Autobiography, ca. 1885.

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Autobiography, ca. 1885.

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Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a typescript. The item is an autobiography of William McAllister, who was born in Delaware in 1845. McAllister writes about his father who served in the Methodist and Episcopal Churches. McAllister's father and the rest of his family were converted to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1860. McAllister migrated to Utah in 1861 but returned to help other pioneers to come to Utah. He served as a cavalryman in Utah's Black Hawk War and settled in St. George, Utah, in 1867. He married Eleanor Jackson Adams in 1869. He served as a missionary for his faith to the Zuni Indians of Arizona and later settled in Kanab, Utah. He later took a second wife.

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Harold B. Lee Library

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McAllister, William James Frazier, 1845-

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Lived in various communities in Washington and Kane Counties, and worked as a carpenter, builder, etc. From the description of Autobiography. (Utah Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 122600748 ...

McAllister, William James Frazer, 1845-

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