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Photocopies of handwritten and typewritten biographies of family members including sketches of Niels Peter Miller (1837-1921), Ellen Anderson Miller (1833-1929) and Ellen Anderson (1805-1890). These were Mormons who migrated to Utah from Denmark.

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Photocopy of a typed biography of Niels Peter Miller and his wife, Ellen Anderson Miller, Danish converts to the Mormon Church who lived in Mount Pleasant, Utah and later settled Castle Valley, Utah.

Scope and Contents Photocopy of microfilm copy of a typed autobiography. Cheney writes about her early life and her conversion to the Mormon Church in 1837. She moved with her family to Nauvoo, Illinois, where she heard sermons by Joseph Smith (1805-1844), the first president of the Mormon Church. She also heard Brigham Young (1801-1877), second president of the Mormon Church. Talitha married William Howard Avery in 1844. He died in 1847. She migrated to Utah in 1853 and married Elam Cheney. She lived...

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Photocopy of a handwritten biography. The item was written by one of Henry Eden's children, but the name of the author is not given. The author writes about the life of Henry Eden (1887-1960) who worked as a farmer, coal miner, and peddler in Castle Valley, Utah. Also included is a biography of his wife, Annie Catherine Williams Eden (1891-1921).

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Photocopies of typewritten histories and biographies. The materials relate to the early years of settlement by whites in Huntington and in Castle Valley, Utah. The date of composition of the materials is uncertain. Some of the items were written by Flora J. Jensen.

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Photocopy of a typed biography of Ellen Anderson Miller who emigrated to Mount Pleasant, Utah and later settled Castle Valley, Utah.

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Photocopy of a typewritten biography of Niels Peter Miller who helped settle Castle Valley, Utah.

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Photocopy of a handwritten letter to the Mormon stake president of Ephraim, Utah by Brigham Young (1801-1877). Brigham Young expresses his wish that at least fifty families from Ephraim settle in Castle Valley.