Genealogy and Local History

Cedar City Library in the Park

 

 

Centennial History of Cedar City Public Library

 

Quick Links and Contents

·         Ancestry.com

·         Burials Database for Utah

·         Cedar City Library Catalog (Search)

·         Digital Newspapers Project (University of Utah)

·         FamilySearch

·         Federal Sites for Genealogists

·         Find-a-Grave

·         HeritageQuest

·         Hispanic Genealogy Sources

·         Historical Societies by State

·         LDS Family History Center Locator

·         Library Board Minutes and Items of Interest

·         Local Personal and Place Histories

·         Mega Sites and Subscription Services

·         Military Histories

·         National Records and Archives – Genealogy Page

·         Paiute Studies

·         Photo Archive

·         Utah Library Association Genealogy Round Table: GENRT

·         Western States Marriage Record Index

 

Federal Links

Bureau of Land Management General Land Office Records

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Vital Records)

Indian Health Service – Native American Genealogy

Library of Congress Local History and Genealogy Reading Room

National Archives and Records Administration (NARA): Genealogy, Family History, and Military Service Records

Selective Service System: Obtaining Records

Social Security Online—Freedom of Information http://www.ssa.gov/foia/foia_guide.htm

U.S. Census Bureau – Genealogy

 

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Hispanic Genealogy Sources

(Sources courtesy of Marina Ruth Gomez Paez de Schumaker of the LDS Family History Library)

Ancestros.com

Caribbean GenWeb

Celebrating Hispanic Heritage

Cuban Genealogy Center

Cyndi’s List – Hispanic

Genealogy of Mexico

Hispanic Societies

Latin American Archives

Mexico GenWeb

Society of Hispanic Historical and Ancestral Research

South American GenWeb

 

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Other Mega Sites and Subscription Services

American Memory

Genealogy.com

New England Ancestors.org

Rootsweb.com

USGenWeb.Com

 

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Local People, Places, Events 

These histories are housed in the Library’s Special Collections area and may not be removed from the Library.  Most are unbound and without citation but are derived from either autobiographical accounts or accounts from descendants.  Women are listed under married name.  The attached documents are only as good as the copies in the library’s collection.  In a very few cases, library records contain additional information considered too large to scan.  You may contact the library to inquire further.  Hyperlinked documents are those believed to be outside of copyright restriction.  Others are available at the Library.

 

NOTE:  The Cedar City Public Library has taken reasonable steps to protect copyright.  Histories that are hyperlinked are believed to have cleared copyright restrictions.  Histories that are not hyperlinked are not known to have cleared copyright restrictions and, therefore, are available for inspection at the library but are not reproduced.  Said restrictions are:  Documents found to have been written prior to January 1, 1964 are presumed to have copyright protection for 28 years after authorship or after the death of the author (whichever comes first); documents written between January 1, 1964 and December 21, 1977 are assumed to have copyright protection for 95 years after authorship or after the death of the author (whichever comes first); documents written January 1, 1978 or after are assumed to have copyright protection for the life of the author plus 70 years.  If you feel that copyright has been violated, please contact the Library Director immediately at 435-586-6661 x1001.

 

Abbott, George

Adams, Charles

Adams, Herbert Charles

Adams, James J.

Adams, John V.

Adams, Juliette Cecilia Bayles

Adams, Louisa Houchen (See: Adams, Herbert Charles)

Adams, Mary Ann Leach

Adams, Orson B. and Susan Smith

Adams, Sarah Amelia Mackelprang (See:  Adams, Herbert Charles)

Adams, Timothy

Adams, William

Alger, Samuel and Clarissa Hancock

Allen, Daniel

Allen, Mary Barton

Anderson, James P. and Eliza Morton

Anderson, Mary Jane Brown

Armstrong, Joseph H. and Mary Ann Smith

Armstrong, Susanah Ward Lister

Arthur, Christopher J. (includes large autobiography too large to scan)

Austin, Edwin Nelson and Alnora Naomi Lane

 

Bailey, Amelia Read

Banks, William E and Ellen Eyre

Barton, Eliza Anderson and Joseph P.

