Utah, Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah - FamilySearch Historical Records

Record Description
This collection will include records from 1847-1868.

These records include images and index of the portraits from Frank Esshom's Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah: Comprising Photographs, Genealogies, Biographies (Salt Lake City: Utah Pioneer Books, 1913). This collection does not include the additional material from the volume.


 * The collection contains the following indexes and lists. Be aware that the pages numbers in the indexes apply to the printed volumes. They do not necessarily correspond to the page numbers in this collection:
 * Index to Portraits (pages 14-41)
 * General Index to Important events (page 42)
 * List of members of the Mormon Battalion (pages 43-45)
 * List of the pioneer company leaders who entered the Salt Lake Valley on 24 July 1847 (page 46)

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Record Content
These records may contain the following information:


 * Pictures
 * Names
 * Parents' names
 * Birth places
 * Various biographical details
 * Information on military service
 * Various community leadership activities

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