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Biographical sketch of Caroline E. W. W. Larrabee

 File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 3313
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a typewritten autobiography. Larrabee writes about migrating to Utah in 1862 and about her life in Springville and later in Provo, Utah. She also lived in Heber City, Coalville, and Salt Lake City, Utah. She was employed as a school teacher.

Dates: 1930

Hans Peter Larsen autobiography

 File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 515
Scope and Contents

Typewritten copy of an autobiography. Larsen was converted to the Mormon Church in Denmark, migrated to Utah in 1855, served in the Utah Militia during the Utah Expedition of 1857-1858, helped build the fort at Wellsville, Utah, and settled in Mendon, Utah.

Dates: 1828

Leany family history as written from memory by William Leany

 File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 2411
Scope and Contents

Handwritten autobiography, will, and testimony to the veracity of the Mormon Church. Also included are photocopies and typescripts of these items. Leany was a convert to the Mormon Church who moved to Missouri in 1836. He was present at the Haun's Mill Massacre. He moved to Nauvoo, Illinois and later migrated to Utah living in Parowan and Harrisburg.

Dates: 1888-1891

William Leany autobiography

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 482
Scope and Contents

Contains a handwritten autobiography of William Leany. Includes a description of Leany's life and experiences as an early Mormon pioneer in Nauvoo, Illinois, his journey to Utah, and settling in southern Utah. Dated January 1888.

Dates: 1888 January

Abraham Ledieu memoirs

 File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 1293
Scope and Contents

Undated typescript and photocopy detailing the life of Abraham Ledieu.

Dates: 1850

Life history of Albert Douglas Dickson

 Item — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 752
Scope and Contents

Typescript of an autobiography. Dickson migrated to Utah in 1852. He first settled in American Fork but later moved to Kaysville. He participated in resisting the U.S. Army during the Utah War, mentions the Morrisite War, and moved to Richville, Utah, where he served as bishop of the Richville Ward of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Also included are poems dedicated to Dickson and some anecdotes on his life.

Dates: 1892-1922

Life of Samuel Rowley

 File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 2764
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a typewritten autobiography. Rowley writes about his conversion to the Mormon Church, his migration to Utah with the Willie handcart company in 1856, and his life in Parowan and San Juan County, Utah.

Dates: approximately 1901

Emma Amelia Townsend Lovesy autobiography

 File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 2637
Scope and Contents

Typewritten autobiography. Lovesy tells about converting to the Mormon Church in England, migrating to Utah in 1860, and settling in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Dates: approximately 1900

Hans Peter Lund autobiography

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 8533
Scope and Contents

Contains the autobiography of early pioneer Hans Peter Lund. Includes information on his two LDS missions to Denmark, travels with the Horace S. Eldredge wagon company, and a detailed account of Lund's personal expenses. Materials dated approximately 1870-1880.

Dates: approximately 1870-1880

Albert R. Lyman journals

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1425
Scope and Contents

Collection includes two sequences of daily journals, his Journal and his Thots as well as an autobiography to 1946.

Dates: 1893-1973

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Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 19
Utah Expedition (1857-1858) 17
Young, Brigham, 1801-1877 8
Smith, Joseph, Jr., 1805-1844 7
James G. Willie Emigrating Company 5
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Edward Martin Emigrating Company 4
Zion's Camp (Expedition) (1834) 4
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Adams, William, 1822-1901 2
Cunningham, George 2
Greenwood, William, 1822-1891 2
Hamblin, Jacob, 1819-1886 2
Holt, James, 1804-1894 2
Jarvis, Ann Prior, 1829-1913 2
Leany, William, 1815-1891 2
Miner, Tamma Durfee, 1813-1885 2
Pectol, George 2
Smith, Job, 1828-1913 2
Tanner, George S. 2
Wiggill, Eli, 1811-1884 2
Adams, Orson B. (Orson Bennett), 1815-1901 1
Allen, Alexander A., 1845-1916 1
Allen, Maria E., 1847-1924 1
American Fur Company 1
Angell, Truman O. (Truman Osborn), 1810-1887 1
Archer, Patience Loader Rozsa, 1827-1921 1
Atkin, William, 1835-1900 1
Ball, John, 1794-1884 1
Ballantyne, Richard, 1817-1898 1
Ballard, Margaret McNeil, 1846-1918 1
Baxter, Agnes Smith, 1858-1943 1
Berg, Ole H. (Ole Hendriksen), 1840-1919 1
Blanchard, Benjamin T. (Benjamin Thomas), 1838-1915 1
Bliss, Orley Dwight, 1839-1930 1
Boquist, Laura Brewster 1
Bowler, James Samuel Page 1
Bradley, George Washington, 1813-1891 1
Britton, Agnes 1
Britton, Richard 1
Brown family 1
Brown, John, 1820-1896 1
Brown, William Dearborn, 1813-1901 1
Butler, John Lowe, 1808-1860 1
Campbell, Dennis, 1936-2012 1
Cannon, David H., 1838-1924 1
Cannon, Johanna Christina Danielson 1
Carson, Elvira Egbert, 1821-1908 1
Carter, Dominicus, 1806-1884 1
Carter, Hannah Knight Libby 1
Cazier, David 1
Chamberlain, Solomon 1
Chamberlin, David, 1819- 1
Chipman, James 1
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Cotton Mission 1
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Library 1
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Southern States Mission 1
Condie, Gibson 1
Conover, Peter Wilson 1
Council of the Twelve Apostles (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) 1
Cunningham, Elizabeth Nicholson, 1805-1890 1
Cunningham, James, 1801-1879 1
Curtis, Enos 1
Curtis, Joseph, 1818-1883 1
Dalton, Luella Adams 1
Day, Thomas, 1814-1893 1
Deseret Horticultural Society 1
Dickson, Albert Douglas, 1840-1923 1
Dixon, Laletas 1
Draper, Ellen A., 1846-1939 1
Duke, Jonathan Oldham, 1807-1868 1
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Durrant, Ella E., 1893-1963 1
Eden, John 1
Edwards, Esaias, 1812-1897 1
Eggertsen, Annie N., 1868-1961 1
Eggertsen, Lars, 1866-1927 1
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Erickson, Einar, 1847-1931 1
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Farnsworth, Eliza Lewis 1
Farnsworth, Stephen 1
Featherstone, Martha Richards, 1844- 1
Fielding, Joseph 1
Flake (Family : Flake, Oz, 1868-1958) 1
Flake, Lucy H. (Lucy Hannah), 1842-1900 1
Flake, William Jordan, 1839-1932 1
Forman, John 1
Forman, William 1
Gallup, Luke William, 1822-1891 1
Gardner, Archibald, 1814-1902 1
Gardner, Robert 1
Gilbert, Eliza L. Farnsworth 1
Giles, Hazel Lindsay 1
Gore, Ebeneezer Emory 1
Grant, William, 1838-1916 1
Greer, Catherine Ellen Camp 1
Groves, Elisha Hurd 1
Habel, Stanislawa, 1943- 1
Hale, Anna Lucius 1
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