Microfilm of the typed life history of Simon Baker by Melba Dolores Hogenson. The brief autobiography traces Baker's childhood, his conversion to Mormonism, the death of his wife and his marriage to Charlotte Leavitt in 1845, his move to Utah, his trade with gold miners in 1849-1850, his various mission and colonization trips in Utah and Nevada, and many notes on his personality and personal anecdotes. The autobiography is preceded by five manuscript pages identified as "journal before 1848" (it is not clear if these pages refer to Baker). On the same reel as MFILM 398 (item 2) and MFILM 398 (item 3). 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., 1958. 1 microfilm reel : negative 35 mm. Forms part of the Manuscripts Department's Mormon file, c.1805-1995. Simon Baker (1811-1863) was born in West Winfield, New York. He worked as a sawmill manager in Chautauqua County and joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints there in 1839. He moved to Nauvoo and subsequently to Utah in 1847. In 1850 he helped establish the settlement at Parowan, Utah. He helped explore and colonize Cache Valley in 1855 and Carson City in 1856. Baker died in Mendon, Utah, in 1863.
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