Item Detail
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Moore, Almeda Harmon
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1862-1915
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MSS SC 53
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Biography
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On April 13, 1862 Almeda Harmon was born to Alpheus Amuleck and Eliza Bramwich Harmon in Providence, Utah. Alpheus and Eliza were separated and divorced a few years later. Eliza then married John Riddle. They lived in Huntsville and North Ogden, Utah, until Almeda was six years old when they moved to Kanosh, Utah. Almeda lived there until she married Joseph Andrew Moore on March 7, 1880 in Fillmore, Utah. The day after they were married they left for a job Joseph had farming for Andrew Ross on the Sevier River. They lived with the Ross family until they were able to obtain their own land in 1882. They stayed in this part of Utah, but moved around in the area to accommodate changes in their lives. Almeda died on April 21, 1915. She was the mother of twelve children.
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This is a biography of Almeda written by her daughter Eliza Moore Rawlinson. It is eight pages long and typed, although the type is a little faded, making some spots slightly difficult to read. Eliza indicates that she was eighty years old when she wrote this biography. There is some recollection of Almeda's life before marriage, but the main focus settles on the events after her marriage, such as the births of her children, the moves they made, and the sicknesses they endured. One sickness recalled was when Almeda suffered from 'milk leg' and was sick in bed for five months, though she eventually overcame it. There are descriptions of life in unsettled wild country where there were fears of bears given that all they had for a front door to their home was a pinned up quilt. Almeda only attended a six week term of school but was very motivated and became fluent in reading and could write very well. There are also depictions of Almeda's character. Eliza describes her saying, 'she went quietly through life with her shoulder to the wheel, always ready to help others and to do her share beside, with never a word of complaint.' Since Eliza was the oldest child, much of her mother's story is also her own autobiography.
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