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Joined LDS Church in Kirtland and lived in the area until 1837. President of stake in Ramus, Illinois, moved to Utah in 1848 and returned to preside over congregation at Genoa, Nebraska. Returned to Utah for the remainder of his life. From the description of Autobiography, 1835-1879. (Utah Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 86147013 ...

Sherwood, Henry Garlic 1785-1867

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Phelps, William Wines, 1792-1872

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Mormon handcart pioneer and polygynist who came to Utah 16 September 1848 with the Brigham Young company. Phelps served as a justice of the peace, notary public, and Speaker of the House of Representatives, Utah legislature. From the description of Per diem receipt 1852. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122699469 From the guide to the Per diem receipt, 1852, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections) Second President of the Mormon Church, colonizer, and territorial governor o...

Blair, Seth Millington, 1819-1875.

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Mormon pioneer and missionary. From the description of Seth Millington Blair diary and autobiography, 1853-1868. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122623135 From the guide to the Seth Millington Blair diary and autobiography, 1853-1868, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections) ...

Lewis, James, 1814-1898.

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Italian Mission (1850-1854)

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Smith, John L. (John Lyman), 1828-1898

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President of the Swiss and Italian Missions for the Mormon Church and brother of the apostle of the Mormon Church, George Albert Smith. From the description of Letters, a deed, and a patriarchal blessing, 1866-1895. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122550615 President of the Swiss and Italian Mission for the Mormon Church, businessman, church leader, and brother of the apostle of the Mormon Church, George Albert Smith. From the description of Diary, 1855-1893. (Unk...

Eldredge, Horace S. (Horace Sunderlin), 1816-1888

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Eldredge was an elder in the Mormon Church, and was sent by Mormon president Brigham Young on several journeys to get supplies for the Mormons and to help the emigrants who were pouring into Salt Lake City. Young's letters were written a few months after Colonel Albert Sydney Johnston occupied Salt Lake City by order of the United States government for the refusal of the Mormons to obey Federal laws. From the description of Letters from Brigham Young and other papers, 1850-1897 (bulk...

Deseret News Office

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Spencer, Orson, 1802-1855

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Mormon Church leader and educator. Spencer graduated from the theological college at Hamilton, New York and served as an alderman at Nauvoo, Illinois and as chancellor to the University of Deseret in Salt Lake City, Utah. He was the president of the British Mission and the St. Louis Stake for the Mormon Church. From the description of Letters, 1853-1855. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 145435530 From the guide to the Orson Spencer letters, 1853-1855, (L. Tom Perry Special Col...

Richards, F. D. (Franklin Dewey), 1821-1899

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Apostle in the Mormon Church. From the guide to the F. D. Richards letter, 1883, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections) From the guide to the F. D. Richards letter, 1898, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections) Mormon apostle. From the description of Confirmation/information segments of a ships's circular, 1856 April 12. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122597991 From the guide to the Confirmation/information segments of a ships's circular, 1856, (L. Tom P...

Porter, Nathan Tanner 1820-1897

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Merrill, Philemon Christopher, 1820-1904.

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Jacob, Udney Hay, 1781-1860

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Carpenter and writer on religious topics. From the description of An extract from a manuscript entitled the peace maker, or, the doctrines of the millennium : being a treatise on religion and jurisprudence, or a new system of religion and politicks, for God, my country, and my rights, 1842. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122536715 Author and historian. From the description of Letter, 1840. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122536731 ...

Siler, Andrew Lafayette 1824-1898

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Whitney, Elizabeth Ann Smith, 1800-1882

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Richards, Samuel W. (Samuel Whitney), 1824-1909

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Carpenter, Colonel of Utah Militia, author, editor of the "Millenial Star," missionary, and president of the European Mission for the Mormon Church. From the description of Sworn oath 1903. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122552885 Richards was president of European Mission, 1852-1855 and 1857-1858, and president of Eastern States Mission, 1895-1897. From the guide to the MS 6576 Samuel W. Richards papers 1837-1929 (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Chu...

