Samuel Claridge research, 1864-1987.

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Samuel Claridge research, 1864-1987.

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Biographical information, original writings, and correspondence, of Samuel Claridge, his wives and children including some noteworthy individuals such as Alfred W. McCune, Elizabeth Claridge McCune, and Clare Kimball Claridge (Mrs. Hyrum Claridge). Some notable items in the collection are original autobiographies and Testimonial Essays by Samuel Claridge. Some items are photocopies. Subjects include: Samuel Claridge's conversion to Mormonism and his emigration from England to America, the Mormon pioneering experience, Mormon settlement experience and Claridge's moves to and from Utah, Nevada, and Arizona. (Salt Lake Valley, 1853-1854; Nephi, 1850s-1860s; The Muddy, 1868-1871; Mount Carmel, Utah, 1871-1875; Orderville, 1875-1885; Gila Valley, Arizona Territory, 1885-1923), living as a polygamist having two wives and 19 children, and Claridge's experiences as a Mormon pioneer bishop and Patriarch.

10.5 linear ft. (23 boxes)

Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7687568

Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library

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Claridge, Samuel, 1828-1919

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Ellsworth, S. George (Samuel George), 1916-1997

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Samuel Claridge was born on 5 December 1828 in Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshaire, England. As a young man he ran a bakery in Hemel Hempstead. On 9 December 1849 he married Charlotte Joy (born 28 September 1819). Claridge joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in June 1851 and emigrated to Utah in 1853. He established a farm and home in Nephi, Utah. He married his second wife, Rebecca Hughes, in 1865. At a conference in 1868 he was called by Brigham Young to settle the Moapa Valley ...

Claridge family.

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