American Fork (Utah) -- History
Found in 258 Collections and/or Records:
Biographical sketch of the life of Samuel Wagstaff
Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a typewritten biography. Samuel Wagstaff was born in 1820 in England, married Lucy Webb in 1840, and joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1849. He migrated to Utah in 1862 and settled in American Fork. Samuel went to prison for polygamy in 1888 and died in 1897. The title page of the item states, "by Ada W. Barratt." At the end of the biography is written, "Sketch written by Bertha N. Sager."
Biography of Martha Carless Webb : came to Utah 1867
Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a typewritten biography. Martha Carless was born in England in 1831 and married William Rawlings Webb in 1854. They joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1860, migrated to Utah in 1867, and settled in American Fork. She died in 1905.
Biographical sketch of the life of William R. Webb
Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a typed biography. William R. Webb was born in England in 1829, married Martha Carless in 1854, and joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1860. He migrated to Utah in 1867 and settled in American Fork. He took a second wife, returned to England in 1886 as a missionary for the Mormon Church, and died in 1915. Also included is a poem written by Webb to "Sister Ellen Barrett on Her Fiftieth Birthday."
Biography of Eliza Faulkner Welsh
Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a typewritten autobiography. Eliza Faulkner Welsh was born in Halifax County, Nova Scotia, in 1843. She joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1855 and left for Utah the same year. She tells about the hardships of the migration to Utah and the many deaths from Cholera in her family. She died in American Fork, Utah, in 1927.
Biographies of John Wesley and wife, Eliza Ebbey Phillips
Photocopy of a microfilmed copy of a typewritten dual biography. John Wesley Phillips was born in New Jersey in 1843, migrated to Utah in 1862, and settled in American Fork. He married Eliza Ann Ebbey in 1867. She came to Utah in 1848. John died in 1899.
Biography : Wiliam Weston and Hanna A. Wilbert
Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a dual biography by an unknown author. William Weston was born in 1836 in Canad and joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1855. He later migrated to Utah and settled in American Fork. He met and married Hanna A. Wilbert, but they had no children. They later adopted Lemuel. William died in 1905.
Biographical sketch of Mrs. Hannah Wild
Sketch of the life of Margaret Thornton Wright
Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a typed biography by an unknown author. Margaret Thornton Wright was born on 4 January 1844 in Scotland. Her family joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1850, migrated to Utah in 1853, and later came to American Fork. She married Frekrick Wright and had 13 children. Margaret died in 1908.