Esias Edwards

File — Box: 19, Folder: 20

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Scope and Contents

B. 10 April 1812 in Pike County, Missouri; d. June 1897.

M. 7 August 1831 to Elizabeth Campbell; b. 21 July 1814; d. 3 April 1845.

M. 27 April 1845 to Sarah Catherine Gibbs; b. 26 March 1825; d. 29 April 1847.

M. 24 October 1847 to Belinda Miles; b. 14 July 1825; d. 4 April 1890.

M. 25 June 1873 to Annie Nuttal (widow); b. 15 October 1848.

Table of contents and name index. Original spelling and grammar retained. Journal, 1812-1882. Details of personal life in Missouri and Nauvoo, including church problems. Describes life in Tooele Valley where, because of conflicts over his saw and grist mills he decided to move to Cache Valley where he had similar problems. Moved to St. George. Mentions Johnston's Army and other actions of the United States government, especially with regard to polygamy. Many references to the Civil War. Brief mention of the railroad coming to Utah. Includes much original verse. 135 pp.

Dates

1803-1976

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