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John Henry Standifird papers

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: Vault MSS 44
Scope and Contents

Handwritten diaries and letters. Standifird writes about his life in Bountiful, St. George, Kanab, Panguitch, Manti, and Moab, Utah. He also lived in Taylor and Alpine, Arizona. He gives information on the Utah Expedition, 1857-1858, his work on the St. George and Manti temples, his mission for the Mormon Church in Missouri, and his daily life in Utah.

Dates: 1857-1909

Eunice Pease Haws Stewart notes and diary

 Item — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 3208
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a handwritten diary kept from 4 March 1855 to 2 April 1858. There are many gaps. Stewart writes about her experiences while her husband is on missions for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in Nevada and Australia. She lived in Provo, Utah. Wilford Woodruff, Apostle in the Mormon Church, briefly lived with her family when Salt Lake City, Utah, was evacuated during the Utah Expedition in 1858.

Dates: 1855-1858

Cynthia Jane Park Stowell autobiography

 Item — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 839
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a typescript. The history of Stowell's family is presented by another person. Stowell tells her own story for the years from 1857 to 1892. Cynthia lived in Ogden, Utah; describes activities during the Utah War of 1857 to 1858; writes of her life as a polygamous wife; and relates her move to Juarez, Mexico, in 1892. Also included is a patriarchal blessing.

Dates: approximately 1893

James Parshall Terry autobiography

 File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 1698
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a handwritten and typed autobiography of James P. Terry which includes his experiences with Johnston's Army in 1857.

Dates: 1880-1905

James Parshall Terry journal

 Item — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 515
Scope and Contents

Handwritten biographical sketch of Terry's life which describes Mormon difficulties in Missouri, campsites during the exodus west, pioneer life in southern Utah, and Terry's mission to Canada and northeastern U.S., 1887-1888. Also an account of Terry's activities in Echo Canyon during the Utah War, 1857. The journal was written in a watermaster's log which included previous entries.

Dates: 1857-1890

The early settlement of South Weber

 Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 983
Scope and Contents

Contents include four typewritten transcriptions of Thomas Peek's history of South Weber, Davis County, Utah. Peek records the history of the establishment and hardships of the Latter-day Saint people in South Weber, including brief descriptions of the Morrisite War of 1862, the Utah War of 1857-1858, and the activities of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The history was written in approximately 1900.

Dates: approximately 1900

Thomas Todd autobiography

 Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 685
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a typescript of an autobiography. Todd writes about his youth in Scotland, his conversion to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1850, his immigration to Salt Lake City, Utah, in 1854, his service in the Utah Militia during the Utah Expedition, and his life in Spanish Fork and in Heber City, Utah. He also includes family genealogies.

Dates: approximately 1895

Enoch B. Tripp papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 2032
Scope and Contents Eighteen volumes of journals and other papers. Volumes document Enoch B. Tripp's conversion to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, his missions to the state of Maine, his visit with Joseph Smith's mother (Lucy Mack Smith), wife (Emma Smith), and son (Joseph Smith III) in Nauvoo in November 1855, his participation in the Utah War in 1857, and his life in Salt Lake City. Tripp discusses anti-polygamy legislation, his time on the Mormon "Underground" to avoid arrest for practicing...
Dates: 1841-1908

John Bates Warall letter

 Item — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 1392
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1859

John McKeager Warren letter

 File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 2747
Scope and Contents Handwritten and signed letter dated 13 Feb. 1858 and addressed to "Dear Father" who was probably living in Franklin County, Missouri. Warren was with the United States Army at "Camp Scott," Utah Territory. The cite is near Fort Bridger, Wyoming. Warren writes about a confrontation with Cheyenne Indians and speculates about the prospect of war with Brigham Young and the Mormons of Utah. He did not think Brigham Young would fight but was confident that the United States Army would win any...
Dates: 1858 February 13

