Daughters of Utah Pioneers, Phillips Camp Biographies, Major to Meeks

The Daughters of Utah Pioneers, Phillips Camp biographies (circa 1940-1974) is a collection of biographical sketches of Utah pioneers submitted to the Phillips Camp, Daughters of Utah Pioneers, in Kaysville, Utah. The individual sketches give insight into the socioeconomic status of European, as well New World, converts to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints during the nineteenth century. They contain biographical and genealogical information, as well as descriptions of experiences crossing the Atlantic to America and traveling across the plains to Utah. Minute details of pioneering life in Davis County, Utah, and other frontier outposts of settlement are illuminated. Described also are individual occupations and survival techniques along with information on offices held in, and services to, the church and the community. Biographies include: Virginia Faithful McMaster Major (1850-1904), 2 pages; William Duncomb Major (1847-1925), 2 pages; Rachel May Mansell (1839-n.d.), 2 pages; Hyrum Joseph Maylin (1849-n.d.), 5 pages; Mary Ann Dean Maylin (1813-1899), 2 pages; William Maylin (1812-1877), 2 pages; Dimon Runnells McFerson (1809-1875), 4 pages; Mary Ann Nease McFerson (1824-1906), 5 pages; Edmund McLatchie (1842-1926), 3 pages; Samuel Russell McLatchie (1820-1906), 3 pages; Jane McKinnon McPhail (1820-1905), 8 pages; Ann Meeks ((1808-1885), 1 page; Thomas Meeks (1807-1891), 1 page