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Life sketch of Mons Larson [microform]: 1935

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Description: Microfilm of a typescript biography of Mons Larson, written by his granddaughter Violet Elaine Alt in 1935. The biography traces Larson's early life his Sweden, his conversion to Mormonism, his decision to immigrate to the United States, his sailing to New York and traveling by train to Florence, Nebraska, his overland trip to Utah, his settlement in Tooele, his decision to enter into polygamy, his colonization of Snowflake, his moves to Pima and Mexico, and his death in Arizona in 1890. It also includes a long account of a return journey from Utah to Snowflake with the Silas S. Smith company, which took a difficult route near the Green River and got stuck near Hole-in-the-Rock. It also describes Larson's wife Olivia giving birth in a blizzard during the ordeal.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1935
Call number: MSS MFilm 00223 item 02
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A life sketch of Ida Frances Hunt Udall [microform]: 1941, July

Manuscripts

Microfilm typescript of Pauline Udall Smith's biography of her mother, Ida Frances Hunt Udall (1858-1915). Ida was born at Hamilton's Fort near Cedar City, Utah, and was a granddaughter of Jefferson Hunt and Addison Pratt. She lived in San Bernardino, California, as a child before returning to Beaver, Utah, at the age of 5. Smith's account traces Ida's childhood, including notes on her schooling and her family's move to Savoia, one of the settlements at Little Colorado, Arizona. Her father was appointed bishop of Snowflake in the late 1870s, and Ida lived with her grandmother in Beaver, Utah, until 1880. Pauline writes that on returning to Arizona with the Jesse N. Smith Company Ida was inspired to pursue a life of polygamous marriage. She taught school in Taylor and Snowflake, Arizona, until meeting Bishop David K. Udall (1851-1938) in 1881. He offered her a position at the St. Johns cooperative store, and she became his plural wife in 1882. Smith's account describes how Ida, along with her sister-in-law Eliza Tenney and Catherine and Annie Romney, were forced to flee after her brother-in-law Ammon Tenny was arrested for polygamy. Polygamy charges were brought against David Udall in 1884, but were dropped as Ida could not be found to testify. In 1885 he was indicted for perjury in a case involving a land claim, and sentenced to 3 years in the Detroit House of Corrections (he was released by presidential pardon in December 1885). Smith describes the difficulty of the situation for Ida, and her unsettled life in Eagar, Snowflake, St. Johns, and finally Hunt, Arizona, following her husband's release. Included are the typescripts of several letters sent by Ida to David Udall.

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Life sketches of John Conrad Naegle and Rosanna Zimmerman Naegle [microform]: after 1899

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Microfilm of typescript copies of Roanna Naegle Lunt's biographical sketches of her parents, John Conrad Naegle and Rosanna Zimmerman Naegle. The sketch of John Conrad Naegle recounts his running away from home to join the Mormons in Nauvoo; his travels with the 1846 company to Utah; his time in the Mormon Battalion; his experience at Sutter's Mill; his decision to go to San Francisco to buy new shoes before departing for Utah, which led to him becoming an extensive landowner and agriculturalist in the San Jose Valley; his 1853 trip by boat through the Isthmus of Panama to New York City and overland to Indiana; his return overland journey to Utah with his wife, parents, and younger brother (his parents and brother never joined the Mormon church); his land interests in California; attacks by Indians near Lehi; his funding of George Q. Cannon's printing of the Book of Mormon in Hawaiian in 1855; his move to Washington, Utah, to be in charge of the wine industry and cotton growing; his 1873 mission to Germany and Switzerland (his son George C. Naegle became president of the German mission in 1895); his flight to Mexico to avoid polygamy charges; and his purchase of 108,000 acres of land in Sonora in partnership with "Parson" Williams. The sketch of Rosanna Zimmerman Naegle (b.1841) describes her genealogy, including references to her grandfather Lawrence Hoke; her father George Gottlieb Zimmerman's decision to join the Mormons and move to Nauvoo in 1844; the family's overland journey to Utah with Henry Walton's company in 1851; and personal reflections of Roanna's family and character.

