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Olson, Delilah King, 1841-1907

 Person

Biographical History

Delilah King Olson (1841-1907) was a prominent suffragette and women's right activist who settled the Fillmore, Utah with Latter-day Saint pioneers.

Delilah King Olson was born on July 10, 1841 in Sylvania, Ohio to Latter-day Saint pioneers Thomas Rice King and Matilda Robison King, who were a part of the early settlement Fillmore, Utah. She married George Daniel Olson, a cabinet maker and musician, on November 14, 1861 in Fillmore, Utah where all nine of their children were born. She devoted her life to teaching in schools and served eighteen years on the board of examination of teachers in Millard county. She was also the first woman to be elected to public office in Utah.

Delilah King Olson died in 1907 in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Citation:
FamilySearch.com, via WWW, Sep. 26, 2017 (Delilah King Olson; b. Jul. 10,1841 in Sylvania, OH; parents, Thomas Rice King and Matilda Robison King; m. George Daniel Olson, Nov. 14, 1861, Fillmore, UT; cabinet maker, musician; Latter-day Saint pioneers, settlement of Fillmore, UT; nine children)

Olson family papers, 1871-1947, Sep. 26, 2017 (suffrage; women's rights; teacher; eighteen years board of examination; first woman elected to public office in UT)

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

F. Dean Bradley and Ethel Bradley papers, 1901-1942

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 9056 Series 4
Content Description

Collection contains newspaper clippings, official documents, correspondence and patents pertaining to F. Dean Bradley's mining operations in Nevada. Also included are a marriage certificate, correspondence, newspaper clippings pertaining to the life of F. Dean Bradley and his wife Ethel Bradley. Includes the unpublished short stories of Native Americans in Nevada written by F. Dean Bradley. Materials dated 1910-1942.

Dates: 1901-1942
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 9056, Olson family papers

La Verne B. Rollin papers, 1924-1947

 Sub-Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 9056 Series 4 Sub-Series 1
Content Description Collection contains materials pertaining to the life and work of La Verne B. Rollin. Materials contain newspaper clippings, ship passenger lists, commencement books, photographs, a magazine, a pencil drawing of La Verne B. Rollin and a poem tribute to Delilah King Olson, her grandmother. Also included are letters from La Verne to her mother detailing her life as a writer, editor in New York City, New York and American Red Cross worker all throughout Europe. Of particular interest is a...
Dates: 1924-1947
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 9056, Olson family papers / F. Dean Bradley and Ethel Bradley papers

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