Utah, Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah - FamilySearch Historical Records

What is in This Collection?
The collection consists of an index and images to the biographical sketches from Frank Esshom's Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah: Comprising Photographs, Genealogies, Biographies (Salt Lake City: Utah Pioneer Books, 1913).

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 * Various biographical details
 * Information on military service
 * Various community leadership activities

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 * Collection Citation:

"Utah, Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah, 1847-1868." Database with images. FamilySearch. http://FamilySearch.org : 14 June 2016. Excerpted from Esshom, Frank. Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah: Comprising Photographs, Genealogies, Biographies. Salt Lake City, Utah: Utah Pioneers Books, 1913.

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