Charles Bement and Alice Bement Fletcher correspondence, 1869-1889.

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Charles Bement and Alice Bement Fletcher correspondence, 1869-1889.

Twelve letters written between Charles and his half-sister Alice. Also contains one letter from Maria Josephine Hill Searle to Sarah Julia Hill Bement, Alice's mother. Most of the letters are written by Charles in Kanosh, Utah and sent to Alice in Salt Lake. However, two of the letters were written by Charles while he was on a mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Illinois. The letters deal primarily with family and local matters. Some letters are fairly detailed regarding local news in the Kanosh area.

1 folder (13 letters, 5 envelopes)

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SNAC Resource ID: 8213562

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Bement, Charles Henry, 1847-1903

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Charles Henry Bement, a son of Melissa Russell and Bingham Bement, was born 22 November 1847 in Mishawaka, New Hampshire and died 20 February 1903 in Kanosh, Utah. He married Margaret Annie Prows (1869-1946) on 21 October 1885. Alice Matilda Bement, born 5 January 1855, was a daughter of Sarah Julia Hill and Bingham Bement. Alice planned to marry William H. Fletcher, but he was killed on 10 September 1874 in a blasting accident in a quarry in Cottonwood Canyon. She was s...

Bement, Alice Matilda, 1855-1929

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Bement, Sarah, 1830-1908

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Searle, Maria Josephine Hill, 1840-1929

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