Pioneers
Subject
Subject Source: Cclanarrow
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Biography : Emeretta Phillips Thornton
File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230341858]
Identifier: MSS 2571
Scope and Contents
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.
Dates:
approximately 1940
Biography : Oliver E. Thornton
File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230341627]
Identifier: MSS 2570
Scope and Contents
Photocopy of a microfilmed copy of a typewritten biography. Oliver Evans Thornton was born in Iowa in 1848 when his parents were migrating west with other members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He came to Utah in 1852 and later settled in American Fork. He married Emeretta Phillips in 1873.
Dates:
approximately 1940