Autobiography of Augusta Maria Outzen Smith, ca. 1920.

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Autobiography of Augusta Maria Outzen Smith, ca. 1920.

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This is a photostat copy of the original autobiographical sketch written by Augusta Maria Outzen Smith. It was made from the original owned by her family and was obtained through Augusta Flake. In brief it covers the time period from her early life in Denmark to her settlement in Snowflake, Arizona. It includes such subjects as Mormon missionary experiences in Denmark and her plural marriage to Jesse Nathaniel Smith (1834-1906).

1 photostat.36 cm.4 pages.

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Smith, Jesse Nathaniel, 1834-1906

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Augusta Maria Outzen Smith was born in 1854 in Randers, Denmark, the daughter of Jens Christian and Martha Maria Christensen Outzen. Her parents attended meetings held by Erastus Snow in 1853 or 1854 and a year later were baptized into the Mormon Church. In 1869 Augusta married Jesse Nathaniel Smith (1834-1906) and became his fourth wife. A year later Augusta and the rest of her family emigrated to the United States. She lived in Parowan, Utah for ten years and found being a plural wife a pleasa...