Microfilm of a typescript biography of Caroline Eliza Haight Arthur, written by her granddaughter Sarah Arthur Jones Crosby. The brief biography recounts Caroline's childhood, her family's moves to Nauvoo and Utah, her participation in plays at Cedar City, and her death at the age of 36. Also includes some genealogy. On the same reel (frames 1-7) as MFILM 367 (item 2), biographical sketches and diaries of Isaac Chauncey Haight. All inquiries about this item should be directed to the H. Russell Smith Foundation Curator of Western Historical Manuscripts at the Huntington Library, San Marino, CA. Microfilm. San Marino, Calif. : Huntington Library Photographic Dept., 1956. 1 microfilm reel : negative 35 mm. Forms part of the Manuscripts Department's Mormon file, c.1805-1995. Caroline Eliza Haight Arthur (1837-1874) was born in Monrovia, New York, a daughter of Isaac Chauncey Haight and Eliza Ann Snider Haight. Her family joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints when she was a child and moved to Nauvoo, Illinois. In 1847 they emigrated to Utah and settled in Cedar City in 1852. Caroline married Christopher Jones Arthur in 1854, and died in Cedar City in 1874.
Arthur, Caroline Eliza Haight, 1837-1874 Crosby, Sarah Arthur Jones Haight, Isaac Chauncey, 1814-1866 Frontier and pioneer life--Utah Mormon families Mormon pioneers Mormon women Mormons--Biography Mormons--Utah--History--19th century Utah--History--19th century 1874 Biographies Utah 19th century. (aat)
Source
Mormon Manuscripts at the Huntington Library Mormonism and the West, Huntington Digital Library
Provenance
Microfilm of original loaned by Sarah Crosby, October 4, 1956.
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