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English
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Journals of Victoria H. Jackson
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Provo, UT
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Brigham Young University
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10, 3, 205 p
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"Mostly a retrospective autobiography written about 1950. But includes diary entries from 1918 on. Daughter of Mosiah Lyman Hancock. Granddaughter of Levi W. Hancock. Born at Orderville, Utah, 4 July 1880. Anecdotes about early life. Comments on polygamy. ("Some men neglected present wives with children and were captivated by a younger face . . . who can blame the lord for allowing plural marriage to be discontinued?") Moved to Taylor, Arizona, 1897. Married Jonathan Jackson, 1898. Settled at Woodruff, Arizona. Routine entries about family matters. Husband died, 1913. Moved to Nephi, Utah, with her children, 1914. Moved to Springville. To Provo, 1920. Family matters, health, finances." [Abstract from Davis Bitton's Guide to Mormon Diaries and Autobiographies, 1977]