Pioneers
Found in 771 Collections and/or Records:
Biographical sketch and recollections from the life of Martina Marjorie Halseth Bitner
Printed sketch and photographs of an early Utah pioneer.
Biographical sketch Josiah Nicholes : pioneer of 1851
Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a typewritten biography. Nicholes was born in England in 1815 and joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1848. He migrated to Utah in 1851 and settled in American Fork. He was a farmer, butcher, and father of 17 children. He died in 1893.
Biographical sketch of Alice T. Steele
Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a typewritten biography. Alice Chadwick was born in England in 1844, and she joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1854. She migrated to Utah in 1869 by railroad and settled in American Fork. She married George Taylor in 1870 and was "set apart" as a midwife in 1883. After the death of George, Alice married Thomas G. Steele. She died in 1917.
Biographical sketch of Anthony Johnson Stratton
Handwritten sketch which describes life of a Mormon pioneer and colonizer, work on the Nauvoo, Illinois Temple, exodus to Utah (1850), duties in militia in Cedar City, Utah, settlement of Snowflake, Arizona (1877), and his joining the United Order (1878).
Biographical sketch of Charlotte Wood Greenwood
Photocopy of a microfilm copy of typewritten biography. Charlotte Wood Greenwood was born in England in 1851, and she joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1859. She came to American in 1861 and settled in American Fork, Utah. She married William Houghton Greenwood in 1870 and had ten children.
Biographical sketch of Eliza Williams Hindley
Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a typewritten biography. Eliza Williams was born in England in 1830 and later joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. She later came to Utah, married John Hindley, and lived in American Fork.
Biographical sketch of Harriet Wood Robinson
Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a typewritten biography. Harriet Wood was born in England in 1839. Her family joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and migrated to Nauvoo, Illinois. They came to Utah in 1851 and settled in American Fork. She married William Walker Robinson and died in 1876.
Biographical sketch of Jefferson Hunt
Typewritten sketch of the life of Hunt.
Biographical Sketch of John Hindley
Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a typewritten biography. The author of the item is unknown. John Hindley was born in England in 1820 and was baptized a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1848. He came to the United States in 1849 and settled in American Fork, Utah. He was a businessman who had three wives. He died in 1886.
Biographical sketch of Joshua Adams : pioneer of Utah 1848, pioneer of American Fork 1850
Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a typewritten biography. Joshua Adams was born in 1833 in Canada, and his family joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1836. He migrated to Utah in 1848 and later settled in American Fork. He was a farmer and a rancher, had a large family, and died in 1906.