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American Fork (Utah) -- History

 Subject
Subject Source: Lcnaf

Found in 258 Collections and/or Records:

Sketch of the life of John Conder

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230332923]
Identifier: MSS SC 3299
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a typewritten biography of John Conder. Conder was born in 1849 and came to Utah in 1850. He settled in American Fork, Utah, married Hannah Hansen in 1867, and had eight children. Three of their children died with diptheria in 1879.

Dates: 1930

Sketch of Sarah Shelley Conder wife of Edward Conder

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230332915]
Identifier: MSS SC 3298
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a typewritten biogaphy of Sarah Shelley Conder. Sarah Shelley was born in England in 1840. She joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, migrated to Utah in 1851, and settled in American Fork. She married Edward Conder in 1855, had eleven children, and died in 1917.

Dates: 1930

Biography of Elizabeth Hodges Covington

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230338516]
Identifier: MSS 2788
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a microfilmed copy of a typewritten biography. Elizabeth Hodges Covington was born in England in 1793. She joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and migrated to Utah in 1852. She married Berrill Covington in 1812 and had 11 children. Much of the narrative is an account of the company with which she came to Utah. It was taken from the Record of Church Emigration 1849-1857, vol. 2. She settled in American Fork, Utah, in 1854. She died in 1881.

Dates: 1958

Sketch of the life of Hannah Hardy Eckersley Crompton

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230332956]
Identifier: MSS SC 3302
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a typed biography of Hannah Crompton by an unknown author. Hannah was born in 1815 in England, joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, came to the United States, migrated to Utah, lived in Salt Lake City, and later went to American Fork and then to Sanpete County. She died in 1901.

Dates: 1930

Biography : Agnes Gillispie Crooks

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230341874]
Identifier: MSS 2584
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a microfilmed copy of a typewritten biography. Agnes Gillispie was born in 1810 in Scotland and married Thomas Crooks. She joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and came to Nauvoo, Illinois. She migrated to Utah in 1850 and settled in American Fork.

Dates: 1944

Biography : Thomas Crooks and son James

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230341866]
Identifier: MSS 2583
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a microfilmed copy of a typewritten biography. Thomas Crooks was born in Scotland, married Agnes Gillispie, and joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Thomas and his son, James, fought in the battle of Nauvoo, Illinois. Thomas and James came to Utah in 1850 and settled in American Fork. Thomas was a blacksmith as was James, his son.

Dates: 1944

Biography of Sarah Jane Barratt Crystal

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230338417]
Identifier: MSS 2790
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a micorofilmed copy of a typewritten biography. Sarah Jane Barratt was born in American Fork, Utah, in 1858. She was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, married James A. Crystal in 1879, and had 10 children. She died in 1930.

Dates: 1958

Biographical sketch of George Cunningham

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230327816]
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

Biography of Grace Mary Wrigley Cunningham

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230338409]
Identifier: MSS 2791
Scope and Contents Photocopy of a microfilmed copy of a typewritten biography. Grace Mary Wrigley was born in England in 1842 and died in American Fork, Utah, in 1930. She was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, migrated to Utah in 1852, married George Cunningham in 1863, lived in American Fork, Utah, and had 13 children. James Cunningham was born in England in 1840 and migrated to Utah with the Willie handcart company in 1856. At one point, he helped bury 15 people in one grave...
Dates: 1955

Biography of Mary Jensen Cunningham

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230338391]
Identifier: MSS 2792
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a microfilmed copy of a typewritten biography. Mary Jensen was born in Denmark in 1865. She was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and migrated to Utah 1868. Her family settled in American Fork. She married James Cunningham in 1887 and died in 1939.

Dates: 1958