Johnson, Benjamin F. (Benjamin Franklin), 1818-1905

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Benjamin F. Johnson (1818-1905) was a Mormon missionary and patriarch, farmer, orchardist, and freighter. He served as private secretary to Joseph Smith. From the description of Benjamin F. Johnson photograph, circa 1890. (Brigham Young University). WorldCat record id: 213457759 Benjamin Franklin Johnson, born 28 July 1818 in New York, was a patriarch in the LDS Church and personal friend of Joseph Smith Jr. From the guide to the Benjamin Franklin Johnson papers,...

Clark, Isaac, 1806-1854.

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Salt Lake Tabernacle (1852-1877)

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Howells, William, 1816-1851

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Snow, Willard Trowbridge, 1811-1853

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Snow, Eliza R. (Eliza Roxey), 1804-1887

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Snow was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. She wrote hymns for that church and was a plural wife the both Joseph Smith (1805-1844) and Brigham Young (1801-1877), the first and second presidents of that faith. From the description of Diary, 1846-1849. (Brigham Young University). WorldCat record id: 51599519 Author and second president of the Relief Society for the Mormon Church. From the description of Inscribed to sister Howard, 1864. (...

Smith, Azariah, 1828-1912.

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Mormon pioneer, member of the "Mormon Battalion" in the war with Mexico from 1846 to 1848, and an early settler in Manti, Utah. From the description of Diary, 1846-1912. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122351650 Mormon pioneer and an early settler of Manti, Utah. From the description of Autobiography, ca. 1910. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122623215 Smith was a convert to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints and a pioneer to Utah. ...

Smith, Joseph, jr., 1805-1844

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First president of the Mormon Church and mayor of Nauvoo, Illinois. From the description of Arrest warrant, 1842. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 367395229 First president of the Mormon Church and Illinois militia leader. From the description of Letter, 1843. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 145435774 Founder of the Mormon Church and its first president. From the description of Diaries, 1832-1844. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122609014 ...

Days of '47

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Bernhisel, John M. (John Milton), 1799-1881

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Bernhisel was a medical doctor and the first Utah Territorial delegate to Congress. He obtained permission to copy the Book of Moses from Joseph Smith's bible from Emma Smith and donated it to Brigham Young. From the description of John Bernhisel portrait, circa 1840-1869. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 367938575 John M. Berhisel (1799-1881) was a medical doctor and first Utah Territorial delegate to Congress. He joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1842...

Snow, Erastus, 1818-1888.

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Snow became member of Quorum of the Twelve in February 1849. From the guide to the MS 1329 Erastus Snow journals 1835-1851; 1856-1857 (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Church History Library) ...

Cain, Joseph, 1824-1857

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Holy Cross Brother who taught biology and physical sciences in the high school and college. Joined St. Edward's in 1959, became Dean of Men in 1965 and later Academic Dean. He left in 1972 to work as a microbiologist for the peace corps and left the Congregation of Holy Cross in 1976. Outstanding SEU Alumnus Award in 1965. From the description of Brother Joseph Cain collection, 1959-1978. (St. Edward's University Library). WorldCat record id: 53876275 ...

Babbitt, Almon W. (Almon Whiting), 1813-1856

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Mormon attorney. From the description of Legal documents, 1844-1846. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122597892 From the guide to the Almon W. Babbitt legal documents, 1844-1846, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections) Mormon Church leader, lawyer, and territorial deligate from Utah to the U.S. Congress. From the description of Legal papers, 1856-1862. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122486841 From the guide to the Almon W. Babbitt legal papers, 1856-18...

Dunyon, John Lewis 1810-1879

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Andrews, Woodville M.

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Lamoreaux, Andrew L.