Barton, Eliza S.

Barton, John Samuel Penn and Martha Elizabeth Williamson

Barton, Joseph F.

Barton, Mary W.

Barton, Sally Penn

Bastian, Jacob and Metta Marie Sanders

Bauer, Alowis and Barbara Eliker

Bayles, Herman Dagget and Dorthea Jensen

Benson, Alvin and Elizabeth Ellen Orton

Benson, Nathan

Benson, Phebe Forster

Benson, Richard

Bentley, William

Berry, Jessee Woods and Armelia Shanks

Berry, Rebecca Rocena Beck

Birkbeck, Jane

Bladen, Thomas Samuel

Bodily, Robert

Bryant, Richard John and Clara Jane Jones

Bulloch or Bullock, David

Bulloch, Sarah Ann Higbee

Bunker, Edward

Bunker, Edward, Jr.

Burton, Anna M. Fish

 

Carroll, Kezia Giles

Carroll, Willard

Carpenter, Catherine Judd

Carson, Hannah

Carson, Valentine

Cartwright, Jane Allen

Chaffin, Lewis Rice

Chaffin, Sarah M.

Chatterley, John

Chatterley, Morton

Chatterley, Sarah Whittaker

Chidester, John Madison

Clark, Daniel Porter and Sarah Milissa Hakes

Clark, Edgar Leonidas and Mary Jane Roberts

Clark, Jeanette Coleman

Connell, James and Sarah Elizabeth

Combs, Mark Anthony and Maria

Corry, Elizabeth Louise Parry

Cosslett, Joseph

Crawford, Carnelia Gifford

Crawford, William Robinson

Cutler, Emma J.

 

Dalley, Emma Wright

Dalley, Mandana Hillman

Dalley, Mary Crosby Jones

Dalley, Mayhew H. (Tribute)

Davenport, Ellen Miller

Davenport, Rachel Pass

Davenport, Thomas

Davis, James and Mary Elizabeth Fretwell

Day, Thomas, Jr.

Decker, George William

Dougherty, Emma Smith

Driggs, Howard Roscoe

Durham, Thomas (dream)

 

Elliker, Heinrich, Jr.

Elliker, Hans Heinrich Sr., and Margaretha Studer

Esplin, Cleo Luke

Esplin, John and Margaret Webster

Evans, Thomas and Phebe Ann Pendleton

 

Ferguson, Elizabeth Ann

Flannigan, William W.

Foote, Artemisia

Ford, William

Fowler, George and Jane Marshall

Froyd, Anna Leigh

 

Gale, Henery

Gardner, Bernella El Snow

Gifford, Anna Nash

Gifford, Lora Ann Demille

Gifford, Samuel Kendall

Gould, Samuel and Fanny Ward

Graham, Laura Ellen Farnsworth

Granger, Walter

Grow, Henry

Gurr, Sarah Elizabeth

 

Haight, Caleb

Haight, David Snyder and Charlotte Jane Higbee

Haight, Isaac Chauncey (short sketches of wives of)

Hall, William

Halterman, George Samuel

Hamilton, Margaret Jane Meeks

Hanks, Ebeneezer

Hanks, Elizabeth Edwards

  • (includes notes added about husband, George William Hanks, and mother, Sarah Morgan Edwards)

Harris, John

Harrison, Richard

Heap, George

Heap, William (See: George Heap)

Henderson, John Harris and Celia Jane Carter

Heyborne, Melissa K. Rollins Lee

Heyborne, Robert William

Heywood, Joseph Leland

Higbee, John Mount and Eunece Bladen

Higbee, John Somers

Higbee, Myron David

Hollingshead, Nelson Stoyell

Holyoak, George, Jr. and Eliza More

Hopkins, Charles

Houchen, Henry and Harriet Betts Smith

  • (with Robert Comer Houchen, Isaac Comer Houchen, and Susan Hanner Houchen)

Houchen, William

Howd, Simeon F. and Lucinda Morgan

Hoyt, Harriet Ingram Gardner

Hulet, Sylvanus Cyrus and Catherine Stoker

Hunter, Eliza Catherine Pinnock

Hunter, George

Hunter, Joseph Sneddow

Hunter, Mary Muir

Hyatt, John Smith

Hyatt, Herbert Smith and Lucy Albena Gunn

 

Jacques, Thomas

Jensen, Mary Mortensen

Jensen, Mary Neilson

Jensen, Peter M.

