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Parowan (Utah)

 Subject
Subject Source: Lcnaf

Found in 49 Collections and/or Records:

Life history of James Lewis, son of James, son of George

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230330711]
Identifier: MSS SC 3106
Scope and Contents Born in Gorhaum, Maine in 1814 to James and Hannah Harding Lewis. Sketch includes the following data; family background in Maine; went to sea for a few years, ended up in Saint Loring, Missouri; conversion to Mormonism, 1841; married Emily Jennson Holman, 1847; called to settle southern Utah, 1850; left Parowan to serve mission to China, 1852; returned from mission, 1854; married Emma Batman, 1877, called to grow cotton in Utah's Dixie; moved to Kanab, 1871; moved to Taylor, Arizona, 1882;...
Dates: undated

Lorenzo Snow Lyman collection

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230328814]
Identifier: MSS SC 2976
Scope and Contents Correspondence and certificates of Lorenzo S. Lyman and Lyman family papers. The correspondence deals with 19th and 20th century Utah politics; references to Brigham Young, Wilford Woodruff, Lorenzo Snow, the St. George Temple, and Utah mining and politics; Family History; family activities in various locations (San Bernardino, California and Fillmore and Parowan, Utah); and letters from Francis M. Lyman about being an apostle and travels (a visit to Egypt and Palestine in 1902)....
Dates: 1853-1964

Priddy Meeks correspondence

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 2171
Scope and Contents

Handwritten correspondence and patriarchal blessings of family members. Most of the items were written in Parowan and in Orderville, Utah and relate to family matters.

Dates: 1854-1892

Samuel Hollister Rogers diary, volume 1

 Digital Record
Identifier: MSS1134_B1_F1
Dates: 1841-1855