mormon Church leaders. Also included is a photocopy of a handwritten patriarchal blessing received by Smith.

Dates: 1860-1902

John Smith notebook

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230313709]
Identifier: MSS SC 1638
Scope and Contents

Notebook containing handwritten miscellaneous entries and a loose sheet both of which contain various handwritten genealogies of families in Logan, Utah. The notebook also contains notes on Mormon missionary activities in England in 1889-90 and four patriarchal blessings given by John Smith (1832-1911).

Dates: 1865-1921

John Smith patriarchal blessings

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230317155]
Identifier: MSS SC 1895
Scope and Contents

Photocopies of three handwritten items. The documents are two copies of the same patriarchal blessing given to Charles Hawkins on 12 Aug. 1888 and a copy of a patriarchal blessing given to Susan Sophia Hawkins on 2 Aug. 1888. The blessings assure Charles and Susan Hawkins that they are noble spirits who will be able to go to heaven.

Dates: 1888 August