Item Detail
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Foote, Artemisia Sidnie Myers
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1829-1915
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MSS SC 999
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Autobiography
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Artemisia Sidnie Myers Foote was born on 24 January 1829 in Mansfield, Richland, Ohio to Jacob and Sarah (Coleman) Myers. Her family moved to Caldwell County, Missouri, in 1836, and she was baptized into the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1837. In 1838 her family lived three miles away from Haun's Mill when the massacre transpired, and two of her brothers were injured in the conflict. In 1839 shortly after this incident, Artemisia's family moved to Payson, Adams, Illinois. She married Warren Foote on 8 June 1843 in Freedom Branch, Adams, Illinois. They had eleven children, four born in Illinois because she and her family did not immigrate to Utah until the early 1850s. Six children were born in Utah, and the youngest was born in St. Thomas, Nevada. Her family spent most of their lives in Utah. Artemisia died on 17 August 1915 in Glendale, Kane, Utah.
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This abstract is two typewritten over-sized pages. It is mainly dedicated to Artemisia's account of the Haun's Mill Massacre and persecution in Missouri. She mentions her birth and baptism but the rest is about her account of Haun's Mill and trials of the saints. Her father helped build Haun's Mill, and her brother Jacob worked at the mill. Her family lived only three miles away from the mill. When the mob came the women and children were already in hiding; three families hid at her house. Her mother received word that two of her sons had been injured in the battle. Artemisia went with her mother to tend to her wounded brothers. She records an account her brother George told about fighting in the battle and of his escape. She mentions how her brother Jacob got wounded, and also how his life was spared. She briefly describes what she and her mother saw, having arrived shortly after the massacre and concisely tells the emotional and physical effects of the massacre. Pioneer
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1901-1978