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Pioneers

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Found in 771 Collections and/or Records:

History of Robert Gardner, Jr. / written by himself at St. George, Utah

 Item — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230305424]
Identifier: MSS SC 793
Scope and Contents Photocopy of typescript. Detailed account of frontier life in Canada; his family's conversion to Mormonism in the early 1840s; a trip to Nauvoo, Illinois, in June 1845; the trip across the plains to Utah in 1847; and life in pioneer Utah.Also includes account of the author's mission to Canada (1857-1858) and his subsequent recall because of the Utah War, along with his family's move to settle St. George, Utah. Ends with text of Gardner's patriarchal blessing, genealogical...
Dates: 1884
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

History of the building of the Zion Cable and Saw Mill

 Item — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230306992]
Identifier: MSS SC 935
Scope and Contents

Photocopied portions of Flanigan's diary pertaining to the decision to build and the actual construction of the Zion Cable and Saw Mill. Describes how the use of the cable saved ten day's from a wagon journey to haul goods around Zion's Canyon, and how the saw mill served the people of the area.

Dates: 1901-1907
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

History of the life of Berrill Covington

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230338987]
Identifier: MSS 2415
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a typed biography of Berrill Covington. Berrill Covington was born in 1794 in England. He married Elizabeth Hodges (1793-1881), joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, migrated to Utah in 1852, and died in Missouri.

Dates: circa 1935
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

History of the life of Priscilla Covington Thornton

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230340439]
Identifier: MSS 2474
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a typewritten biography. Priscilla Covington was born in England in 1839. Her family joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and migrated to Utah in 1852. She moved to American Fork, Utah, and married Thomas Ephraim Thornton in 1856. The had 11 children, and she died in 1916.

Dates: 1935
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

History of the life of Stephen Markham

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230310663]
Identifier: MSS SC 1297
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a typed history of Stephen Markham by Julina Markham Crow. The item gives an account of Stephen Markham's personal life as well as his involvement in the early history of Mormonism. This includes his close association with the Mormon Prophets, Joseph Smith (1805-1844) and Brigham Young (1801-1877), his participation with the initial Mormon pioneer company of 1847, and his involvement in the settlement of Utah.

Dates: 1950
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

History of the life of Thomas Ephraim Thornton

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230340447]
Identifier: MSS 2473
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a typewritten biography. Thomas Ephraim Thornton was born in Canada in 1835. His family joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1837. The family later moved to Nauvoo, Illinois. He migrated to Utah in 1852 and married Priscilla Covington in 1856. They had 11 children. He resided in American Fork, Utah, where he died in 1918.

Dates: 1935
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

History of Urban Van Stewart

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230240449]
Identifier: MSS SC 412
Scope and Contents

Typewritten biographical sketch of Stewart, an early Mormon convert and Utah pioneer. Also included is a typescript letter from Marva Cowley containing biographical information about Stewart, 1976.

Dates: 1965
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

History of William Adams written by himself January 1894 age 72 years

 Item — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230329838]
Identifier: MSS SC 3089
Scope and Contents Photocopy of a microfilmed copy of a typescript. The item is a 26 page autobiography of William Adams. Adams describes how was born in Ireland on January 8, 1822. He was raised a Protestant but joined the Mormon Church in 1842. He migrated to the United States up the Mississippi River. He settled in Nauvoo, Illinois, where he worked as a stone mason on the Nauvoo Temple. Adams was present at a meeting after the death of Joseph Smith, the first president of the Mormon Church. "I heard a voice...
Dates: 1894
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

History of William and Myra Henrie - Pioneers of 1847-1848

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230236330]
Identifier: MSS SC 233
Scope and Contents

Typewritten biographical sketch of Henrie, who converted to the Mormon faith in 1842, who was one of the early pioneers of Utah of Scotch-Irish descent, and who settled in Bountiful, Utah.

Dates: undated
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Nelson Stoyle Hollingshead and his wives

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230329861]
Identifier: MSS SC 3044
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a typewritten biography of Nelson Stoyle (Stoyell?) Hollingshead who was a Mormon pioneer that lived in Parowan and Panguitch, Utah.

Dates: 1847
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

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