The Enos and Jemima Child Stookey family biography consists of a bound biography of Enos Stookey (1829-1889)and Jemima Child Stookey (1827-1914) and their children that has been compiled by Gwenevere A. Stookey and Corrine S. Dods. Enos and Jemima Child Stookey were LDS pioneers who moved from Belleville, Illinois, in 1855 to Salt Lake City, Utah, by wagon. After their arrival they moved to Rush Valley, Utah, and were some of the first established settlers in this area. Also included in the family history is some history on early settling of central Utah, the "Utah War" and correspondence pertaining to a water rights dispute in 1881.
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Gift of Gwenevere A. Stookey and Corrine S. Dods in 1988.
Processed by Manuscripts Division staff in 1988.