Johnson, Joel H.

Jones, Betty Walker

Jones, John Lee

Jones, John Pidding and Margaret Lee

Judd, Mary Minerva Dart

Judd, Zadock Knapp, Sr. (at least one page apparently missing)

Knight, Daniel and Caroline Beck

 

Lamoreaux, David Burlock

Lattman, Hans Heinrich and Elisabetha Furrer

Leany, Hyrum

Leany, William

LeFevre, William

Leigh, Elizabeth Wood

Leigh, Henry

Leigh, Maria Chaffin

Leigh, Samuel and William David and Samuel T. and John

Leigh, William Harry

Lowder, Emily Terisa Hodgetts

Lowder, John

Lowe, George Alma, Sr.

Lowe, Harriet Allen

Lunt, Ann Gower

Lunt, Ellen Whittaker

Lunt, Henry

Lunt, Mary Ann Wilson

Lyman, Paulina Eliza Phelps

 

Mackelprang, Christian Eric

Mackelprang, Lenora Bailey

Mackelprang, Peter and Margaret

Marsden, Lucius N.

Marsden, William

Matheson, Alexander and Lydia Evans

Matheson, Daniel Alexander and Lydia

Matheson, David Jr., and Sarah R.

Matheson, Mettie R.

McAllister, Eleanor J. Adams

McConnell, Eliza Williams

McConnell, Jehiel

Macfarlane, Agnes Eliza

Macfarlane, Daniel Sinclair

McGregor, William Campbell

McClellan Family

Mickelsen, Ane Nielsen

Middleton, Jane Withers

Middleton, John

Miller, Robert Ewing and Eliza Patterson and Allen

Miller, Sarah Jane Smith

Mitchell, William Cooke, I

Moore, Elijah

Morley, Isaac (Ancestry and Forbears)

Morris, William T.

Mortensen, Neils Otto

Mortensen, Peter and Helena (Lena) Sanders (Sanderson)

Mosdell, Charles

Mosdell, Margaret Elizabeth Walker

Munford, Maria Platt

Mustard, David

 

Nebeker, Sarah Ivins Mckean

Nebeker, William Perry and Sarah Ivins McKean

Neilson, Mettie Maris

Nelson, Bengt

 

Orton, Mary Leonora Bayles

Orton, William and Hannah Taylor

Owens, Margaret Evans

Owens, Thomas Robert

 

Palmer, Johanna Reese

Palmer, Richard

Parry, Edward

Parry, John and Mary Ann Haight and Elizabeth Frances (daughter)

Pendleton, Daniel S.

Perry, George and Susannah Ward

Perry, Joseph M. and Elizabeth

Perry, Loretta

 

Robb, Samuel and Amanda M. Dailey

Robb, Thomas

Robb, William and Helen Bell

Robinson, Arminda Hadden

Robinson, John Rowlandson, Jr.

Robinson, John Rowlandson, Sr. and Jane Coupe

Robinson, Susann A. Topham

Rogers, Amanda Jane

Rowley, Richard and Ann Jewell

 

Schofield, Isabella Banks

Schofield, Jane Elizabeth Robinson

Seaman, John W.

Sevy John Lowe

Shepperson, Eliza

Shepperson, William

Sherratt, John and Christina Bullloch

Simkins, James

Skougard, Elizabeth Jane Carson

Smith John Calvin Lazell

Smith, Joseph Hodgetts

Smith, Joseph Stanford

Smith, Sarah Jane

Smith, Zilpha Stark

Snow, Ann Rodgers

Snow, William

Stapley, Thomas Charles and Sarah Adams

Steele, John and Mahonri Moriancumer (Journals of) (Document too large to scan.)

