Ethan Pettit diaries 1855-1881

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Ethan Pettit diaries 1855-1881

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The Ethan Pettit diaries (1855-1881) consist of eight diaries which describe the life of Pettit, a native New Yorker who moved to Utah in 1848 after joining the LDS Church.

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J. Willard Marriott Library. University of Utah Manuscripts Division

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Pettit, Ethan, 1810-1884.

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Ethan Pettit was born 14 January 1810 in Hempstead, Queens, New York, to James and May Ann Seeley Pettit. He was baptized into the LDS Church by Orson Hyde in 1840. Pettit married Margaret Ellsworth in 1835 in New York, then in 1848 they moved to Utah. Pettit was a farmer and stockraiser. He died 15 April 1884. From the guide to the Ethan Pettit diaries, 1855-1881, (J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah) ...