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Short sketch of the life of John F. Nash [microform] : c.1927

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Microfilm of John F. Nash's autobiography, written in about 1927. Nash recalls his childhood around the California gold mines, including his friendship with a nearby "Company of Chinese" over whom he "held arbitrary jurisdiction;" his family's move to Ventura County and his first experiences of attending school; and of his father's loss of a land grant after oil was discovered on their property in 1874. Nash then describes traveling toward Texas driving livestock, of his experiences in Woodruff and Snowflake, of the theft of his family's livestock, the family's settlement in the Gila Valley, encounters with Indians "on the warpath" and fear of ambushes, and his acquiring of a teaching license. He then describes his conversion to Mormonism in 1888 following his experiences at the Matthews settlement, his 1890 trip to Salt Lake City, his decision to attend the Brigham Young Academy, and his experiences teaching in Loa, Wanship, Pima, the St. Joseph Stake Academy, and the Thatcher Junior High School. He briefly recounts his joining of a local national guard and a mission to retrieve fellow soldiers from a saloon. Nash also recalls his mission to Australia, where he primarily preached in Sydney and Brisbane, and his clash with "Reorganists" there.

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Biographical sketches and diary of Isaac Chauncey Haight [microform]: 1850-1943

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Microfilm of typed biographies on and diary entries made by Isaac Chauncey Haight. Opens with a biography of Haight by William R. Palmer entitled "Men You Should Know: Isaac C. Haight" (typescript of a radio talk given by Palmer over K.S.U.B. in Cedar City, Utah, on July 18, 1943); "The Old Virgin Ditch," a poem by Mable Jarvis; and a brief account entitled "Thales Haskell describes the Tragedy of death of George A. Smith fall 1860." The majority of the reel is the Biographical Sketch and Diary of Isaac Chauncey Haight, 1813-1862, a typescript copied by Brigham Young University in 1940. It includes a brief biography of Haight as well as his diary entries for his 1850-1853 mission to England (including accounts of his overland travel to and from Utah) and some various diary entries made in Utah from 1853-1862. Also includes an index of names and family photographs.

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Life sketches of Arizona pioneers [microform]: c.1929-1940

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Microfilm of 17 brief typescript biographies of Mormon pioneers to Arizona. Many of the biographies were written by Belva Willis Ballard, including those of Samuel Parish (1798-1873), Frances Reed Willis (1840-1924), John Henry Willis (1835-1886), William Wesley Willis, Sr. (1811-1872), Shadrach Roundy (1789-1872), Priscilla Parish Roundy (1833-1914), and Lorenzo Wesley Roundy (b.1819). Also included are a life sketch of Lulu J. Hatch Smith (b.1876) by her daughter Alice Smith Hansen, a sketch of Samuel Francis Smith (b.1873) by his daughters Alice Smith Hansen and Emma Smith Dewey, a sketch of Lois B. Hunt (1837-1885) by May Hunt Larsen, a sketch of May Louise Hunt Larson (b.1860) by Nettie Hunt Rencher, and biographies by unnamed relatives of Alice Hansen Hatch (b.1837), Smith Doolittle Rogers (b.1852), Eliza Snow Smith (1859-1927), John Albert Freeman (b.1860), Sarah Adaline Hall Freeman (1860-1901), James Irving Youngblood (1837-1883), and Susan Hamilton Youngblood (d.1926). Included throughout the biographies are references to conversions to Mormonism, the death of Joseph Smith and the expulsion of the Mormons from Nauvoo, overland journeys to Utah, life in Toquerville, Parowan, and Beaver, Utah, life in Snowflake, Arizona, and experiences in the Mormon Battalion (see William Wesley Willis). Most of the sketches appear to have been written from 1929-1940.

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Life sketch of Simon Baker [microform]: 1952

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Microfilm of the typed life history of Simon Baker by Melba Dolores Hogenson. The brief autobiography traces Baker's childhood, his conversion to Mormonism, the death of his wife and his marriage to Charlotte Leavitt in 1845, his move to Utah, his trade with gold miners in 1849-1850, his various mission and colonization trips in Utah and Nevada, and many notes on his personality and personal anecdotes. The autobiography is preceded by five manuscript pages identified as "journal before 1848" (it is not clear if these pages refer to Baker).

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Life sketch of Mons Larson [microform]: 1935

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