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:
 * 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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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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