Item Detail
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English
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Journal (1820-1877)
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Martin Henderson Harris, A Utah Pioneer : His Life, Labors, and Posterity
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N.p.
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Martin Henderson Harris Family Organization
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"Holograph titled "Memorandum of Martin Henderson Harris." Autobiographical, 1820-55. Diary entries, usually short, starting January 1, 1856. Born in Windham Township, Luzern County, Pennsylvania, 1820. Family moved to Kirtland, Ohio, 1831. Father, Emer Harris (brother of Martin Harris, the Book of Mormon witness), on mission, 1832-33. School. To Missouri, 1838. On to Quincy, Illinois. Sickness. Built house near Nauvoo, 1840. Joined Nauvoo Legion, 1841. Farm laborer. Worked up Mississippi River, 1844. Prospected, 1845. Heard that Mormons were leaving Nauvoo, 1846. To Kanesville, Iowa, to visit family, 1847. Work. Started for Utah, 1850. Built cabin in Weber County. Farming. Moved into Bingham's fort, 1853. Married Georgeanna Aldous, 1855. Visited father at Provo, 1855. Moved onto farm, 1856. Births of children. Salmon River Mission, 1857. Utah War move. Military musters, 1861. Taught school. Saw defeat of Morrisites, 1862. Played in band. Sunday School teacher, 1865. Jury duty. Director of cooperative association, 1866. Election judge. Various kinds of work: mended shoes, made brooms, repaired ditches, made bridles, made lariats, worked on bridge, planted fruit trees. Organization of Harrisville precinct, 1868. School of Prophets. Secretary of Harrisville ZCMI, 1870. Road commissioner. Heard [p.147]Brigham Young speak in Ogden several times. Worked on Utah Northern Railroad, 1872. Solicited subscribers for Juvenile Instructor, 1873. Statistical report on Harrisville for Weber County Stake of Zion, 1874. Saw Uncle Martin Harris for last time, 1875. Baptized into United Order, 1876. Published version includes only an abridgment of 185676 journal." [Abstract from Davis Bitton's Guide to Mormon Diaries and Autobiographies, 1977]