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Bean, Olive Smoot, 1860-1942

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1860 - 1942

Biography

Olive Smoot Bean (1860-1943) was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, wife and mother.

Olive Smoot was born was born February 10, 1860 to Abraham Owen and Diana Eldredge Smoot in Salt Lake City, Utah. She married James William Bean in 1876, with whom she had thirteen children. Olive died on June 27, 1943 in Rexburg, Idaho.

Citation:
Find a Grave, via WWW, November 17, 2020 (Olive Smoot Bean; b. Feb. 10, 1860 to Abraham Owen and Diana Eldredge in Salt Lake City, UT; m. James William Bean in 1876 and had thirteen children; d. June 27, 1943 in Rexburg, ID)

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Olive Smoot Bean autobiography

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230319490]
Identifier: MSS SC 2139
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a typewritten autobiography (pages 163 to 197). Bean writes about her childhood in Salt Lake City and Provo, Utah, her marriage, and her children.

Dates: 1933-1934
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

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