Latter Day Saint converts -- Biography
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
History of Robert Gardner, Jr. / written by himself at St. George, Utah
Item — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230305424]
Identifier: MSS SC 793
Scope and Contents
Photocopy of typescript. Detailed account of frontier life in Canada; his family's conversion to Mormonism in the early 1840s; a trip to Nauvoo, Illinois, in June 1845; the trip across the plains to Utah in 1847; and life in pioneer Utah.Also includes account of the author's mission to Canada (1857-1858) and his subsequent recall because of the Utah War, along with his family's move to settle St. George, Utah. Ends with text of Gardner's patriarchal blessing, genealogical...
Dates:
1884
Morris Phelps reminiscence
File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230309236]
Identifier: MSS SC 1198
Scope and Contents
Handwritten pages detailing the Phelps family history and the story of Phelps' initial contact with Mormonism. The manuscript pages are numbered through 20 with pages 7-16 missing. Family history includes birthdates and spouses of brothers and sister. Note at end of document in another hand indicates that some dates are inaccurate and that Maxine Phelps Lines of Mesa, Arizona is in control of additional information.
Dates:
1870