Augusta Joyce Crocheron Explained

Augusta Joyce Crocheron (October 9, 1844 – March 17, 1915) was an early Latter-day Saint pioneer and writer.

Biography

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, with whom she had three sons and two daughters.[2]

She died at her home in Salt Lake City on March 17, 1915.[1]

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Notes and References

  1. News: Mormon Poetess Dies at Her Home . . 16 . 1915-03-18 . 2020-03-02 . Newspapers.com.
  2. http://mormonlit.lib.byu.edu/lit_author.php?a_id=2367 Mormon Literature & Creative Arts: Augusta B. Joyce Crocheron