Item Detail
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Stone, Lucy Tuttle McKell
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1891-1962
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MSS SC 2000
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Autobiography
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Lucy Tuttle McKell Stone was born January 31, 1891 in Spanish Fork, Utah. She began school there at the age of six and high school, at age thirteen. She fell back a year, however, when she stayed home in order to help her mother with a newborn child. Lucy married Alma G. Stone on November 17, 1909 in the Salt Lake City Temple. They lived for a year in Salem, Utah, where they had their first child, and in 1911, they moved to Mammoth, where they lived for three years and had a second child. In 1914, they moved to Salt Lake City, and five years later, to Spanish Fork. Lucy worked for some time in a sugar factory, for a year in a mill, later as a matron, and for two to three years as a chemist. She also worked as a salesclerk for five years, and later as a clerk in a city bakery for two to three years. In 1932, the family moved to Boulder City, Nevada, and in 1936, they moved again to Salem, where they lived for a year. Lucy died February 21, 1962.
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This is a five-page typescript autobiography. It begins with Lucy's childhood, describing Lucy as a brave youth. She often rode out in the country, and there is a description provided of her riding a horse through a 'swollen stream of water.' There is also an account of Lucy tending one of her younger siblings, during which she almost lost him in a river. She writes that after being held back in high school for a year, she felt somewhat anxious in returning. However, she records that she loved to recite as a youth, and was active in plays. After her marriage, she received several callings in the ward, such as counselor in the Primary, teacher in the Relief Society and Sunday School, and president of the YLMIA. Her 'first great sorrow' was her mother's death in 1926, which Lucy writes had a great impact on her life. Lucy was also active in the Daughters of Utah Pioneers, and in February of 1941, she served as vice president of the Ladies Poultry Association.