Item Detail
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Smoot, Anna Kirstine Morrison
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1833-1894
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MSS 896
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Biography
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Anna Kirstine Morrison Smoot was born on December 19, 1833 in Onsae, Norway to Mouritz Arvesen and Anne Malene Nielsen. In 1853, she was baptized into The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and in 1854 she left Norway. In September of 1855, Anna reached Salt Lake City where she married Abraham Owen Smoot on February 17, 1856. The marriage was performed by President Brigham Young. Anna bore seven children: Anna Christina Smoot, Alice Smoot Newell, Reed Smoot, George Morrison Smoot, Agnes May Smoot, Brigham Smoot, and Ida Mauline Smoot. Anna died on January 20, 1894 in Provo, Utah.
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This collection includes a paragraph-long typewritten biography of Diana's life on the last page of a tribute to Margaret Thompson Smoot.
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