Silas Derryfield Smith papers, 1937-1954.

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Silas Derryfield Smith papers, 1937-1954.

Handwritten and typewritten autobiographies telling of Smith's youth in Snowflake, Arizona, marriages, labors as a missionary in Colorado, endeavors in Arizona and Utah, genealogical data and information about his father, Jesse N. Smith. Also includes a handwritten biography of his mother, Emma Seraphine West Smith, and two handwritten historical articles, one describing the building of the Atlantic and Pacific Railroad in New Mexico, and the other relating Indian stories.

1 folder (0.08 linear ft.)

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SNAC Resource ID: 7383937

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Mormon Church

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Smith, Emma Seraphine West, 1836-1910

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Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company

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U.S. railroad, primarily in the Midwest and West; headquarters: Chicago, Ill. Name changed from Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad to Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway after bankruptcy reorganization in 1895. From the description of Santa Fé train robberies, 1890-1895. (Kansas State Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 228418621 The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company (AT&SF) was founded by Cyrus K. Holiday in Kansas in 1859. By 1888 the railroad s...

Smith, Jesse Nathaniel, 1834-1906

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Mormon Church leader, polygamist, pioneer, attorney, judge, legislator from Utah and Arizona. Born in New York as the youngest cousin of Joseph Smith, the Mormon prophet, Jesse Nathaniel Smith lived nearly all his life on the American frontier. He was baptized a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at Nauvoo on August 13, 1843. From his youth he had shared the trying experiences and persecutions of the Saints in New York, Ohio, and Missouri. At the age of eleven he crossed t...

Smith, Maria Elizabeth Bushman, 1869-1953

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Daughter of Lois A. Smith Bushman. From the description of A brief sketch of the pioneer life of Lois A. Smith Bushman, 1937. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122644811 From the guide to the A brief sketch of the pioneer life of Lois A. Smith Bushman, 1937, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections) ...

Smith, Silas Derryfield, 1867-1956

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Mormon polygamist. From the description of Silas Derryfield Smith papers, 1937-1954. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 367553698 From the description of Papers, 1937-1954. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122322426 Silas Derryfield Smith was a Mormon polygamist. From the guide to the Silas Derryfield Smith papers, 1937-1954, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections) ...