Stevens, Sarah Ann Eyre

Stones, Daniel, Sr., and Mary Eckersley

Stones, Susan Prothero

Swapp, Archibald

 

Tait, William and Elizabeth Xavier 

Thornton, Mary Whittaker

Thurston, Ellen Barney

Topham, Annie Marie Lund

Topham, Betsy Baker

Topham, John Baker and Mary Jane Barton

Topham, Laura Ellen Horsley

Topham, Mary Lucinda Robinson

Twitchell, Ancel

 

Unthank, William

Urie, Sarah Ann Heyborne

 

Walker, Betty Smith

Walker, Charlotte Chatterley

Walker, Janet Corry

Walker, John Henry

Walker, John Smith

Walker, Joseph

Walker, Thomas

Ward, Anna Catherine Adams

Ward, David

Ward, Sarah Parker

Ward, William

Webster, Francis

Whitney, Francis Tuft

Whitney, New Samuel

Whittaker, James, Jr.

Wilcock, William

Wilkinson, Charles

Wilkinson, Joseph Thomas

Williamson, Martha Knowles

Wilson, Mary Ann

Wimmer, Mary Smith

Wood, Elizabeth Ann Bryner

Wood, Nicholas and Martha

Worthen, James Albert and Mary Ann Lee

Worthen, Samuel and Mariah Louisa Grow

 

 


 

Place/Event Histories Held at The Library

 

Brickmaking

Cedar City, Utah – History

Christmas in Union Fort, Utah 1861 by Unknown

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

  • [Dedication of the First Ward]
  • Miscellaneous and General Histories

Daughters of Utah Pioneers, History – Museum

Enoch, Utah – History

Escalante Valley:  The Escalante Valley or The Desert by Rhoda M. Wood.

Hamilton’s Fort, Utah – History

Kane County, Utah – History (Kane County by Emma Seegmiller Higbee)

Lehman Caves National Monument by Unites States Department of Interior, National Park Service

Mexico, Exodus from (Exodus From Mexico prepared by Ann Gower Lunt; given by Etta Lunt)

Mountain Meadow Massacre (The Facts as I Heard Them of the Mountain Meadow Massacre by Unknown)

New Harmony, History (History of New Harmony by Melissa D. Hammond)

Panguitch, History

Paragonah, History (History of Early Settlement of Paragonah by Mrs. Nettie Lamoreaux Baldwin)

Pinto, Utah – History (Early Days in Pinto by Unknown)

Sevy, George Washington, Freighting Experiences of George Washington Sevy

Walker War (Final Battle) (The Story of the Final Battle of the Walker War, told to Rhoda Wood by D. S. Pendleton who was one of the company sent to bring back the stolen animals)

Washington Factory (Cotton) (A paper prepared from data gathered by David H. Morris)

Wood, George -- Cabin

Zion Cable and Sawmill

 

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Military History Project

Avedisian, Robert S., World War II and Korean Conflict (Time: 31:37)

Batt, Scott, World War II (Time: 53:20)

Baumgartner, Ray, World War II

Betenson, Blaine W., World War II (Time: 34:47)

Bonzo, Max, Korean Conflict [Two interviews: Goodwin, (17:47); Ipson (26:28).]

Bonzo, Rick K., Operation Iraqi Freedom (Time: 33:55)

Bough, Rulon Larry, 1974-1999 (Time: 11:21)

Cook, Robert, 1947-1951 (Time: 10:05)

Cox, Elmer F., World War II

Dixon, Richard John, Korean Conflict

Francisco, Clay, 1985-1993

Hahne, Edward, World War II

Harris, Richard T., World War II

Heap, Theran, World War II

Johnson, Terry Wayne, 1986-1994 (Time: 12:13)

Lawler, Jeanne, 1944-1946

Matthews, Darrell H., World War II

Murdock, Donald, 1946-1948

Myers, Kent E., World War II

Nelson, Mckay, 1942-1946

Rhoades, George F., World War II

Richardson, Clarence G. (Sonny), World War II

Robinson, Mark A, World War II

Sandberg, James C., World War II

Shakespeare, Stanley, Korean Conflict

Shurtleff, James E., Vietnam

Smith, Ronald K., Viet Nam

Stapley, Ray T., World War II

Stucki, Richard, World War II

 

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Iron County Memories

Oral histories from Iron County Residents age 70 and older.

