Biographies
Found in 2699 Collections and/or Records:
Copp, Joseph, 1877-1930, approximately 1950-1959
Coray, Martha Jane Knowlton, approximately 1875-1975
Contains biographical sketch of Coray with excerpts from her diary. Also contains a copy of "Martha Jane Coray and the History of Joseph Smith by His Mother."
Alfred S. Cordon biography on Ralph Purl Cordon
The collection is a ten page biography of Ralph Purl Cordon written by his son Alfred S. Cordon which relates to the family, professional, and church life of Purl Cordon.
Cottam, Walter P., 1916-1963
Biography of Edward Covington
Photocopy of a microfilmed copy of a typewritten biography. Covington was born in England in 1826. He joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and migrated to Utah in 1857 where he settled in Salt Lake City. He married Emma Pickering and died in 1919.
Biography of Elizabeth Hodges Covington
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.
James P. Cowley biography of Sarah Houston Pratt Taussig
Contains a biography of Sarah Houston Pratt Taussig (1822-1886), which was written by James P. Cowley, who is Sarah's great-grandson. The biography mainly covers her family life, first as a polygamous wife of Parley P. Pratt, then after Pratt's death as wife of A. Lewis Taussig, and the experiences she had throughout her life as a member of the early Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Cordelia Morley Cox collection of biographies
Photocopy of handwritten biographical sketches of family members. Cordelia Cox writes about Emeline Whiting Cox, Emma Peterson Cox, Jemima Losee Cox, Lydia Losee Cox, Frederick Walter Cox, and Isaac Morley. Also included is Cordelia Cox's testimony to the truthfullness of the Mormon faith. She also writes about her experiences as a plural wife of Frederick Cox.