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Terry, James Parshall, 1830-1918 2
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Adams, Orson B. (Orson Bennett), 1815-1901 1
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Allen, Andrew Jackson, 1818-1884 1
Anderson, Washington F., 1823-1903 1
Atkin, William Frank, 1878-1966 1
Bailey, Elizabeth Young, 1833-1918 1
Bailey, George B., 1833-1895 1
Ballard, Henry, 1832-1908 1
Bench, William, Jr. 1
Bennion, John E. 1
Bernhisel, John M. (John Milton), 1799-1881 1
Bernhisel, John Milton, 1878-1957 1
Blackburn, Elias Hicks, 1827-1908 1
Blanchard, Benjamin T. (Benjamin Thomas), 1838-1915 1
Bliss, Orley Dwight, 1839-1930 1
Bridger, Jim, 1804-1881 1
Britton, Agnes 1
Brunson, Lewis, 1831-1888 1
Burton, James 1
Butler, John Lowe, 1808-1860 1
Cain family 1
Candland, David, 1819-1902 1
Cannon, George Q. (George Quayle), 1827-1901 1
Cass, Lewis, 1782-1866 1
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Cotton Mission 1
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Loa Ward (Loa, Utah) 1
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Provo 3rd Ward (Provo, Utah) 1
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Provo Ward (Provo, Utah) 1
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Thirty-fourth Quorum of the Seventy 1
Conover, Peter Wilson 1
Cooke, Philip St. George, 1809-1895 1
Crook, John, 1831-1921 1
Cummings, Benjamin Franklin 1
Curtis, Joseph, 1818-1883 1
Daughters of Utah Pioneers 1
Deseret Horticultural Society 1
Dickson, Albert Douglas, 1840-1923 1
Duke family 1
Duke, Jonathan Oldham, 1807-1868 1
Duke, Robert S. (Robert Stone), 1837-1923 1
Eldredge, Deon 1
Eldredge, Elnathan 1
Eldredge, Joseph Underwood 1
Eldredge, Kaye 1
Eldredge, Leah Lambert 1
Eldridge family 1
Farnsworth, Philo Taylor 1
Farr, Winslow 1
Gardner, Robert 1
Giles, Thomas Huskinson, 1821-1903 1
Green, Charles D. 1
Green, Mary Ann Radman 1
Greenwood, William, 1822-1891 1
Hamblin, Jacob, 1819-1886 1
Harmon, Jesse Perse, 1795-1877 1
Hatch, Lorenzo Hill, 1826-1910 1
Hawkes, Joshua 1
Hendrickson, Thomas 1
Hinckley, Ira Nathaniel, 1828-1904 1
Hinkley family 1
Hunsaker, Abraham, 1812-1889 1
Huntington, Oliver Boardman, 1823-1907 1
Johnston, Albert Sidney, 1803-1862 1
Kane (Family : Kane, Thomas L. (Thomas Leiper), 1822-1883) 1
Kane, Thomas L. (Thomas Leiper), 1822-1883 1
Lambert, Charles, 1816-1892 1
Langston, John 1
Larsen, Hans Peter, 1835-1928 1
Layne, Jonathan Ellis, 1835-1899 1
Lillywhite, Eva J., 1877-1956 1
Little, Edwin S. 1
Manti Temple (Manti, Utah) 1
Martineau, James H. (James Henry), 1828-1921 1
Maynadier, Henry E. 1
McBride, Reuben Augustus 1
Merrill, Clarance, 1841-1919 1
Montgomery, S. H. 1
Oliphant, Charles H. (Charles Henry), 1825-1902 1
Osborn, Thomas Jefferson 1
Peek, Thomas (Thomas Henry), 1839-1911 1
Phelps, J. W. (John Wolcott), 1813-1885 1
Pullan, Barbara Hall 1
Richards, F. D. (Franklin Dewey), 1821-1899 1
Robison, Lewis 1
Rockwell, Orrin Porter, 1813-1878 1
Ruggles, Daniel, 1810-1897 1
Sansom, Charles, 1826-1908 1
Shurtliff, Luman Andros, 1807-1884 1
Smith, Joseph, III, 1832-1914 1
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