Item Detail
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Campbell, Emma Isabelle Halladay
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1878-1966
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MSS 827
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Biography
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Emma Isabelle Halladay Campbell was born December 22, 1878 in Virgin, Utah to Wilford and Lorraine Beebe Halladay. When she was eight years old, she moved to Circleville, Utah where she lived until she was sixteen. She then moved to Tropic, Utah. In 1896, she married Ralph Allen Campbell, and on August 13th, they went through the Manti Temple. Together, they had twelve children. Emma lived for some time in Hurricane, Utah before moving back to Tropic. She died on December 21, 1966.
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Part of the J. Allen Parkinson collection, this is a two-page typescript biography written by one of the Emma's grandchildren. It is located in the fourth folder of the collection, which is labeled, Biographies, CA-CU. The manuscript writes of Emma's activities in the Church, as she served in the Primary for fifty-six years. While homesteading shortly after her marriage, she endured many hardships. She enjoyed sewing and remembered the birthdays of all her grandchildren, and great-grandchildren. The manuscript was written when she was seventy-five years of age.