 

Urie, Roy Parry “Pug”

Photos and Artifacts

8th Grade Graduation Class of Cedar City, Utah 21st April 1900

Cedar City, Utah

Clark, [Amelia] Jeannett Colman

Corry, Andrew (Reverse side)

Library, Cedar City, Utah

Navajo Lake – Building Dam

Orderville, Utah – United Order Plat

Pioneer Post Card (Reverse side)

Public School Certificate of Achievement, 1900 (Student:  Mary Ellen Perry; Principal: J. D. Speirs; Superintendent: Geo. W. Decker)

Steam Tractor with Tabernacle in Background (Reverse Side)

Webster Flat Campground

 

 

Library Board Minutes:

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1910    1911    1912    1913    1914    1915    1916    1917    1918    1919

            1920    1921    1922    1923    1924    1925    1926    1927    1928    1929

            1930    1931    1932    1933    1934    1935    1936    1937    1938    1939

            1940    1941    1942    1943    1944    1945    1946    1947    1948    1949

            1950    1951    1952    1953    1954    1955    1956    1957    1958    1959

            1960    1961    1962    1963    1964    1965    1966    1967    1968    1969

April 21, 2009

May 19, 2009

Dedication Announcement, Memorial Building

Dedication Program, Memorial Building, May 11, 1957                   Dedication Program, Parowan City Library, January 9, 1966

 

 

Paiute Studies

Utah American Indian Digital Archive -- Paiute

Recommended Reading

 

World Wide Web Access

 

Holt, Ronald L. “Utah’s Paiute Indians during the depression.”  Utah History To Go. 2007. State of Utah. 10 Sep 2007 <http://historytogo.utah.gov/utah_chapters/american_indians/utahspaiuteindiansduringthedepression.html>.

Abstract:  State of Utah publication referencing Holt’s work entitled, Beneath These Red Cliffs: An Ethnohistory of the Utah Paiutes (Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 1992).

 

Paiute Indian tribe of Utah. 2007. Paiute Indian tribe of Utah. 11 Sep 2007 <http://www.utahpaiutes.org/>.

Abstract: Official website of the Paiute Indian tribe of Utah.  “Meetings with tribal leaders and Indian groups." 30 May 2007. State of Utah. 11 Sep 2007 <http://le.utah.gov/~code/TITLE09/htm/09_07006.htm>.

Abstract: Utah State Code directive to the Division of Indian Affairs, Department of Community and Culture, to meet regularly with elected officials of Indian tribes.

 

“Paiute Tribe.” Department of Community and Culture Division of Indian Affairs. 2007. State of Utah. 10 Sep 2004 <http://indian.utah.gov/utah_tribes_today/paiute.html>.

Abstract: State of Utah publication and overview of the tribe including history, demographics, and social characteristics.  Includes mailing address.

 

Database Articles

 

The following articles may be accessed through PIONEER: Utah’s Online Library.  The database is administered through the Utah State Library Division for the use of Utah residents.  Call the library for an access code, 435-586-6661

 

Cowen, Ron. "Some liked it hot." Science News 30 Mar 1991: 205. Academic Search Premier. PIONEER: Utah's Online Library. Cedar City Public Library. 11 Sep 2007 <http://pioneer.utah.gov/>.

 

Stoffle, Richard W., Lawrence Leondorf, Diane Austin, David B. Halmo, and Angelita Bulletts. "Ghost dancing the Grand Canyon." Current Anthropology Feb 2000: 11-24. Academic Search Premier. PIONEER: Utah's Online Library. Cedar City Public Library. 11 Sep 2007 <http://pioneer.utah.gov/>.

 

 

 

Last revised: June 16, 2009