Item Detail
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Foy, Margaret Ann Payne
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1871-1959
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MSS SC 175
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Biography
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Margaret Ann Payne Foy was born November 24, 1871 in Coalville, Utah the eighth child born to Edward and Emma Powell Payne. Soon after her birth, Margaret's family moved to Glenwood, Utah, where she spent most of her childhood. As a young girl, Lucy loved attending school at the Richfield Academy. She later taught school in Cainsville, Utah where she met John Foy. Margaret and John were married April 10, 1895 in the Manti Temple and they settled in Moab. When her husband was called on a mission, Lucy and their three children moved to Glenwood to be closer to her family. Margaret remained in Glenwood until her death, raising six children, serving in many areas of the church, working as a midwife, and doing genealogical research. She also served as a Vice-Captain for the first Daughters of Utah Pioneers camp in Glenwood, a chairwoman who supervised the erection of the Pioneer's Monument, and a custodian of relics for Glenwood's Relic Hall. Margaret died May 14, 1953 at the age of eighty-two.
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Margaret's two-page, typewritten biography is included in a collection of biographical materials related to the Payne family. It was compiled and written by her children in 1964. This brief biography chronicles Margaret's life, giving very few details. It does, however, give the names of her four girls and two boys: Hazel, Mildred, Velva, Lawrence, Cecil, and Arlean. Margaret's children were very important to her. Although her health was very poor as she raised her family, she remained positive and upbeat. Besides working as a midwife, Margaret often utilized her nursing skills to treat illnesses and diseases.
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