Microfilm of typescript autobiographies by Zadok Knapp Judd and Mary Minerva Dart Judd, along with the manuscript autobiography of Wandle Mace. The second reel contains a copy of the Zadok Knapp Judd autobiography. The Huntington also has a printed facsimile of the autobiography of Zadok Knapp Judd (FAC 527), the original manuscript of the autobiography of Mary Minerva Dart Judd (HM 66416), a microfilm of the autobiography of Mary Minerva Dart Judd (MSS MFILM 106), the original manuscript of the autobiography of Wandle Mace (HM 26318) and a printed typescript of Mace'a autobiography (HM 27984). All inquiries about these items should be directed to the H. Russell Smith Foundation Curator of Western Historical Manuscripts at the Huntington Library, San Marino, CA. Microfilm. 1959. 2 microfilm reels. Forms part of the Manuscripts Department's Mormon file, c.1805-1995. Zadok Knapp Judd (1828-1909) was born in Leads, Canada. He was baptized into the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1837, and in 1838 traveled with his family to Kirtland, Ohio, where they remained briefly before joining other Mormons departing for Far West, Missouri. Following the death of his father Judd moved with his stepmother to Nauvoo, Illinois. He later traveled to California with the Mormon Battalion. After leaving the Mormon Battalion Judd sought work as a tailor in San Francisco before traveling up the Truckee River in search of gold. He drove cattle to Salt Lake City in 1849 and soon settled near Parowan and later Kanab, Utah. Judd died in 1909.;Mary Minerva Dart Judd (1838-1909) was born in Tompkins County, New York. Her family converted to Mormonism on the urging of her uncle Sidney Roberts and traveled to Council Bluffs in 1849. They continued to Utah, settling in Parowan in 1851. Mary married Zadok Knapp Judd (1827-1909) in 1852. They lived in various settlements throughout Utah including Santa Clara, Harmony, Eagle Valley, and Kanab. Mary died in Kanab in 1909.;Wandle Mace (1809-1890) was born in Johnstown, New York. In the mid-1830s Mace moved to Illinois, where he became interested in religion. He was introduced to Mormonism by the arrival of Parley P. Pratt in 1837 and was soon baptized into the Mormon Church. In 1838 Mace started for Far West, Missouri, but hearing of persecutions against Mormons there he instead rented a house in Quincey, Illinois, where he housed fleeing Mormons including Joseph Young and John Taylor. He moved several more times in the 1830s before settling in Nauvoo, Illinois, in 1842. He accompanied the Mormon exodus from Nauvoo in 1846 and for the rest of the 1840s lived in Keosauqua and Keokuk, Iowa. He moved to Florence, Nebraska, in 1846 before continuing on to Utah in 1859. In Utah Mace served on the Dixie mission before settling in St. George in 1880. He died on August 10, 1890.
Extent
250 frames: Reel one contains 193 frames.;Reel two contains 57 frames.
Judd, Mary Minerva Dart, 1838-1909 Judd, Zadok Knapp, 1828-1909 Mace, Wandle, 1809-1899 United States. Army. Mormon Battalion Frontier and pioneer life--California Frontier and pioneer life--Missouri Frontier and pioneer life--Utah Indians of North America--Utah Mormon Church--Doctrines Mormon Church--History--19th century Mormon converts Mormon families Mormon pioneers Mormon women Mormons--Persecutions Mormons--Illinois--History--19th century Mormons--Missouri--History--19th century Mormons--New York (State)--History--19th century Mormons--Utah--History--19th century Mormons--West (U.S.)--History--19th century Overland journeys to the Pacific Nauvoo (Ill.)--Expulsion of the Mormons Santa Clara (Utah)--History Utah--History--19th century 1881-1892 1892 Autobiographies Utah 19th century. (aat)
Source
Mormon Manuscripts at the Huntington Library Mormonism and the West, Huntington Digital Library
Provenance
Microfilm of originals loaned by the Kanab Free Public Library, November 18, 1958.
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