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British Mission

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Stout, Hosea, 1810-1889

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Hosea Stout, one of the most prolific Mormon diarists, was born on September 18, 1810, in Mercer County, Kentucky. He attended a Shaker school from 1814-1818 before his family moved to Ohio and later Indiana. While living in Illinois in 1832 Stout heard the preaching of Charles C. Rich and became interested in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. In 1837 he moved to Caldwell County, Missouri, and was baptized into the Mormon Church in 1838. That same year he married Surmantha Pack, s...

Snow, Zerubbabel, 1809-1888.

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Zerubbabel Snow was born on 29 March 1809 in St. Johnsbury, Vermont. He was converted to the LDS faith in 1832 and served several missions. He married Susan Slater Lang in 1833 and served as a memeber of the First Quorum of the Seventy. Snow was also elected as Attorney General of the Territory of Utah in 1869. He died on 27 September 1888. From the guide to the Zerubbabel Snow diary, 1856-1857, (J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah) ...

Woodard, Jabez, 1821-1870.

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Steele, John, 1821-1903

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John Steele was born in 1821 in Ireland and died in 1903 in Utah. He was an Irish convert to the LDS Church, pioneer to Utah and Nevada, member of the Mormon Battalion, Utah militia office, Mormon missionary, and Utah civic leader. Steele lived in Nauvoo, Illinois; Parowan and Toquerville, Utah; and in Las Vegas, Nevada. From the description of Photographs of John Steele. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 368014997 Member of the Mormon Battalion, Iron Mission, and missionary to...

West, Chauncey Walker 1827-1870

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Hansen, Peter Olsen, 1818-1895

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Mormon pioneer and church leader. From the guide to the Peter O. Hansen diary, 1849, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections) ...

Stansbury, Howard, 1806-1863

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American explorer, surveyor, and author. From the description of Correspondence and receipts, 1846-1847. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122605551 From the guide to the Howard Stansbury correspondence and receipts, 1846-1847, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections) Howard Stansbury was an officer in the United States Army Corps of Topographical Engineers who worked on numerous surveys including an expedition to the Great Salt Lake region, and the U.S. Lake Su...

Bond, James

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Epithet: Reverend British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000217.0x0002a4 ...

Findlay, Hugh 1822-1900

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Jones, Dan, 1810-1862

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Dan Jones (1810-1862) was a Mormon pioneer and missionary. He was the founder of the Welsh Mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, serving between 1852 and 1855. He was also the mayor of Manti, Utah in 1851. From the description of Dan Jones deed transfer, 1850s. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 363757194 From the guide to the Dan Jones deed transfer, 1850-1859, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections) Farmer, explorer, steamboat captain, and Mormon Chu...

Richards, Willard, 1804-1854

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Richards was member of Council of the Twelve Apostles (1840-1847), Church Historian, and second counselor in First Presidency (1847-1854). From the guide to the MS 1490 Willard Richards journals 1836-1853 (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Church History Library) Second president of the Mormon Church. From the guide to the Brigham Young letter, 1849, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections) Mormon Church leader, pioneer, apostle, politician, and cou...

Grant, Jedediah M.

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Apostle in the Mormon Church, militia general, and Utah politician. From the description of Letter, 1853. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122638056 From the guide to the Jedediah M. Grant letter, 1853, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections) ...

Pratt, Louisa Barnes, 1802-1880

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French Mission

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Wells, Daniel H. (Daniel Hanmer), 1814-1891

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Apostle in the Mormon Church and an emigration agent for Mormons in Great Britain. From the description of Statement, 1865. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122351692 Wells was an important Mormon church authority and civic leader of Utah. He was an apostle in that church, served as the mayor of Salt Lake City, Utah, and was the commander of the Utah Militia. From the description of Daniel H. Wells temple records, 1867-1932. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122552491...

Snow, Bernard 1822-1892

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Pratt, Parley P. (Parley Parker), 1807-1857

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Author, publisher, and apostle of the Mormon Church.l. From the description of Poems, 1847. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122550424 Member of the Council of the Twelve Apostles of the Mormon Church, author, missionary, and pioneer. From the description of Papers, 1837-1967. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122598864 Author, Utah pioneer, and apostle in the Mormon Church. From the description of Letter, 1855. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 1225...

