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Virgin (Utah) -- History

 Subject
Subject Source: Lcnaf

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Memoirs of Alice Parker Isom and George Isom

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230330349]
Identifier: MSS SC 3141
Scope and Contents Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a typescript. This manuscript is an autobiography and a diary of Alice Parker Isom and a biography of George Isom. Alice writes about her family who came from England to Nauvoo, Illinois. Alice was born in St. Louis, Missouri, in 1848. She migrated to Salt Lake City, Utah, in 1852. She tells about the Utah Expedition, 1857-8, moving to Virgin, Utah, in 1862, serving in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and marrying George Isom in 1868. She...
Dates: 1917-1925
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Memoirs of Alice Parker Isom and George Isom

George Isom autobiography

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 1851
Scope and Contents

Handwritten original and typewritten copy. Isom describes the temporal and spiritual experiences of his life. He lived in Virgin, Utah and was active in Mormon Church affairs. Also included are patriarchal blessings of some of Isom's children.

Dates: 1885
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / George Isom autobiography

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