Autobiography, 1884-1894.

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Autobiography, 1884-1894.

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Handwritten autobiography. Kartchner writes about his early life in Pennsylvania, his joining of the Mormon Church in 1843 and his subsequent move to Nauvoo, Illinois, and his migration to Utah in 1847. He lived in serveral places in Utah and settled in Arizona. Also included is a partriarchal blessing for Etta Kartchner.

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Harold B. Lee Library

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Kartchner, Etta, 1881-

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Kartchner, William Decatur, 1820-1892

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William Decatur Kartchner was born in Philadelphia to John C. and Prudence Wilcox Kartchner. He converted to Mormonism in 1843 and moved to Nauvoo, Illinois. There he married Margaret Jane Casteel. They moved to the Salt Lake Valley in 1847. The family started farming and subsequently moved to California, back to Utah, then settled in Arizona where Kartchner became postmaster. From the guide to the William Decatur Kartchner autobiography, undated, (J. Willard Marriott Library, Univer...