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Myron Alma Abbott autobiography

 File — Box: 1
Identifier: MSS 661
Scope and Contents Handwritten autobiography of Abbott written in 1917. Includes a description of Abbott's life including his birth in Weber County, and life in Tocquerville and Plymouth, Utah, before moving to Bunkerville, Nevada, in 1877. He describes the stay of the Mormon Apostle, Wilford Woodruff, when he was in Bunkerville while dodging federal officials for polygamy. Also includes Abbott's marriage to Mary Leavitt in 1881 and life in Annabella, Sevier County, Utah, from 1886-1910, where he was involved...
Dates: 1917

Elda Lyman Adams history

 File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 1966
Scope and Contents

Typewritten histories. Adams provides information concerning her relatives and Glen Baker. She describes and documents his youth, his educational background, and his missionary experiences in Germany.

Dates: 1975

Biography of John Olney Adams (native pioneer) and his wife, Mattie Marie Peterson

 File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 2842
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a microfilmed copy of a typewritten biography. John Olney Adams was born in American Fork, Utah, in 1861 and Mattie Marie Peterson was born in 1864 in Denmark. She was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and migrated to Utah. They married in 1884. John died in 1932 in Bingham, Utah, and Mattie died in 1928.

Dates: 1965

George Alley papers

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 727
Abstract Account and receipt books, family correspondence, diary of Stephen Webb Alley, genealogy, family history materials, and memorabilia of the George Alley family. Photographs include studio portraits of Lydia Ann Alley and Susan Hannah Alley Wells, polygamist wives of Mormon Church leader, Daniel H. Wells, and a portrait of George Alley's wife, Mary Symond Alley. A majority of the photos were taken by Salt Lake City photographer Charles R. Savage. The photographs are albumen and matte collodion...
Dates: 1834-1891

Biography : Maregaret Hall Ruston Alston, came to Utah in 1850

 File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 2512
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a typewritten biography. Maragaret Hall Rushton Alston was born in England. She joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and migrated with her first husband, John Rushton, to the United States. He died in St. Louis, Missouri, and she arrived in Utah in 1850 and later settled in American Fork. She caught cold and died.

Dates: 1940

Artemesia Draper Anderson biography

 File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 1021
Scope and Contents

Typescript of a biography of Artemesia Draper Anderson. Anderson was born and grew up in Moroni, Utah, where she married, raised her children, and supplemented her family income through midwifery. In 1891 she became one of Utah's first licensed practical nurses.

Dates: 1978

Biography of Emil Anderson and his wives

 File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 2843
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a microfilmed copy of a typewritten biography. Emil Anderson was born in Denmark in 1845. He joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and migrated to Utah in 1866. He settled in American Fork and died in 1906. Caroline Sophia Anderson, who had the same surname as her husband, was born in 1848 in Denmark. She died in 1897. Ella Kirstina Jensen was born in Denmark in 1869 and came to Utah in 1901. She met Emil in 1903, and they were married later.

Dates: 1948

Jedediah Stanley Anderson papers

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MSS 1639
Scope and Contents

Correspondence, certificates, journals, newespaper articles, pamphlets, magazines, notes, and personal items. The correspondence is between Anderson , his family, friends, and leaders of the Mormon Church. Many of the items deal with personal and family matters. The diaries are in six volumes and include genealogical items. The newspaper clippings relate to Anderson and his family.

Dates: 1887-1950

Andrus family biographies

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 188
Scope and Contents

Photocopies of typewritten biographies of family members. Persons in the Andrus family joined the Mormon Church, migrated to Utah, and settled in various areas. The dates of the composition of these items are uncertain.

Dates: approximately 1950

Annie Miller Ottosen biographies

 File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 958
Scope and Contents

Photocopies of handwritten and typewritten biographies of family members including sketches of Niels Peter Miller (1837-1921), Ellen Anderson Miller (1833-1929) and Ellen Anderson (1805-1890). These were Mormons who migrated to Utah from Denmark.

