| LC control no. | n 50041153 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Clayton, William, 1814-1879 |
| Variant(s) | Clayton, W. (William), 1814-1879 |
| Associated country | England United States |
| Located | Nauvoo, Ill. Salt Lake City, Utah |
| Birth date | 1814-07-17 |
| Death date | 1879-12-04 |
| Place of birth | Penwortham, England |
| Place of death | Salt Lake City, Utah |
| Field of activity | music |
| Affiliation | Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Zion's Co-operative Mercantile Instituion |
| Profession or occupation | author clerk private secretary missionary treasurer auditor pioneer |
| Found in | His William Clayton's journal. Amer. nat'l biog., May 4, 2004 (Clayton, William (17 July 1814-4 Dec. 1879), chronicler of early Mormonism, pioneer, and musician) Latter-day Saint biographical encyclopedia, 1901: vol.1 p.717-718 (Clayton, William, prominent Elder in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day saints (baptized in 1837), born July 17, 1814 at Penwortham, Lancashire, England; missionary, arrived Nauvoo December, 1840; clerk and private secretary to Prophet Joseph Smith; treasurer of the city of Nauvoo; 1847 came to Great Salt Lake Valley with the first Mormon pioneers to reach the valley; resided in Salt Lake City until deat on December 4, 1879; treasurer of Z.C.M.I.; Territorial Auditor of Public Accounts) |
| Associated language | eng |
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