Pioneers
Found in 771 Collections and/or Records:
Experiences of the Josiah Rhead family in the Martin handcart company of 1856
Typewritten research paper for a Religion 442 class taught by Howard H. Barron at Brigham Young University. Using family records and unpublished materials as well as secondary sources, Richards writes a history of the Martin handcart company.
Sarah Ann Gillins Eyre autobiography
Typewritten autobiography. Eyre writes about her childhood and her migration to the United States from England in 1854. She relates her experiences crossing the contintent to Utah as a pioneer.
Autobiography and biographies of Stephen and Eliza Lewis Farnsworth
Photocopies of a typewritten autobiography and typewritten biographies. Stephen and Eliza Lewis Farnsworth lived in Nauvoo, Illinois, Utah, and Arizona. Eliza L. Farnsworth Gilbert writes about her early life in Jerrico, Joseph City, Salt Lake City, and Roosevelt, Utah. The date of the composition of these items is uncertain.
William Fawcett papers
Photocopies of handwritten autobiographies, a poem, lists, notes, and letters. Fawcett was born in England, joined the Mormon Church in 1840, migrated to Utah in 1850, and settled in St. George, Utah where he served as a Mormon bishop. The other materials relate to Fawcett's work for the Mormon Church in St. George.
Biography : Emma Smith Featherstone
Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a typewritten biography. Emma Smith was born in 1832 in Enlgand. She joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1853 and migrated to Utah in 1857. She married Thomas Featherston and settled in American Fork, Utah. She died in 1913.
Biography : Thomas Featherstone
Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a typewritten biography. Featherstone was born in 1834 in England, and he joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1849. He mirgrated to Utah in 1857 and settled in American Fork. He had seven children and died in 1918.
James Fennemore letter
Handwritten letter addressed to George and dated October 19, 1866. Fennemore gives an account of his family migrating to Utah, outlines the condition of their subsequent lives in Salt Lake City, Utah, and presents a description of the city.
Joseph M. Ferguson letter to Nancy W. Ott
The Joseph M. Ferguson letter consists of one letter, written 11 August 1849, from J. M. Ferguson to his sister, Nancy W. Ott. The letter concerns his sister's resettlement in Salt Lake City.
A few important events in the life of John Horrocks' wife and family
Handwritten biographical sketch of a Mormon pioneer and his wife, residents of Heber, Utah.