Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Madeline R. McQuown papers (1803-1976) is divided into two main sections. The first contains personal materials, correspondence, and manuscripts. The majority of the correspondence is from Dale L. Morgan. His numerous letters to Mrs. McQuown, spanning the years 1940 to 1968, are filled with information on Mormon history and advice for the biography on Brigham Young that she was writing. Also included is correspondence between Dale Morgan and Fawn Brodie, Juanita Brooks, Wallace Stegner,...

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B. 11 September 1806.

M. 11 December 1825 to Stephen Joseph Abbot; d. 19 October 1843, 38 years.

M. to Captain James Brown, plural wife.

D. 23 July 1889.

Joined the LDS church 1839, arrived in Utah 1849.

Biographical sketch containing some Abbot family genealogy. 17 pp.

Scope and Contents B. 8 January 1822. M. October, 1842 to Mary Ann Leech. M. 9 January 1864 to Mary B. Bolanz, plural wife. Joined LDS church 26 March 1842. Autobiographical. Content and name index. Parowan area. Born in Ireland, summary of childhood. Left Liverpool, England, for Nauvoo January 1844, summary of trip there, notes harassment. Life in Nauvoo, including turmoil in finding a new church leader at death of Joseph Smith. Sent on mission after arrival in...

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B. 14 October 1840.

M. ca. 1858 to Martin Aldrich; d. 1919.

No. 1-Life sketch. Born in Sjelland, Denmark.

Crossed plains by handcart with the Martin Company in 1856. Settled in Mt. Pleasant. Seven children.

No. 2-Life sketch. Includes list of children and birth dates. 6 pp.

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B. 25 March 1852 at Manti, Utah, to James T. S. and Eliza B. M. Allred.

M. 19 September 1870 to Samuel Allred; b. 3 June 1851; d. 19 January 1932.

Biographical sketch from an interview and family records. First wife in a polygamous family. Relates experiences with Indians. Genealogical notes on family of James Tillman Sanford Allred, Sr., and Eliza Bridget Manwaring Allred, her parents. 6 pp.

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B. 5 May 1861.

M. 20 December 1883 to John Granklin Allred; d. 4 June 1938.

Autobiographical or abstracted from a journal. Left England in March 1866, settled at Plum Creek between Cheyenne, Wyoming and Green Island, Nebraska. Father a foreman for the railroad. Details life on the plains and experiences with Indians. Arrived in Utah in 1868 and settled in Fillmore. 6 pp.

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B. 30 March 1865.

M. April 1887 to Miss Camp, he calls her "the red haired girl."

Autobiographical. Born in Wallsburg, Wasatch County. Story of hard winter of 1879. Moved between Colorado and Utah to work and live. After marriage, wife ran a boardinghouse in Sagers. Thirteen children.

Lived in Vernal in old age. 11 pp.

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B. 20 August 1857 at Draperville to William and Mary

Ann Manhard Draper.

M. August 1879 to Ephraim Anderson; d. 25 August 1924.

Biographical sketch from an interview. Grew up in Moroni, Utah. Attended Ellis R. Shipps School of Obstetrics and received a license to continue practice after Utah became a state. Includes an original poem in honor of her horse. Six children. 6 pp.

Scope and Contents B. 2 August 1863. M. 10 October 1887 to Offer Hansen; d. 1903. M. January 1909 to William Andrews. Biographical notes from an interview. Lived at Camp Corners (Soda Springs, Idaho). After marriage to Andrews, lived in Logan. Andrews, William B. 2 September 1854. M. December 1873 to Valeria Reese. M. January 1909 to Elizabeth Jensen Hansen. Biographical notes from an interview. Came to Salt Lake...

Scope and Contents B. 14 June 1835. M. March 1857 to Laura Altha Gibson. M. 1861 to Manomas Lovina Gibson, plural wife, sister to first wife. D. 8 December 1914. Life sketch. Born in Florence, Ohio. Came to Utah in 1848 with Heber C. Kimball Company. Crossed Plains by handcart in 1857, from Salt Lake City to the Missouri River, as a missionary. Lengthy account of expeditions to Pipe Springs and around Kane County against Indians, including lists of members of the...