Pioneers
Found in 769 Collections and/or Records:
Carpenter family histories
Elvira Egbert Carson autobiography
Photocopy of a typescript of an autbiography "as given to H. Carson Healy, a grandson, during the summer of 1901 at Provo Bench (Orem), Utah." Carson tells Healy about joining the Mormon Church in Kentucky, facing persecutions in Missouri, migrating to Utah, and her life in Fairfield, Utah.
Biography of John Chadwick
Photocopy of a microfilmed copy of a typewritten biography. The first page of the item is dark and very difficult to read. John Chadwick was born in England, joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, migrated to Utah, and settled in American Fork. He died in 1914.
Biography of Thomas Chadwick and Christine Jensen
Solomon Chamberlain autobiography
Photocopy of a typed copy of Solomon Chamberlain's autobiography. He describes spiritual experiences before his conversion and talks about prospecting for gold in California.
Eliza Ann Beebe Cheney letter
Typewritten copy of a letter written in January 1848 and addressed to "Dear Parents, Brothers & Sisters." The item was written in Winter Quarters, Nebraska. Cheney writes about the persecutions suffered by the Mormons and other aspects of the Mormon faith.
Cheney family papers
Typewritten autobiographical and biographical sketches and copies of correspondence. Describes conversion to Mormon Church, life in Nauvoo, Illinois, immigration to Utah and pioneering in Utah and the West. Also includes a letter from the donor.
Short sketch of Caroline M. Chipman
Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a typed biography of Caroline M. Chipman. Chipman was born in Indiana in 1842. She joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and migrated to Utah in 1853 where she settled in Pleasant Grove. She married Washburn Chipman in 1868 and died in 1924.
James Chipman biographical sketch
Photocopy of a mirofilm copy of a typewritten autobiography. Chipman was born in Missouri in 1839 and later migrated to Utah in 1847. He wrote about the plague of crickets in Salt Lake Valley, how the local people tried to kill them, and how the sea gulls came and ate the insects. He also told about the attack of grass hoppers. He later lived in American Fork, Utah. He wrote about his knowledge of Brigham Young, second president of the Mormon Church.
Biographical sketch : Martha Selindy Smith Chipman pioneer of 1850
Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a typewritten biography of Martha Chipman. Martha was born in 1836, lived in Nauvoo, Illinois, migrated to Utah, and married Henry Chipman.