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Pioneers

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Subject Source: Cclanarrow

Found in 768 Collections and/or Records:

John E. Bennion letters

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 197230325786]
Identifier: MSS SC 2710
Scope and Contents

Photocopies of handwritten letters written from Nauvoo, Illinois. Bennion writes to family members concerning plans of his parents to migrate to the United States from England, the need for a strong family organization, and the economic and social conditions in Nauvoo.

Dates: 1843-1844

Ole H. Berg biographies

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197232498953]
Identifier: MSS 244
Scope and Contents

Typewritten biographies and an autobiography. Jenkins writes a biography of Ole Hendrick Berg (1840-1919). Berg was a convert to the Mormon Church in Norwary who migrated to Utah in 1866. He settled in St. George, Utah. Also included is a two-page autobiography by Berg written in 1892.

Dates: approximately 1892-1950

Bernard Evan Kane correspondence, 1920-1924

 Sub-Series — Box 40: Series 7 [Barcode: 31197232551066]
Identifier: Vault MSS 792 Series 7 Sub-Series 8
Scope and Contents

Contains letters by Kane to family members written between 1920 and 1924. Includes information on his studies and his courtship of Ruth Rogers Wade.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1920-1924

William Wallace Bilings diary

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230331024]
Identifier: MSS SC 3211
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a handwritten diary. Bilings kept this diary while migrating to Utah to be with members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Bilings writes about his journey from July to September of 1864. He describes the traveling conditions, the weather, hardships, camp grounds, daily mileage, encounters with Indians, and deaths caused by illness. Bilings [Billings] later settled in Provo, Utah.

Dates: 1864

Biography : Jane Creer Binns, came to Utah 1852

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230339571]
Identifier: MSS 2521
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a typewritten biography. Jane Creer was born in England in 1811. She joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1841, migrated to Utah in 1852, and settled in American Fork. She married John Binns.

Dates: 1940

Biography : John Binns, came to Utah 1852

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230339548]
Identifier: MSS 2517
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a typewritten biography. John Binns was born in England in 1807. He joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, migrated to Utah in 1852, and settled in American Fork. He died in 1884.

Dates: 1940

Biography : Mary Calverly Binns, came as far as St. Louis 1849

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230339563]
Identifier: MSS 2520
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a micorfilmed copy of a typewritten biography. Mary Calverly was born in England and married John Binns. She joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and died in St. Louis, Missouri, in 1849 when she was migrating to Utah.

Dates: 1940

Biography : Susan Hay Binns, born and died in England

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230339555]
Identifier: MSS 2518
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a typewritten biography. Susan Hay was born in England and married John Binns. She gave birth to her first child in 1829 and died soon after her second child was born.

Dates: 1940

Biographical materials on Milo Andrus

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230313436]
Identifier: MSS SC 1611
Scope and Contents

Notes, typescripts, photocopied sources, and miscellaneous items relating to the biography of Milo Andrus (1814-1893). Milo was a Mormon pioneer, missionary, and colonizer who eventually settled in St. George, Utah.

Dates: 1844-1979

Jane Robinson Hindley biographical sketch

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230339308]
Identifier: MSS 2448
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a typewritten copy of an autobiography. Jane was born on the Isle of Man, England, in 1828. She joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and migrated to the United States in 1855. She settled in American Fork, Utah, and married John Hindley in 1856. She died in 1907. Also included is a brief biographical sketch of Jane written after her death.

Dates: 1881