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Biography : Alice Thornton Mott

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Identifier: MSS 2548
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Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a typewritten biography. Alice Thornton was born in 1839 in Hancock County, Illinois, to a couple who were members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. She migrated to Utah in 1852 where she settled in American Fork. She married Stephen Mott in 1856. She had no children and died in 1914.

Dates: approximately 1940

Biography : Ann Adamson Robbins

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Identifier: MSS 2553
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Photocopy of microfilmed copy of a typewritten biography. Ann Adamson was born in England in 1841, joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and migrated to Utah in 1862. She settled in American Fork, Utah, and married James Robbins in 1865. She lived in various towns in Utah, Colorado, and California. She died in 1912.

Dates: approximately 1940

Biography : David A. Ingersoll

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Identifier: MSS 2541
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Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a typed biography. David A. Ingersoll was born in 1845 in Hancock County, Illinois. His family were members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and they migrated to Utah in 1863 where they settled in American Fork. In 1869, he married Mary Jane Alston, and he died in 1930.

Dates: approximately 1940

Biography : Edward Robinson, Jr.

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Identifier: MSS 2555
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Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a typewritten biography. Edward Robinson was born in England in 1839, and his family soon joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He migrated to Nauvoo, Illinois, and came to Utah in 1849. He later settled in American Fork, Utah. He married Sarah E. Harrington in 1862 and died in 1901.

Dates: approximately 1940

Biography : Edward Robinson, pioneer

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Identifier: MSS 2554
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Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a typewritten biography. Edward Robinson was born in England in 1807, married Mary Smith in 1828, and joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Edward and Mary migrated to Nauvoo, Illinois, where she died in 1844. He married again, came to Utah in 1849, and later settled in American Fork, Utah. He died in 1896.

Dates: approximately 1940

Biography : Elizabeth Arsena Davis Boley

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Identifier: MSS 2581
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Photocopy of microfilmed copy of a typewritten biography. Elizabeth joned the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and migrated to Utah in 1849. She settled in American Fork. She was friendly with the Indians, had twelve children, and died in 1892.

Dates: 1944

Biography : Emeretta Phillips Thornton

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Identifier: MSS 2571
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Photocopy of a microfilmed copy of a typewritten biography. Emeretta Phillips was born in 1854 in New England. She was a member of the Church of Jesus-Christ of Latter-day Saints and migrated to Utah in 1861. She settled in American Fork. She married Oliver E. Thornton in 1873 and died 1934. Much of the account is in the words of Emeretta.

Dates: approximately 1940

Biography : Frederick Wright

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Identifier: MSS 2577
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Photocopy of a microfilmed copy of a typewritten biography. Frederick Wright was born in 1839 in England. He joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and migrated to Utah in 1853. He later settled in American Fork. He married Margaret Eccles Thornton in 1860, and he died in 1908.

Dates: approximately 1940

Biography : George Heber Robinson

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Identifier: MSS 2567
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Photocopy of a microfilmed copy of a typewritten biography. George Heber Robinson was born in Iowa in 1847. His family were members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He came to Utah in 1849, settled in American Fork, and later fought in the Black Hawk Indian War. He married Almira Adella Smith in 1871 and also married Margaret Crystal in 1878. He died in 1923.

Dates: circa 1940

Biography : Henry Hart Boley

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Identifier: MSS 2580
Scope and Contents Photocopy of a microfilmed copy of a typewritten biography. Henry Hart Boley was born in Pennsylvania, and his parents came from Berlin, Germany. The family joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and moved to Nauvoo, Illinois. He accidenally shot himself in 1843. Henry Boley came to Uah in 1849 and later settled in American Fork. He had twelve children and died in 1876 from the "lingering affects of the gun wound inflicted while standing guard at the Temple of...
Dates: 1944

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Jones, Edith Boley, 1892-1973 16
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United States. Army 7
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Clayson, Ruby Thornton Brown, 1889-1976 6
Daughters of Utah Pioneers 6
Wright, June S. 6
Buckwalter, Eliza W. 5
Okey, Cynthia Adams 5
Seastrand, Myrtle R. 5
Smith family 5
Zion's Camp (Expedition) (1834) 5
Allison, Helen Taylor 4
Jenson, Andrew, 1850-1941 4
Mott, Albert S. 4
Sager, Bertha N. 4
Utah. Militia 4
Wells, Daniel H. (Daniel Hanmer), 1814-1891 4
Alston, Louisa Grant 3
Beck, Alice Forbes Crosby 3
Brigham Young Academy 3
Clark, William, 1770-1838 3
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Holt, James, 1804-1894 3
Kimball, Heber C. (Heber Chase), 1801-1868 3
Lee, John D. (John Doyle), 1812-1877 3
Meeks, Priddy, 1795-1886 3
Nauvoo Temple (Nauvoo, Ill. : 1841-1850) 3
Penrod, Rose 3
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Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints 3
Shrock, Thomas P. (Thomas Prather), 1816-1884 3
Smith, George Albert, 1817-1875 3
Wanless, Venina H. 3
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Adams, William, 1822-1901 2
Allred, James, 1784-1876 2
Andrus family 2
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Bradley, George Washington, 1813-1891 2
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Brigham Young University 2
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Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Southern States Mission 2
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Ingersoll, Nora B. 2
Jarvis, Ann Prior, 1829-1913 2
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