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Castle Valley (Emery County, Utah) -- History

 Subject
Subject Source: Lcnaf

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Talitha C. Avery Cheney autobiography and a biography

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230331784]
Identifier: MSS SC 3237
Scope and Contents Photocopy of microfilm copy of a typed autobiography. Cheney writes about her early life and her conversion to the Mormon Church in 1837. She moved with her family to Nauvoo, Illinois, where she heard sermons by Joseph Smith (1805-1844), the first president of the Mormon Church. She also heard Brigham Young (1801-1877), second president of the Mormon Church. Talitha married William Howard Avery in 1844. He died in 1847. She migrated to Utah in 1853 and married Elam Cheney. She lived...
Dates: 1895-1935
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Talitha C. Avery Cheney autobiography and a biography

Brigham Young letter

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230313345]
Identifier: MSS SC 1584
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a handwritten letter to the Mormon stake president of Ephraim, Utah by Brigham Young (1801-1877). Brigham Young expresses his wish that at least fifty families from Ephraim settle in Castle Valley.

Dates: 1877
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Brigham Young letter

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