Microfilm of the autobiography of Charles Hopkins Allen, written sometime after 1916. The volume includes brief accounts of Allen's family history, their conversion to Mormonism and move to Springfield, Illinois, a visit to Carthage after the death of Joseph Smith, life in Nauvoo and Kanesville, their journey to Utah, Allen's missions at Blacksmith Fork and San Bernardino, his move to Arizona, and an Allen family reunion in Utah in 1898. 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., 1948. 1 microfilm reel : negative 35 mm. Forms part of the Manuscripts Department's Mormon file, c.1805-1995. Charles Hopkins Allen (1830-1922) was born in Cattaraugus County, New York. His family converted to Mormonism when he was a child and moved to Kirtland, Ohio, in 1835. In 1836 they attempted to settle in Missouri, but financial issues kept them in Illinois until they traveled to Iowa in 1846. After a brief stay at Winter Quarters, Allen settled in Kanesville, where he lived from 1847-1852. In 1852 he emigrated to Utah and ran a sawmill in Provo. He served on a mission to build a fort at Blacksmith Fork in 1853 and on the San Bernardino mission in 1855. In 1857 he returned to California, where he lived periodically until 1864. He then lived in Cache Valley, Utah, before moving to Mesa, Arizona, in 1882. He served as president of the Mesa Canal Company, was a member of the Maricopa Stake High Council, and was president of the high priests quorum. He died in Arizona in 1922.
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