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Dwyer, James, 1831-1915

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1831 - 1915

biographical statement

Citation:
Album of Salt Lake City, Utah, ca. 1888: |b t.p. (James Dwyer) Our Pioneer Heritage, 1958: |b p.329 (James Dwyer opened first bookshop in Salt Lake City. Converted to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Ireland and came to Utah in 1860s.) FamilySearch, Jan. 8, 2008 |b (James Powers DWYER; b. 22 Nov 1831, Banchea, Tipperarry, Ireland; d. 15 Jan 1915; md. Sarah Ann HAMMER 27 Apr 1862, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah)

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

The establishment of the L.D.S. Church schools

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197232490174]
Identifier: MSS 634
Scope and Contents

Typewritten and signed history on one page of the founding of Mormon Church schools composed in 1913. Dwyer writes of a meeting in his bookstore in 1886 in which the idea of church schools was discussed. Also included is a reproduction of a pen-and-ink drawing of the meeting published in 1910.

Dates: 1910-1913
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / The establishment of the L.D.S. Church schools

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