Dates: 1910

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Names
Timpson, Laura Logie, 1886-1973 21
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 11
Jones, Edith Boley, 1892-1973 6
Young, Brigham, 1801-1877 6
Brigham Young Academy 4
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Brigham Young University 4
Sager, Bertha N. 4
Shelley, Charlotte D. 4
Clayson, Ruby Thornton Brown, 1889-1976 3
Durrant, Ella E., 1893-1963 3
Mott, Albert S. 3
Smith, Joseph, Jr., 1805-1844 3
Smith, Lot 3
United States. Army. Mormon Battalion 3
Utah. Militia 3
Wright, June S. 3
Able, Mary E. S. 2
Alston, Louisa Grant 2
Buckwalter, Eliza W. 2
Durrant, Elizabeth Jane Ginger 2
Durrant, Jemima Berry Henson, 1836-1904 2
Durrant, Kezia Keys 2
Greenwood, Ann Crystal 2
Hamblin, Jacob, 1819-1886 2
Iverson, Haydee Jackson 2
Jackson, Ellen Wright, 1836-1904 2
Parkinson, James Allen 2
Peck, Georgiana Morse 2
Penrod, Rose 2
Priday, Zina 2
Roberts, Martha Bush, 1843-1931 2
Savage, C. R. (Charles Roscoe), 1832-1909 2
Seastrand, Myrtle R. 2
Shelley, George F., 1871-1969 2
Shelley, Sarah Ann Steele, 1863-1953 2
Smith, Ada A. D. 2
Stout, Dora M. Hall, 1878-1940 2
Utah Expedition (1857-1858) 2
Wanless, Venina H. 2
Woodruff, Wilford, 1807-1898 2
Abbott, Myron Alma, 1862-1932 1
Abel, Mary E. Shelley 1
Adams, Caroline Hansen, 1849-1934 1
Adams, Elda Lyman 1
Adams, John O. (John Olney), 1861-1932 1
Adams, Marie Proctor 1
Adams, Marillah Olney, 1833-1899 1
Adams, Mattie M. (Mattie Marie), 1864-1928 1
Allen, Thomas Lonsdale, 1849- 1
Alley family 1
Alley, George, 1792-1859 1
Alley, Mary Symonds, 1796-1880 1
Alley, Stephen Webb 1
Alston, Margaret Hall Rushton 1
Ambrose, Lucy A., 1896-1986 1
Anderson, Artemesia Draper, 1857-1940 1
Anderson, Caroline Sophia, 1848-1897 1
Anderson, Ella Kristina Jensen, 1869-1955 1
Anderson, Ellen, 1805-1890 1
Anderson, Emil, 1845-1906 1
Anderson, Jedediah Stanley, 1866-1950 1
Andrus family 1
Archer, Patience Loader Rozsa, 1827-1921 1
Armstrong, Alice Tomlison, 1857-1941 1
Armstrong, Annie Marie Jensen, 1860-1929 1
Armstrong, Catherine Cradock, 1819-1903 1
Armstrong, John, 1848-1940 1
Armstrong, Mary Helen Wilson, 1848-1919 1
Austin, Emma Grace, 1827-1893 1
Aydelotte, Hannah 1
Babbitt, Almon W. (Almon Whiting), 1813-1856 1
Baker family 1
Baker, Glen, 1908-1988 1
Baker, LeGrand 1
Baker, William George, 1835-1901 1
Baratt, Julia Ellen 1
Barnhisle family 1
Barratt, Ellen Julian, 1836-1930 1
Barratt, Thomas, 1830-1906 1
Bauer, Ila Lowe, 1915-1991 1
Bean, Elizabeth Baum, 1834-1916 1
Bean, Emily Haws, 1836-1908 1
Bean, George Washington, 1831-1897 1
Bean, Mary Jane Wall, 1841-1891 1
Bean, Willard Washington, 1868-1949 1
Beard, George, 1854-1944 1
Beard, Sarah Lovenia Bullock, 1859-1932 1
Beck family 1
Beck, Alice Forbes Crosby 1
Beck, Peter (Peter Jacobsen), 1850-1927 1
Bennion, Howard S. (Howard Sharp), 1889-1971 1
Bennion, Mervyn Sharp, 1887-1941 1
Benson, Ezra T. (Ezra Taft), 1811-1869 1
Berg, Ole H. (Ole Hendriksen), 1840-1919 1
Berlin, Andrew E. 1
Berlin, Frederick Arthur 1
Bernhisel, Harris Fay 1
Bernhisel, John M. (John Milton), 1799-1881 1
Bernhisel, John Milton, 1878-1957 1
Binnall, Margaret Cunningham 1
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