Microfilm of Lemuel Hardison Redd's brief autobiography, recorded at White Pine, Nevada, sometime after 1891. Redd briefly describes his early life and journey to Utah, but mainly focuses on his life in Utah after 1850. He describes settling in Spanish Fork, where his father helped build the first saw mill (it was destroyed during the Walker War in 1853), and briefly describes his experiences during the Walker War, his marriage, his mission to Nevada, his participation in the Utah War, and helping colonize New Harmony as part of the Dixie Mission in 1862. Redd also mentions buying the John D. Lee homestead in 1870, helping establish the United Order at Harmony, and moving to San Juan County and later Mexico to avoid polygamy charges. The account also describes in some detail the various activities of Redd's children. 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., 1957. 1 microfilm reel : negative 35 mm. Forms part of the Manuscripts Department's Mormon file, c.1805-1995. Lemuel Hardison Redd (1836-1910) was born North Carolina, a son of sea captain John Hardison Redd. The family moved to Tennessee in 1838 and joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in about 1842. They reached Salt Lake City in 1850 and settled in Spanish Fork. Lemuel married Keziah Jane Butler in 1856 and Sarah Louise Chamberlain in 1866. He saw action in the Walker War and the Utah War, served on an Indian mission to Las Vegas in 1856, and became vice president of the United Order at Harmony in 1874. Redd helped settled San Juan County in 1887 before fleeing to Mexico to avoid polygamy charges in 1891. He died in Colonia Juarez in 1910.
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