Box 17
Container
Contains 29 Results:
Manomas Lovina Gibson Andrus
File — Box: 17, Folder: 11
Scope and Contents
B. 10 March 1842.
M. September 1861 to James Andrus, plural wife.
Autobiographical. Arrived in Salt Lake City in 1848, settled in Washington County. Husband's first wife was her sister so she had no problems with polygamy. Eighteen children. Tells briefly of her life and Living quarters and problems with the Indians. 3 pp.
M. September 1861 to James Andrus, plural wife.
Autobiographical. Arrived in Salt Lake City in 1848, settled in Washington County. Husband's first wife was her sister so she had no problems with polygamy. Eighteen children. Tells briefly of her life and Living quarters and problems with the Indians. 3 pp.
Dates:
1803-1976
Milo Andrus
File — Box: 17, Folder: 12
Scope and Contents
B. 6 March 1814, M. 21 February 1833 to Abigail Jane Daley; left husband January 1851. M. 1848 to Sarah Ann Miles, plural wife; d. November 1851. M. June 1851 to "widow Tuttle." M. 1852 to Mary Ann Webster. M. December 1855 to Elizabeth Brooks, Ann Brooks, and Jane Monday. M. February 1857 to Margaret Boyce. M. February 1858 to Emma Corvet. Autobiographical. Content and name index. Born in New York...
Dates:
1803-1976
Christopher Jones Arthur
File — Box: 17, Folder: 13
Scope and Contents
B. 9 March 1832.
M. ca. 1854 to Caroline Eliza Haight.
M. n. d. to Ann E. Perry, Marion Brown, and Jane Condie.
D. 13 January 1918.
Biographical sketch. Born in South Wales. Left Liverpool 25 February 1853, baptized crossing the ocean. Arrived in Salt Lake City in 1853.
Settled in Cedar City, March 1854. May 1889 convicted of unlawful cohabitation under the Edmunds-Tucker law. Eulogizing sketch of his life. 5 pp.
M. ca. 1854 to Caroline Eliza Haight.
M. n. d. to Ann E. Perry, Marion Brown, and Jane Condie.
D. 13 January 1918.
Biographical sketch. Born in South Wales. Left Liverpool 25 February 1853, baptized crossing the ocean. Arrived in Salt Lake City in 1853.
Settled in Cedar City, March 1854. May 1889 convicted of unlawful cohabitation under the Edmunds-Tucker law. Eulogizing sketch of his life. 5 pp.
Dates:
1803-1976
Christopher Jones Arthur
File — Box: 17, Folder: 14
Scope and Contents
Journal, part 5 March 1885 to February 1899. Content index, name list. Original spelling and punctuation retained. Journal during period of trouble for polygamists. Tells of experiences hiding from government deputies and his time in prison.
Lists of people who were in the penitentiary at the same time. Lists of his temple work, marriages, and sealing. 72 pp.
Lists of people who were in the penitentiary at the same time. Lists of his temple work, marriages, and sealing. 72 pp.
Dates:
1803-1976
Christopher Jones Arthur
File — Box: 17, Folder: 15
Scope and Contents
Autobiography, 1832-1918. Includes a list of contributors to the mercantile store in 1873. Break in the narrative to give brief history of Christopher Abel Arthur, his father. Autobiography covers 1832 to 1918, repetitious of first section and some contradictions. Summaries of life in Wales and Utah. Tells of marriages, births, and deaths. Leaves period of polygamy trouble and prison to be found in his other journals. Brief summary of life after 1900. Letters to wife Caroline, 1869 from Salt...
Dates:
1803-1976
Christopher Jones Arthur
File — Box: 17, Folder: 16
Scope and Contents
Memoirs written 1877 and 1890. Content index, name list. Covers time between birth and 1890. It is, in many ways, a repetition of the autobiography and journal entries. Relates many dreams viewed as premonitions of future events in his life. Briefly tells story of John D. Lee's trial in Beaver and his role therein. 44 pp.
Dates:
1803-1976
William B. Ashworth
File — Box: 17, Folder: 17
Scope and Contents
B. 10 March 1845.
M. 26 May 1878 to Mary Elizabeth Shepherd.
Autobiographical sketch. Content and name index. Two sections: first, 1857-1876, the Mountain Meadows Massacre as recalled by Ashworth who was living in Beaver at the time. The second, 1876-?, relates Ashworth's experience with polygamy and his time in prison for that offense. 11 pp.
M. 26 May 1878 to Mary Elizabeth Shepherd.
Autobiographical sketch. Content and name index. Two sections: first, 1857-1876, the Mountain Meadows Massacre as recalled by Ashworth who was living in Beaver at the time. The second, 1876-?, relates Ashworth's experience with polygamy and his time in prison for that offense. 11 pp.
Dates:
1803-1976
William B. Ashworth
File — Box: 17, Folder: 18
Scope and Contents
Autobiography, Vols. I and II, 1845-1879. Name index and table of contents. Born Grawhabboth, Lancashire, England. To Utah in 1848 and baptized about 1854. Not chronologically organized but has some items of interest such as grain hauling for the Salt Lake to Auston, Nevada, mail line and the building of the Deseret Telegraph. The account comes to an abrupt end as he is being sent to England as a missionary. Continued in Vol. III. 10 pp.
Dates:
1803-1976
William B. Ashworth
File — Box: 17, Folder: 19
Scope and Contents
Autobiography, Vol. III, 1877-? Major portion is missionary journal from England. After his return to Utah he tells of things happening with the polygamy issue and the "underground." Also much discussion of the Beaver Woolen Mill and various flour mills in the state that he helped build. Ends after his release from prison for polygamy and his move to San Francisco. 169 pp.
Dates:
1803-1976
William Atkin
File — Box: 17, Folder: 20
Scope and Contents
B. 27 March 1835. M. 18 December ca. 1854 to Rachel Thompson; b. 31 March 1835; joined LDS church April 1842. Autobiographical. Content and name index. Born in Empingham, England. Joined LDS church 12 September 1852. Left Liverpool last day of February 1855. Left Florence for Salt Lake City 10 June 1859 by handcart with two children. Relates experiences crossing the plains by handcart, not daily but with some detail, including deaths and hunger but mentions no...
Dates:
1803-1976