Barzilla Guyman Caldwell, A Biographical Sketch, 1823-1869

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Scope and Contents

This biographical sketch was written by Melissa Jame Caldwell Adams, about her mother.

Barzilla Jane Caldwell was born in Tennessee in 1823, and was baptized into the Mormon Church in Nauvoo at age 15. She married Matthew Caldwell in 1853, and had three children with him, The sketch also descrbes the deaths of Joseph and Hyrum Smith, the trip to Council Bluffs and life there, and Matthew's return from the Mormon Battalion.

The Caldwells came west in the Aaron Johnson company, and Matthew was stricken with the Cholera outbreak that hit them on the trip. She also describes the family's relocation to American Fork, Spanish Fork, and Springville.

Dates

1823-1869

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