Virgin (Utah) -- History
Subject
Subject Source: Lcnaf
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
Memoirs of Alice Parker Isom and George Isom
File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230330349]
Identifier: MSS SC 3141
Scope and Contents
Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a typescript. This manuscript is an autobiography and a diary of Alice Parker Isom and a biography of George Isom. Alice writes about her family who came from England to Nauvoo, Illinois. Alice was born in St. Louis, Missouri, in 1848. She migrated to Salt Lake City, Utah, in 1852. She tells about the Utah Expedition, 1857-8, moving to Virgin, Utah, in 1862, serving in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and marrying George Isom in 1868. She...
Dates:
1917-1925
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
George Isom autobiography
File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 1851
Scope and Contents
Handwritten original and typewritten copy. Isom describes the temporal and spiritual experiences of his life. He lived in Virgin, Utah and was active in Mormon Church affairs. Also included are patriarchal blessings of some of Isom's children.
Dates:
1885
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Of memories and experiences of James Jepson Jr.
File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230330547]
Identifier: MSS SC 3140
Scope and Contents
Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a typescript. The item is an autobiography of James Jepson. Jepson writes about his parents in England, how they joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and migrated to Nauvoo, Illinois. Jepson also tells about his parents' further migration to Utah in 1852. James writes about his birth and early life in Salt Lake City, Utah, his move to Virgin, Utah, in 1862, his marriage in 1876 to Lucinda Stratton, and his many services to the Mormon...
Dates:
1932
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Ellen Elizabeth Isom Spendlove autobiography
File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230315829]
Identifier: MSS SC 1850
Scope and Contents
Handwritten autobiography and photocopy of the original. Ellen tells about her family background, her experiences in her early years, her marriage, and her children.
Dates:
1935
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Memories of John Nock Hinton and Emma Spendlove
File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230336346]
Identifier: MSS 457
Scope and Contents
Typewritten biography believed to have been written by Rose Hinton. The item is a biography of John Nock Hinton and his wife Emma Spendlove Hinton. They were converted to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in England and migrated to Utah where they lived in Virgin in Washington County, Utah.
Dates:
1960
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections