Biographies
Found in 3198 Collections and/or Records:
A brief history of the life of Mary Buys Moss
Photocopies of a typewritten biography of Mary Buys Moss (1836-1877). Mary came to Utah at age fourteen with the Mormon pioneers and settled with her family in Bountiful. She married Robert Moss (d. 1895) in 1853 and had twelve children.
Brief history of William Cook Prows
This collection consists of a photocopy of a handwritten biography of William Cook Prows. Prows was a pioneer to both Salt Lake City, Utah and Colonia Juarez, Mexico; a member of the Mormon Battalion; a gold prospector; a cooper; a horticulturist; and a polygamist. He was married to both Lodesky Ann Roberds and to Louisa Melinda James both of whom he took to Arizona. Then he took Louisa to Colonia Juarez due to the persecution of polygamists.
A brief sketch of Hardy history
Typewritten history of the Hardy family including Zachariah Hardy. The family joined the Mormon Church and migrated to Utah.
A brief sketch of the life of Samuel Gould
Typewritten biography of Samuel Gould by his daughter. The date of composition is unknown. Gould was a member of the Mormon Battalion and an early pioneer in Parowan Utah. Also included is a program from the Iron County Centennial Celebration of 1951 and a brief history of the Parowan Ward of the Mormon Church.
A brief sketch of the pioneer life of Lois A. Smith Bushman
Photocopy of typescript. Although intended to be a biographical sketch of Lois Bushman, manuscript includes a great deal of information about her husband, John, and the author as well. Covers the conversion of Lois's family to the Mormon Church in 1844; their trek across the plains to Utah; their subsequent move to establish Mormon settlements in eastern Arizona in 1876; and life on the Utah and Arizona frontier.
Samuel Briggs biographical sketches
Typewritten sketch written by his son, Azer R. Briggs, and a typescript of an autobiographical sketch which tells of his life in England, his conversion to Mormonism, his immigration to Salt Lake City, Utah, and his testimony.
Brigham Young University historical files
Contains manuscripts, biographies, photographs, correspondence, building plans, articles, and filmstrips, all from many different persons and departments on campus.