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Latter Day Saints -- England

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Biography of Joseph Dorton

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230341049]
Identifier: MSS 2593
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a microfilmed copy of a typewritten biography. Joseph Dorton was born in 1821 in England. He joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and migrated to Utah in 1857 with the Evans' Handcart Company. He moved to Lehi and married Martha Clayton in 1858. He soon moved to Cedar Valley, Utah. He helped treat the Indian Chief, Black Hawk, when he was injured. Dorton died in 1898.

Dates: 1944
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Biography of Joseph Dorton

Biography of Martha Clayton Dorton

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230341056]
Identifier: MSS 2594
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a microfilmed copy of a typewritten biography. Martha Clayton was born in England in 1837, and her family soon joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. She migrated to Utah in 1855 and later lived in Lehi. She married Joseph Dorton in 1857 and lived with him in Cedar Valley, Utah. She died in 1923.

Dates: 1944
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Biography of Martha Clayton Dorton

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