Box 2
Container
Contains 19 Results:
Walbeck, Alexander William, 1866-1920
File — Box: 2, Folder: 11
Identifier: I
Scope and Contents
Joined Joseph City United Order on May 5, 1880. Withdrew in February of the following year. Returned December 1884 and taught school. Much time spent shearing sheep and plowing fields. Left Joseph City again in January of 1890. Died July 28, 1920. 9 pages.
Dates:
1866-1920
Westover, Joanna
File — Box: 2, Folder: 12
Identifier: I
Scope and Contents
Family history, biographical sketches, and genealogical sheets.
Married E. Lycurgus Westover in 1874. They arrived at the site of what is now Joseph City among the first settlers of the Little Colorado Valley with the William C. Allen group. Westover died November 1877 leaving her with two children. Before his death, he made a bargain with Henry Despain to raise the children unto him for the afterlife. From...
Dates:
1857-1986
Blythe, John L.
File — Box: 2, Folder: 13
Identifier: I
Scope and Contents
To Brigham Young, January 20, 1874. Acknowledges appointment to lead a mission to the Orabi. Has informed the men who are to accompany him.
To Brigham Young and George A. Smith, March 13, 1874. Informs them that the company has arrived safely in Kanab.Tells of hardships encountered along the way and that all the men are not in good health.
To Brigham Young, April 8, 1874. Tells...
Dates:
1857-1986
Bushman, John
File — Box: 2, Folder: 14
Identifier: I
Scope and Contents
- To Wilford Woodruff, October 10, 1888.
- To Wilford Woodruff, December 1888. Tells of the dam washing out. People are somewhat discouraged. Requests more people and assistance.
- To Wilford Woodruff, December 5, 1888.
- To daughter Lillian A. Bushman, July 6, 1893.
Dates:
1857-1986
Donaldson, John
File — Box: 2, Folder: 15
Identifier: I
Scope and Contents
To Mrs. George T. Kitt, November 13, 1935. Includes a song written by Donaldson about the 1879 pioneers.
Dates:
1857-1986
Richards, Joseph H.
File — Box: 2, Folder: 16
Identifier: I
Scope and Contents
To Brigham Young, January 8, 1877. Asks permission to leave George Lake and begin new settlement.
To George Goddard, August 19, 1883.
To the Brethren in Salt Lake, February 16, 1883.
To Presidents Taylor and Cannon, July 17, 1885. Tells of several brethren leaving the settlements to escape imprisonment (because of polygamy?).
To George Q. Cannon....
Dates:
1857-1986
Tanner, Henry M.
File — Box: 2, Folder: 17
Identifier: I
Scope and Contents
To Ammon Tenney while in prison, July 13, 1885, and November 10, 1891.
Dates:
1857-1986
Westover, Joanna
File — Box: 2, Folder: 18
Identifier: I
Scope and Contents
To E. L. Westover, her husband, July 22, 1877. Two copies, each in a different handwriting.
Dates:
1857-1986
Young, John W.
File — Box: 2, Folder: 19
Identifier: I
Scope and Contents
Letters to John W. Young from several men of Joseph City, May 2, 1881; August 16, 1883; and May 31, 1884.
Dates:
1857-1986