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Johanna Christina Danielson Cannon personal history

 File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 1421
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a handwritten personal history. Cannon describes her emigration to Utah, her homesteading experiences there, and her marriage as a plural wife to Angus M. Cannon.

Dates: 1910

Elvira Egbert Carson autobiography

 File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 169
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a typescript of an autbiography "as given to H. Carson Healy, a grandson, during the summer of 1901 at Provo Bench (Orem), Utah." Carson tells Healy about joining the Mormon Church in Kentucky, facing persecutions in Missouri, migrating to Utah, and her life in Fairfield, Utah.

Dates: 1901

Solomon Chamberlain autobiography

 File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 1748
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a typed copy of Solomon Chamberlain's autobiography. He describes spiritual experiences before his conversion and talks about prospecting for gold in California.

Dates: 1856

David Chamberlin autobiography

 File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 1917
Scope and Contents

One handwritten autobiography by Chamberlin, one handwritten history of the early discoveries and settlement of California condensed from various authors, and miscellaneous items. Chamberlin talks about his youth, his various travels, and his encounters with Native Americans.

Dates: 1853-1889

James Chipman biographical sketch

 File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 3297
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a mirofilm copy of a typewritten autobiography. Chipman was born in Missouri in 1839 and later migrated to Utah in 1847. He wrote about the plague of crickets in Salt Lake Valley, how the local people tried to kill them, and how the sea gulls came and ate the insects. He also told about the attack of grass hoppers. He later lived in American Fork, Utah. He wrote about his knowledge of Brigham Young, second president of the Mormon Church.

Dates: 1910

Peter Wilson Conover autobiography

 Item — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 664
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Photocopy of a typescript of an autobiography. The date of composition of the item is uncertain. Conover writes about the persecutions of Mormons before their emigration to Utah, his service in the Utah Militia against the Utes and in the Utah War from 1857 to 1858, and his family.

Dates: approximately 1860

A copy of the sketch of the life of David Cazier as written by himself dated Nephi, Utah

 File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 666
Scope and Contents

Photocopies of a typewritten autobiography. Cazier was born in Ordham County, Kentucky. His family moved to Illinois in 1841 where he joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1845. He later moved to Nauvoo, Illinois, to Council Bluffs, Iowa, and to Salt Lake City, Utah, in 1850. He settled at Nephi, Utah, in 1851 and later married polygamously. Cazier also writes about his family life.

Dates: 1913

Crossing the plains with ox teams in 1862

 File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 2203
Scope and Contents Typescript with handwritten corrections and photocopies of the item. Boquist writes of her journey from Mt. Sterling, Van Buren Co., Iowa to California in 1862. She travelled on the Oregon and California trails staying three days in Salt Lake City, Utah, "a beautiful little city." The local inhabitants came to buy what they had to sell at higher cost than the items were worth, and they were warned by a Mormon widow against the tyrannical rule of Brigham Young saying many "were kept there...
Dates: approximately 1900

Biographical sketch of George Cunningham

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Identifier: MSS SC 3288
Scope and Contents Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a typewritten biography. Loveless writes about the live of George Cunningham. Cunningham was born in 1840 in England an later joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints with his parents. He migrated to Utah in 1856 with the James Willie handcart company. Most of the biography is Cunningham's account of the miseries of the trek in the handcart company, written when he was 30 years old. Cunningham settled in American Fork, Utah, and was a...
Dates: 1870-1930

Joseph Curtis diaries

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Identifier: MSS SC 3245
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a microfilm copy of handwritten diaries. Curtis also writes about his early life. He was born in Pennsylvania and joined the Mormon Church in 1833. He lived in Missouri and told about the persecution of Mormons there. He later lived in Nauvoo, Illinois, and served on two missions at that time. He came to Utah in 1848 and later settled in Utah Valley, Utah. Curtis was involved in numerous activities including defending Utah from the Utah Expedition in 1858.

Dates: 1836-1858

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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
Elliott, Orson Hyde 1
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
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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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