Manuscripts

Biographical sketch of Caroline Eliza Haight Arthur [microform]: after 1874

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Description: Microfilm of a typescript biography of Caroline Eliza Haight Arthur, written by her granddaughter Sarah Arthur Jones Crosby. The brief biography recounts Caroline's childhood, her family's moves to Nauvoo and Utah, her participation in plays at Cedar City, and her death at the age of 36. Also includes some genealogy.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: after 1874
Call number: MSS MFilm 00367 item 01
Creator: Crosby, Sarah Arthur Jones(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Microfilm of original loaned by Sarah Crosby, October 4, 1956.
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Biographical sketches and diary of Isaac Chauncey Haight [microform]: 1850-1943

Manuscripts

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.

MSS MFilm 00367 item 02

Diary and autobiography of Christopher Jones Arthur [microform] : c.1875-1915

Manuscripts

Microfilm of Christopher Arthur Jones' diary and autobiography, covering events from about 1859-1915. The diary is in multiple hands and is not always in chronological order. It begins with a brief account of Jones' birth and young adulthood, including the death of his father after being struck by lightening in 1859. It also recounts his arranged marriage to Caroline Haight, the daughter of Isaac C. Haight, and includes diary entries for 1860-1862. A section entitled "A Brief Sketch of my History for the year 1874" includes notes on his work with the United Order in Cedar City and lists of general births, marriages, and deaths. An added note lists Arthur's own death in 1915 (he may actually have died in 1918). Diary entries for 1877-1878 record Arthur's experiences in Beaver, Parowan, and Cedar City. A brief note from 1883 recounts his mission to Great Britain. Portions of the diary are very faint and partially illegible, but the rest of the volume appears to be Arthur's autobiography, focusing on his life in Cedar City and elsewhere in Iron County, Utah. Scattered throughout the volume are records of blessings, dreams, letters, accounts, copied notes such as "the History of King Arthur" and "Facts About the Bible," a list of account notes for the Cedar City Co-op (1889), and a list of volumes Arthur gave to the Cedar City Public Library in 1910.

MSS MFilm 00045

Diary of Christopher Jones Arthur [microform] : 1884

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Microfilm of a diary of Christopher Jones Arthur, kept in 1884. Arthur was living near Salt Lake City and writes of his daily activities, his attendance of meetings, visiting acquaintances, the weather and his health, news of the British and Welsh mentions, and going to a circus.

MSS MFilm 00239 item 01

Life sketch of Mons Larson [microform]: 1935

Manuscripts

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.

MSS MFilm 00223 item 02

Life sketches of Lydia Ann Smith Johnson, Martha Jane Stratton Johnson, and Seth Guernsey Johnson [microform]: after 1910

Manuscripts

Microfilm of volume containing life sketches of Lydia Ann Smith Johnson (1847-1910), Martha Jane Stratton Johnson (1848-1910), and Seth Guernsey Johnson (1839-1927), written by one of Lydia and Seth's sons. The biography of Lydia begins with her birth in Worcestershire to a Mormon convert and missionary, and their immigration to Utah in about 1855. It then recounts their move to Cedar City; the death of Lydia's mother in 1856 and her subsequent difficult relationship with her father and his plural wife; a serious illness she contracted while attending school in 1860; her engagement to schoolteacher Seth Johnson on her 14th birthday, their marriage and move to Summit in 1862, and the continuing warnings that Lydia should not have children due to her frail health (she ultimately had 14 children); Seth's contraction of mountain fever in 1863; their move to Kane County until a harsh winter and murder of some neighbors by a band of Navajos in 1866 forced them to move to Toquerville; their subsequent move to Hillsdale, which was organized in 1877 with Seth as bishop and Lydia as president of the Relief Society; their move to Cannonville; and an invitation to a homecoming at Virgin City in 1909. The account ends with a note on Lydia's distribution of her property and instructions to her children before her death in 1910. The biographies of Seth and his plural wife Martha recount many of the same events. The sketch of Martha recounts her birth in Iowa, moving with her family from Nauvoo to Provo and ultimately Cedar City, and her marriage to Seth in 1865. Seth's biography includes references to his birth in Carthage, Illinois, various childhood anecdotes, notes on his teaching career, and encounters with Navajos (including those sentenced to death and apparently spared by Johnson). The volume ends with a note to "Dear Son and family" that accompanied the life sketches.

MSS MFilm 00038 item 02

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.

MSS MFilm 00099

Biographical sketch of Caroline Eliza Haight Arthur [microform]: after 1874

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