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DeutschAugusta Joyce Crocheron
Augusta Joyce Crocheron (October 9, 1844 – March 17, 1915) was an early Latter-day Saint pioneer and writer.
Biography
[edit]Born in Boston on October 9, 1844, she was two years old when her family arrived in San Francisco on the steamship Brooklyn.[1] In 1867, her parents, John and Caroline Joyce, settled in Utah Territory, and in 1870, she became a plural wife of George W. Crocheron (1825–1910), a native of Staten Island, New York, with whom she had three sons and two daughters.[2][3]
She died at her home in Salt Lake City on March 17, 1915.[1]
Books
[edit]Verse
[edit]- Wild Flowers of Deseret (1881)
For children
[edit]- The Children's Book (1890)
Biography
[edit]- Representative Women of Deseret (1884)
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b "Mormon Poetess Dies at Her Home". The Salt Lake Tribune. March 18, 1915. p. 16. Retrieved March 2, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Mormon Literature & Creative Arts: Augusta B. Joyce Crocheron
- ^ - George W. Crocheron. Washington County Historical Society. Retrieved October 31, 2024
External links
[edit]- Wild Flowers of Deseret on archive.org
- Augusta Joyce Crocheron at Find a Grave
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