Autobiography, 1926.

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Autobiography, 1926.

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Photocopy of a handwritten autobiography. Some of the item is in Cropper's own hand. The rest was dictated to his daughters. Cropper was born in Texas, joined the Mormon Church, and migrated to Utah in 1856. One foruth of the original party turned back in 1853 when they heard of the Mormon doctrine of polygamy. He describes the immigrant group killed by Mormons at Mountain Meadows in 1857. Cropper lived in Fillmore, Utah, and later moved to Deseret, Utah. He served in the Utah Militia during the Black Hawk War and described an encounter with Indians at Fort Deseret.

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Harold B. Lee Library

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Cropper, Thomas Waters, 1842-1932.

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Mormon pioneer an member of the Utah militia. From the description of Autobiography, 1926. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122606040 ...

Utah. Militia

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Unknown. From the guide to the Rufus C. Allen commission, 1854, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections) Militia organization in Utah also called the Nauvoo Legion. From the description of Certificate of appointment, 1851. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 84644517 The territorial militia of Utah (est. 1852) was a peace-keeping force under the direction of the territorial governor. The militia originally enlisted men from the earlier Mormon Battalion and Nauvoo L...