Immigration and American Expansion
Found in 1065 Collections and/or Records:
Biography : Emeretta Phillips Thornton
Photocopy of a microfilmed copy of a typewritten biography. Emeretta Phillips was born in 1854 in New England. She was a member of the Church of Jesus-Christ of Latter-day Saints and migrated to Utah in 1861. She settled in American Fork. She married Oliver E. Thornton in 1873 and died 1934. Much of the account is in the words of Emeretta.
Biography : Frederick Wright
Photocopy of a microfilmed copy of a typewritten biography. Frederick Wright was born in 1839 in England. He joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and migrated to Utah in 1853. He later settled in American Fork. He married Margaret Eccles Thornton in 1860, and he died in 1908.
Biography : George Heber Robinson
Photocopy of a microfilmed copy of a typewritten biography. George Heber Robinson was born in Iowa in 1847. His family were members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He came to Utah in 1849, settled in American Fork, and later fought in the Black Hawk Indian War. He married Almira Adella Smith in 1871 and also married Margaret Crystal in 1878. He died in 1923.
Biography : Henry Hart Boley
Biography : Isaac Binns and wife Ellen Singleton Binns, pioneers 1862
Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a typewritten biography. Ellen Singleton was born in 1849 in St. Louis, Missouri, and Isaac Binns was born in England in 1829. They were members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. They migrated to Utah in 1862 and settled in American Fork. They married in 1866. Ellen died in 1895, and Issac died in 1917.
Biography : James Cunningham and Elizabeth Nicholson Cunningham, came to Utah in November 9, 1856
Biography : James Robbins
Photocopy of a microfilmed copy of a typewritten biography. James Robbins was born in England in 1831. He joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and migrated to Utah in 1860. He settled in American Fork, Utah, and died in 1886.
Biography : John Bourne
Photocopy of a microfilmed copy of a typewritten biography. John Bourne was born in 1831 in England. He joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and migrated to Nauvoo, Illinois. He came to Utah in 1849 and settled in American Fork. He died in 1865 of consumption.
Biography : John George Dickerson
Photocopy of a microfilmed copy of a typewritten biography. John George Dickerson was born in 1859 in England and joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at the age of twelve. He migrated to Utah in 1871 and settled in American Fork. He married Ruth Deveraux in 1886 and died in 1929.
Biography Joseph Alston
Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a typed biography. Joseph Alston was born in 1821 in England, and he joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1839. He migrated to Nauvoo, Illinois, where he knew Joseph Smith, the first president of the Mormon Church. He migrated to Utah probably in 1850 and died in 1891.