Scope and Contents William Henry Adams Sr. was born in the town of Hythe, England, in 1817 to Mary Nash and John Adams. His father died before he was was born, and his mother then married William Gardner. Together they raised her son, and had a daughter they also named Mary. William Adams Sr. was apprenticed to the mason's trade at eight, which he later put to use constructing buildings in Utah. In 1839, he married Martha Jennings in Dover, England and they took over her parents' grocery business....

Scope and Contents This folder contains reminiscences of the life of Matthew Caldwell, complied by Robert Lewis Woodward, and Uzella Caldwell Koch, his granddaughter. Matthew Caldwell was born in 1822, at Mt. Vernon, Jefferson County Illinois to Curtis and Nancy Hood Caldwell. In 1828, the family moved to Hancock County, until the Black Hawk War of 1832 forced the family to move to Adams County until peace was restored. In 1943, Matthew married Barzilla Guymon, the eldest daughter of...

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...

Scope and Contents This folder contains a sketch of Melissa and William Adams, writted by Melissa. It delves into their lives in Utah county, and also refers to events in her parent's lives and her father's second marriage after his wife's death. Melissa Jane Caldwell talks about her marriage,the births of her children. and gives an account of daily life in that period, which includes raising sheep, weaving and selling their wool into blankets and clothing; also raising chickens and selling their...