Cordon, Alfred, 1817-1871

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Hammond, Francis Asbury, 1822-1900

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Hammond went on to be president of the San Juan Stake of the LDS Church from 1884 to 1900. From the description of The Francis Asbury Hammond papers. 1852-1865. (University of Utah). WorldCat record id: 71326225 Mormon pioneer. From the description of In early days : my introduction to Mormonism, 1896. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122599085 Hammond was the first president of San Juan Stake, 1885-1900. From the guide to the MS 1430 Francis A...

China Mission (1850-1853)

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Eames, Ellis 1808b

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Hyde, Orson, 1805-1878

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Utah pioneer and apostle in the Mormon Church. From the description of Autobiography and funeral, ca. 1842-1878. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122699672 Orson Hyde (8 January 1805 - 28 November 1878) was born in Connecticut to Nathan Hyde and Sally Thorpe. He joined the Mormon movement in 1831, serving as an Apostle in the Church from 1835 until his death. He served a mission to Jerusalem from 1840 to 1842 to dedicate the land for the return of the Jews. He was later assign...

Smith, George Albert, 1817-1875

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George Albert Smith (June 26, 1817 ₁ September 1, 1875) (commonly known as George A. Smith to distinguish him from his grandson of the same name) was an early leader in the Latter Day Saint movement and served in the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles and as a member of the church's First Presidency. From the description of Letter to Silas S. Smith, 1855. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 367846413 From the description of George A. Smith letters and invoices, 1864-1973. (Unknown). W...

Ferguson, James, 1828-1863

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Snow, Lorenzo, 1814-1901

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Lorenzo Snow was born 3 April 1814 in Mantua, Ohio. After being baptized a member of the Church, he served a mission in Ohio and the Eastern States. He was ordained to the office of Seventy in 1840. He served as President of the United Order in Brigham City from 1874-1886. He was ordained an apostle in 1849, after which he served missions to England and Europe. He succeeded President Wilford Woodruff, becoming the fifth President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 13 September, 1...

Wrigley, Thomas 1816-1873

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Campbell, Robert 1810-1890

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Pitt, William 1813-1873

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Stenhouse, Thomas Brown Holmes 1825-1882

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Sandwich Islands Mission

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Kimball, Presendia Lathrop Huntington 1810-1892

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Mormon Battalion

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Redfield, Harlow 1801-1866

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Richards, Phinehas, 1788-1874.

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Lunt, Henry, 1824-1902.

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Mormon pioneer who settled in Parowan, Utah. From the description of Diary, 1850-1852. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 83588704 Henry Lunt (1824-1902) was baptized into the Mormon Church in Birmingham, England in 1849. He came to Utah the following year and volunteered to go with settlers to Iron County. In 1851 he was called as to be the captain of the company that founded Cedar City. Later from 1854-1857 Lunt went on a mission to England. From the description of...

Lewis, William 1807-1875

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Scandinavian Mission

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Candland, David, 1819-1902

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Mormon pioneer. From the description of David Candland diary, 1846-1901. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122536541 From the guide to the David Candland diary, 1846-1901, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections) Mormon missionary, Utah territorial legislator, pamphleteer, teacher, clerk, and restaurant owner. From the description of David Candland diary and pamphlets, 1841-1902. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122598579 From the guide to the David Candla...

Swiss Mission (1850-1854)

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Clayton, William, 1814-1879

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Kenney is a Mormon author and historian. From the guide to the Scott G. Kenney research materials, 1820-1984, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections) William Clayton (1814-1879), Notary Public of Great Salt Lake County, Auditor of Public Accounts, Territorial Recorder of Marks and Brands. From the description of Letter press copy book, 1860-1869. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702126684 Mormon Church leader, hymnist, and private secretary to Joseph Smith, Jr....

Southworth, Henry Larkin 1826-1901

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