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Pioneers

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Subject Source: Cclanarrow

Found in 769 Collections and/or Records:

Biography of Alley Stephen Rose

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230233584]
Identifier: MSS SC 26
Scope and Contents

Typewritten biography of Rose which includes excerpts from his journal telling of his early life in the Midwest, his trek across the Plains to Utah, and his settlement in Farmington, Utah. It also gives details of his travels in later life and his various callings in the Latter-day Saint Church.

Dates: approximately 1900-1973

Biography of Barbara Scott Parker

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230337005]
Identifier: MSS 2700
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a typewritten biography. Parker was born in England in 1820, came to Pennsylvania, joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and migrated to Utah where she settled in American Fork.

Dates: 1944

Biography of Benjamin Young Greenwood and Sarah Jane Julian Greenwood : pioneers came to Utah in 1850

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230339118]
Identifier: MSS 2443
Scope and Contents Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a typewritten biography of Benjamin Young Greenwood and Sarah Jane Julian Greenwood. Benjamin was born in Nauvoo, Illinois, in 1846 and was brought by his parents to Salt Lake City, Utah, in 1847. He was a farmer most of his life. Benjamin died in 1930. He married Sarah Jane Julian in 1883, had five children, and lived in American Fork, Utah. Sarah was born in 1849 in England, migrated to the United States in 1856, and came to Utah in 1862. She died in...
Dates: approximately 1940

Biography of Caroline Hansen Adams : came to Utah in 1861

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230340801]
Identifier: MSS 2508
Scope and Contents Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a typewritten biography. Caroline Hansen was born in Denmark in 1849, and her family joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. They tried to migrate to Utah by handcart in 1857 but could not make the entire journey. They stayed near Council Bluffs, Iowa, for four years and came to Utah in 1861. She fixed meals for the second president of the Mormon Church, Brigham Young, and later settled in American Fork. She married Jos. Adams and died in...
Dates: 1940

Biography of Catherine Cradock Armstrong : wife of William Armstrong

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230338995]
Identifier: MSS 2414
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a micorfilm copy of a typed biography of Catherine Cradock Armstrong. Catherine Cradock was born in 1819 in England and married William Armstrong. She later joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. She migrated to Utah in 1853, settled in American Fork in 1862, and died in 1903.

Dates: 1935

Biography of Ebenezer Hunter

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230339282]
Identifier: MSS 2450
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a typed biography. Ebenezer Hunter was born in Scotland in 1831. He joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He migrated to Utah in 1863 and settled in American Fork. He married Agnes Martin, Martha Alice Parker, and Martha Hannas Booth. The biography presents the name and birth date of the children by each marriage. Ebenezer died in 1908.

Dates: approximately 1935

Biography of Elizabeth Okey Spratley

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230340496]
Identifier: MSS 2468
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a typed biography. Elizabeth Okey was born in 1843 in Nauvoo, Illinois. She migrated with her family to Utah in 1851 and later settled in American Fork. She married James Spratley in 1862, and they had 12 children. Elizabeth was a member of the Church of Jesus Chirst of Latter-day Saints and died in 1930.

Dates: 1935

Biography of George Rowley and wife Ann Brown : pioneers of Thornhill, Yorkshire, England, he came to Utah in 1855 and again in 1859

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230340744]
Identifier: MSS 2493
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a typewritten biography. George Rowley was born in 1827 in England and joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1847. Ann Brown was born in 1828 in England and joined the same church in 1844. He came to Utah in 1855 but returned to England in 1857, going east with a handcart company. He returned to Utah in 1859 with his family and settled in American Fork. Ann died in 1905, and George died in 1908.

Dates: 1939

Biography of Gerhard Jensen family

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230307057]
Identifier: MSS SC 928
Scope and Contents

20 photocopied leaves of a typewritten manuscript by Arola McDonald about the Gerhard Jensen family. Gerhard Jensen was a Mormon pioneer who came to the Salt Lake Valley, Utah; a polygamist; and colonist in Brigham City, Utah.

Dates: 1960-1977

Biography of Harriet Foster Grant : came to Utah in 1866 in Captain White's company

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230340553]
Identifier: MSS 2488
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a typewritten biography. Harriet Foster was born in 1842 in England. She married William Grant in 1859 and joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. She migrated to Utah in 1866 and settled in American Fork. She died in 1897.

Dates: 1931