Pioneers
Found in 771 Collections and/or Records:
Charles L. Walker and Zaidee Walker Miles papers
Materials include poetry and histories of Walker and his wife Abigail Middlemass Walker. It contains an undated bound volume of typed poetry on carbon paper by Walker, Walker's history of the St. George Temple copied by his daughter Zaidee Walker Miles, and a brief unbound biography of Abigail Middlemass Walker created by Zaidee Walker Miles. Materials dated 1939-1943.
Don L. Walker letter
Letter dated 15 Jan. 1976 and addressed to LeGrand Baker, archivist at Brigham Young University. Walker writes about his ancestors, John Beauchamp Waler and Elizabeth Ann Walker. Don tells about John and Elizabeth's conversion to the Mormon Church, their migration to Utah, their settlement in Grantsville, Utah, John's death, and Elizabeth's move to Taylor, Arizona.
William Walsh promissory note
Holograph note signed in which Walsh promises to pay Daniel Spencer $1.40 for excess of luggage.
John Bates Warall letter
Handwritten and signed letter written at Camp Floyd, Utah and addressed to Colonel Daniel Ruggles at Fredericksburg, Virginia. Warall gives a general report on the condition and activities of the camp which includes the establishment of musical bands, temperance societies, masonic lodges, and other organizations and events promoting morale among the soldiers.
Washburn biographies
Typewritten biographies of two persons with copies. The dates of the composition of these materials are uncertain. The items are biographies of Tamer Washburn Washburn (1805-1886) and Flora Clarinda Gleason Washburn (1819- ). Each person was a Mormon pioneer to Utah. Flora lived in Manti, Utah.
William L. Watkins biographical sketches
Typescript (plus carbon copy) of an autobiography written by Watkins which gives a life history from his birth until his arrival in Utah in 1852. Also includes a typewritten biography of Watkins from 1852 to his death, written by his daughter, Aurilla Watkins Whipple. Also includes a typescript of Watkins' certificate of United States citizenship and a letter from the donor.
Biography of Martha Carless Webb : came to Utah 1867
Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a typewritten biography. Martha Carless was born in England in 1831 and married William Rawlings Webb in 1854. They joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1860, migrated to Utah in 1867, and settled in American Fork. She died in 1905.
Biographical sketch of the life of William R. Webb
Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a typed biography. William R. Webb was born in England in 1829, married Martha Carless in 1854, and joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1860. He migrated to Utah in 1867 and settled in American Fork. He took a second wife, returned to England in 1886 as a missionary for the Mormon Church, and died in 1915. Also included is a poem written by Webb to "Sister Ellen Barrett on Her Fiftieth Birthday."
Biography of Eliza Faulkner Welsh
Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a typewritten autobiography. Eliza Faulkner Welsh was born in Halifax County, Nova Scotia, in 1843. She joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1855 and left for Utah the same year. She tells about the hardships of the migration to Utah and the many deaths from Cholera in her family. She died in American Fork, Utah, in 1927.
Peter Mastin Wentz diary
Typescript of a diary. Wentz left Binghamton, New York, in 1853. He travelled to Dunkirk, New York, and then to Ashley, Indiana. He took steamboats on the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers in 1854 and described the buildings in Nauvoo, Illinois. He later settled in St. Louis, Missouri, where he joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1855. He migrated to Utah the same year.