Item Detail
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Fawson, Sarah Elisabeth Curtis
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1878-1966
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MSS 827
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Biography
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Sarah Elizabeth Curtis Fawson was born November 23, 1978 in Bingham Canyon, Utah to Sarah Louisa Van Orden and Porr Purdy Curtis. When she was three years old, her father received a call to become part of a bishopric in Oakley, Idaho. As they were moving, however, Sarah's mother died, and by the time they arrived in Oakley, the position was filled. The family decided to stay there, and Sarah's father became a clerk in a co-op store. In 1894, when Sarah was seventeen, she moved to Grantsville, where she stayed with her sister. Three years later, she married Charles Raymond Fawson, on September 1, 1897. She worked to support him while he was called to serve a mission, and together, they had seven children. Sarah died April 6, 1966.
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Part of the J. Allen Parkinson collection, this is a two-page typescript biography written by Betty Kayne Fawson, Sarah's granddaughter, accompanied with a one-page typescript biography writing by Kenneth D. Fawson. Both are located in the seventh folder of the collection, which is labeled, Biographies, FA-FR. Overall, there is little personal detail of Sarah's life, although the first biography related that Sarah's father was particularly faithful in the Church and taught his children several important values. At age eleven, Sarah was a member of the Oakley choir; she later served as a counselor in the Primary for a few years, as President of the Singing Mothers, and as Relief Society block teacher. Both manuscripts end with Sarah still alive.