Call, Anson Vasco, 1834-1867

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Dates

Existence: 1834 - 1867

biographical statement

Citation:

Familysearch.org, via WWW, Apr. 30, 2014 (Anson Vasco Call; Anson V. Call; b. July 9, 1834 in Madison, Ohio; parents: Anson Call and Mary Flint; baptized 1844; joined in exodus of members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1846; arrived in Salt Lake Valley, 1848; worked as justice of the peace, school teacher, Ward clerk; m. Jan. 28, 1853 in Bountiful, Utah to Charlotte Holbrook, eight children; m. Nov. 10, 1856 in Salt Lake City, Utah to Eliza Catherine Kent, three children; called to serve mission to Sandwich Islands, 1857; participated in Echo Canyon expedition, 1857-1858; called on mission to England, 1864; died on return at Rock Creek, Wyo., Aug. 4, 1867)

UPB files, Sept. 16, 2013 (missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints; born July 9, 1834 in Ohio; married Charlotte Holbrook on January 28, 1853 in Bountiful, Utah; married Eliza Catherine Kent Dopp on November 10, 1856 in Salt Lake City, Utah; called on a mission on April 8, 1864 in General Conference; left April 30; boarded a ship, the Pennsylvania, on July 2, 1864; left New York City for Liverpool; arrived on July 17, 1864; assigned on July 18, 1864 by George Q. Cannon to be a traveling elder; headed to Newcastle-upon-Tyne; various callings to the presidencies; died on the Wyoming plains on August 4, 1867 on the way home from his mission)

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

History of Ann Mariah Bowen Call

File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230331156]

Identifier: MSS SC 3201

Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a typescript. The item is a biography of Ann Bowen Call written by an unspecified person at an unknown time. Ann Bowen was born in Bethany, New York, and later moved to Nauvoo, Illinois. She later migrated to Utah and settled in Davis County in 1851. In that year, she married Anson Call. She lived in a number of towns in Utah and finally settled in Bountiful. The biography talks about her experiences with Indians.

Dates: 1950

Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / History of Ann Mariah Bowen Call

Anson Vasco Call diaries

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: MSS 3813

Scope and Contents

Contains the typing and transcribing work of Dorothy Jane Larson Bryson, as well as copies of the original diaries of Anson Vasco Call's missionary diary, and a copy of an article involving Anson Vasco Call. Dated 1864-1866.

Dates: 1864-1866

Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Anson Vasco Call diaries

In the pioneer group to the Iron Co. Mission, was another great leader, Anson Call, who became a great colonizer

File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230329770]

Identifier: MSS SC 3079

Scope and Contents Photocopy of a microfilm reproduction of a typed manuscript. The item is a biography of Anson Call by an unnamed author. The date of composition is uncertain. Anson Call was born in Fletcher, Franklin County, Vermont on 13 May 1810. Call married Mary Flint and later joined the Mormon Church. "He was closely associated with the Prophet Joseph [Joseph Smith, 1805-1844], and with the saints was driven from his home. He had a great love the the Prophet and did all he could to protect him...

Dates: 1930

Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / In the pioneer group to the Iron Co. Mission, was another great leader, Anson Call, who became a great colonizer

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