Item Detail
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Fawson, Leona Beth Roach
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1917-
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MSS 827
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Biography
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Leona Beth Roach Fawson was born September 8, 1917 to Hazel Kirk and James A. Roach. Her parents separated in 1918, and her mother took her and her younger brother to live with her parents in Tooele, Utah. In June of 1923, Leona's mother remarried, and the family moved to Lake Point, Utah. Leona attended school there for seven years before moving to Grantsville for two years. In the spring of 1932, Leona's mother died, and Leona was left responsible for her sixteen-year-old brother. She moved to Vernon, Utah for a year, and in 1933, to Erda. She later moved to Tooele, where she lived with her aunt and uncle and worked. On June 10, 1938, she married Ray Fawson, with whom she had six children.
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Part of the J. Allen Parkinson collection, this is a brief one-page typescript biography written by Leona's daughter. It is located in the seventh folder of the collection, which is labeled, Biographies, FA-FR. There is no personal detail of Leona's life.