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American Fork (Utah) -- History

 Subject
Subject Source: Lcnaf

Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:

Biography of Prudence Bourne Dean, wife of Samuel Dean

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230339191]
Identifier: MSS 2418
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a typewritten biography. Prudence Bourne was born in 1854, the first white child to be born in American Fork, Utah. She married Samuel Dean in 1871 and had 10 children. She died in 1932.

Dates: 1938

Biography of Samuel Dean : pioneer, came to Utah in 1863

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230339209]
Identifier: MSS 2417
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a typed autobiography. "Taken from notes written by himself. Read by: June Shelley Wright Feb. 10, 1938." Dean was born in 1851 in England. After his family joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, he migrated to Utah in 1863 and settled in American Fork. He married Prudence Bourne in 1871, and they had 10 children. He died in 1934.

Dates: 1938

History filed no. 2 of Adams Camp, Utah County company Daughters of Utah Pioneers

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230339480]
Identifier: MSS SC 3346
Scope and Contents

Photocopies of microfilmed copies of typewritten lists. The collection includes a list of the "officers" of the Daughters of Utah Pioneers in American Fork, Utah, and "Minutes of Meeting Held July 19, 1933."

Dates: 1931-1939

Biographical sketch of James Boyer Shelley

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230340306]
Identifier: MSS 2462
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a typewritten biography. James Boyer Shelley was born in England in 1792 and later joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He migrated to Salt Lake City, Utah, in 1851 and settled in American Fork where he died in 1870.

Dates: 1935

Biographical sketch of Sarah Clegg Shelley

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230339365]
Identifier: MSS SC 3333
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a typewritten biography. Sarah Clegg was born in 1851 in England. Sarah joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1864,migrated to Utah in 1866 and settled in American Fork. She married Stephen Shelley in 1870 and had 5 children.

Dates: 1930

Biographical sketch of Stephen Shelley

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230339357]
Identifier: MSS SC 3332
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a typewritten biography. Shelley was born in England in 1849. His family were members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and they migrated to Utah in 1852. He married Sarah Clegg in 1870, had 5 children, served as a water master, and died in 1921.

Dates: 1930

Biographical sketch of William Boyer Shelley

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230340538]
Identifier: MSS 2463
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a typewritten biography. William Boyer Shelley was born in 1819 in England, married Jane Dunn in 1845, and joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1849. He migrated to the United States in 1851 and came to Utah in 1852 where he settled in American Fork. He died in 1868.

Dates: 1935