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Biographies

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms

Found in 3199 Collections and/or Records:

Shaw, Elizabeth Talbet, 1830-1929, approximately 1950-1959

 Item — Box 2: [Barcode: 31197232486438]
Identifier: MSS 827
Dates: approximately 1950-1959

Shaw, Merlin J., 1959-1963

 File — Box 156: Series 1 [Barcode: 31197231008373], Folder: 6
Identifier: UA 909 Series 1

Sheafe, Christopher H., 1/19/89, 1988-1989

 File — Box 194: Series 2 [Barcode: 31197239138560], Folder: 22
Identifier: UA 664 Series 2 Sub-Series 9 File 416

Biography of James Shelley

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230340512]
Identifier: MSS 2466
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a microfilmed copy of a typed biography. James Shelley was born in England in 1828, joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and migrated to Utah in 1851. He settled in American Fork, Utah, married Mary Lee in 1853, and was a shoemaker. He died in 1907.

Dates: 1935

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 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

A short account of the life of Edward Ockey

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230244896]
Identifier: MSS SC 681
Scope and Contents

Prepared typescript (plus photocopy) of a diary kept by Edward Ockey, Mormon pioneer, which tells of his conversion to the Latter-day Saint Church in England, his stay in Nauvoo, Illinois and his settlement in Nephi, Utah.

Dates: undated

A short history of Amos Davis Jr.

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230240498]
Identifier: MSS SC 382
Scope and Contents

Brief typewritten life sketch of an early convert to the Mormon Church. Also includes a TLS dated 1975 December 4 concerning an 1839 convert, Alfred Bell.

Dates: 1956

Short history of Mary Bathgate Logan Adams : hand cart pioneer to Utah 1856, pioneer of American Fork 1856

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230339027]
Identifier: MSS 2403
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a typewritten biography. Mary Bathgate Logan Adams was born 22 March 1844 in England. She joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and migrated to Utah in 1856 with the handcart companies. She later settled in American Fork, had a large family, and died in 1901.

Dates: 1934

Short history of Mary Hoggard Adams : pioneer of American Fork, Utah, 1856

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230339019]
Identifier: MSS 2404
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a typewritten biography. Mary Huggard was born on 22 November 1843. Her family joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, migrated to Utah in 1856, and settled in American Fork. She married Joshua Adams in 1862 and had a large family.

Dates: 1934