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Pioneers

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Subject Source: Cclanarrow

Found in 769 Collections and/or Records:

Biography : John Durrant

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230341064]
Identifier: MSS 2595
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a microfilmed copy of a typewritten biography. John Durrant was born in England in 1837 and joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1858. He migrated to Utah in 1861 and settled in American Fork in 1862. He married Jemima Berry Henson, Elizabeth Jane Ginger, and Kena Keys. He died in 1914.

Dates: 1944
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Biography : John Durrant

Biography : Kezia Keys Durrant

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230341106]
Identifier: MSS 2599
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a microfilmed copy of a typewritten biography. Kezia Keys was born in 1844, joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1856, and migrated to Utah in 1866. She settled in American Fork and married John Durrant in 1867. She lived for years with Ada Smith, her daughter, and died in 1917.

Dates: 1944
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Biography : Kezia Keys Durrant

Joseph Ira Earl journal

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197239135574]
Identifier: MSS 9626
Scope and Contents

A handwritten journal kept by Joseph Ira Earl from 1881 to 1885, in Bunkerville, Nevada. It documents Joseph's life in short daily entries, documenting the weather and farm, blacksmith and construction work, births, sicknesses, and references to speeches of and conversations with members in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Dates: 1881-1885
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Joseph Ira Earl journal

Early pioneer history

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230313923]
Identifier: MSS SC 1593
Scope and Contents

Typewritten history of James Allred and his family, early converts to the Mormon Church and pioneers who established settlements in Manti and Ephraim, Utah.

Dates: approximately 1905
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Early pioneer history

Early recollections of Logan

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230306026]
Identifier: MSS SC 843
Scope and Contents This collection is a compilation of personal histories and diaries gathered by Joel Ricks. Most of these items are the result of interviews conducted by Ricks, but some are copies of journals and autobiographies. The 27 items in the collection are the stories of 26 individuals with one person responsible for two records.These materials are typescripts probably made in the 1970s. They are mainly concerned with histories of the various individuals and the early settlement of...
Dates: 1890-1920
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Early recollections of Logan

East family papers

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233634879]
Identifier: MSS 8091
Scope and Contents

Contains reminiscences of Edward Wallace East, a letter written by Eliza R. Snow to Willmirth Greer East discussing the gospel in the mid to late-1800s, and other materials related to the East family.

Dates: 1857-1893
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / East family papers

John Eden autobiography

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230334796]
Identifier: MSS 1080
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a handwritten autobiography. John Eden writes about growing up in England, his migration to Utah, and the hardships he faced as an early settler of Cleveland, Utah.

Dates: 1920
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / John Eden autobiography

Esaias Edwards autobiography and diary

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 184
Scope and Contents Handwritten autobiography and diary. The account is retrospective until 1856. Edwards writes extensively about his conversion to the Mormon Church in 1839, life at Nauvoo, Illinois, and the death of two of his wives. There is a lengthy discussion in the opening pages of the diary about astronomy and a family cooperative city, "Edwardsville," which he hoped to build. Edwards made the overland journey from Iowa to Salt Lake City in 1848 by ox team and writes briefly about the scarcity of feed...
Dates: 1856-1882
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Esaias Edwards autobiography and diary

Annie Eggertsen autobiography

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230348614]
Identifier: MSS 1377
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a typewritten autobiography. Eggertsen writes about her early life in Denmark and about her migration to Utah. She describes Pleasant Grove, Provo, and Springville, Utah. Also included is a brief biography of her great grandfather.

Dates: 1950
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Annie Eggertsen autobiography

Eldredge family history

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230314814]
Identifier: MSS SC 1749
Scope and Contents

Typescript history of the Eldredge family in Massachusetts and Utah written by several family members. The history describes the "miracle of the seagulls" and gives an account of "Johnston's Army" in Utah.

Dates: 1932-1938
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Eldredge family history

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